Our weekly summary of the latest movers in the charity sector.
Chief executive
Legal charity Public Concern at Work has appointed qualified solicitor Francesca West as its new chief executive.
West joins the charity to replace departing chief executive Cathy James, who is stepping down from the organisation after six years in the role. James worked at the charity for over 12 years in total.
West has worked at the charity for the last decade first as its legal officer and then as its director of policy and then its deputy chief executive. A qualified solicitor and non-practising barrister, PCaW said West has “substantial experience of advising people how and when to raise a concern at work”.
Madeleine Cassidy has been appointed chief executive of neonatal development charity, The Brazelton Centre UK.
Cassidy was previously the chief executive of Essex-based sight loss charity Support 4 Sight for 12 years. Prior to this she worked in marketing in the private sector.
She has also held a number of non executive board roles in the charity sector, including as chair of Essex Vision. She is also a trustee of the Small Charities Coalition.
Finance and strategy
The Children’s Society has appointed Dara de Burca as its new director of children and young people.
She will be joining the organisation from CLIC Sargent, where she is currently director of services. In her new role at The Children’s Society, she will be responsible for leading “the charity’s frontline services to support vulnerable children and young people across the country”.
Before joining CLIC Sargent, de Burca was head of Hackney Youth Services. She will take up her new role in mid-January 2018.
Non executive
Legacy Foresight has announced the appointment of Amanda Poole and Karl Weaver as its two, new non executive directors.
Poole is an independant consultant, specialising in "strategic evaluation, market entry assesment and business planing". She is also an associate fellow of the Said Business School at the University of Oxford and a trustee of the Thames Valley Air Ambulance and chair of the organisation's fundraising committee.
Meanwhile Weaver is a marketing executive who has worked with a number of large, multi-national roganisations. He is currently the chief executive of digital agency Isobar UK and is a mentor for the London Business School's MBA entrepreneurship programme.
The British Heart Foundation has announced the appointment of the Rt Hon Lord Andrew Feldman of Elstree and Daryl Fielding to its board of trustees. They will both take up their roles tomorrow and have been appointed to replace Richard Hytner and Dr Evan Harris, who have both served the maximum two three-year terms on the BHF’s board.
Lord Feldman will bring legal, business and political experience to the board. In his career to date, he has been in practice as a commercial barrister, chief executive of a manufacturing business and most recently chairman of the Conservative Party.
Daryl Fielding has led the brand and marketing strategies for some of the world’s most recognisable brands, including Vodafone, The Independent and Mondelez.
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