Shelter has announced the appointment of a new chair of its board of trustees, following the resignation of its previous chair who had connections to Grenfell Tower.
Shelter have confirmed that Ros Micklem has been appointed as the new chair of its board of trustees, replacing former chair Derek Myers,
Myers was former chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea Council and who stepped down from the role to avoid “any unnecessary distraction” shortly after the disaster.
Myers and another Shelter trustee, both resigned from their roles with the charity on 26 June 2017 in order to avoid “any unnecessary distraction” from the charity’s work in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Myers jointly ran Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham councils between 2011 and 2013, and had recently led the intervention commission into Rotherham council.
Micklem has been a trustee of Shelter since 2014 and is also currently the chair of the Shelter Scotland Committee. She will step down from her role with Shelter Scotland in August, when a new chair is elected.
Her background is in further education and, alongside her charity trustee roles, Micklem is also currently a board member of the Scottish Legal Aid Board and was recently Scotland Director of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Micklem said: “I feel honoured to have been elected to chair the board for the coming year. I’m really looking forward to working with the incoming chief executive Polly Neate and her team to build on what’s great about Shelter, encourage fresh thinking and develop a clear sense of direction for the years ahead.
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“Trustees and committee members all want to make a positive difference both for and with the people Shelter exists to support – that’s why we volunteer our time. We know staff are committed to maximising Shelter’s impact and influence in a challenging environment and we’re determined to help them do that.”
The housing and homelessness charity also announced that Ruth Hunt, chief executive of Stonewall, had been elected as vice chair of trustees and that Joanna Simmons had been elected chair of its audit, risk and finance committee.
All three appointments are for a 12-month period.
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