Our weekly summary of the latest movers in the charity sector.
Chief executive
The Young Foundation has appointed Helen Goulden as its new chief executive. She will join the organisation in October.
Goulden joins the research institute from grantmaking body Nesta, where she has been executive director for the past four years. Prior to joining Nesta, she worked for the Cabinet Office and in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister as well as with the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Goulden will be replacing current foundation chief executive Baroness Glenys Thornton who is returning to frontline politics.
Giles Webber has been appointed chief executive at Birmingham Dogs Home, according to the charity.
Webber joins Birmingham Dogs Home from Dogs Trust, where has been operations director for the last six years. He is also an elected member of the Association of Dogs and Cats Home Management Committee.
Fundraising and communications
Katie Martin has joined Citizens Advice as its new head of news, public affairs and campaigns. She joins from Guardian News and Media, where she is currently head of philanthropic partnerships.
Her post is a new role for the charity and brings together all of its previously disparate news, public affairs and campaigning functions.
She joins the organisation on 29 August. Prior to her work with the Guardian, Martin was chief press officer in the Prime Minister’s Office between 2008 and 2010 and was media director at campaigning organisation ONE.
Tony Charalambides has announced he will be stepping down from his role as managing director of telephone fundraising agency Listen Limited at the end of August, after a nine-year stint at the organisation.
In a statement, he said “I feel it’s now time to move on and focus on other interests – in particular to work on an exciting new project in the field of fundraising”.
Finance and strategy
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home has appointed Jeni Graham as its new director of finance and corporate services.
Most recently, Graham was director of corporate resources and organisational development at Relate. She also previously worked for Compassion in World Farming in finance, human resources and IT.
Graham will be responsible for running Battersea’s finance, legacies, IT and facilities teams. She will also be responsible for governance, risk and compliance.
Non-executive
Brain Tumour Research has announced the appointments of four new trustees to its current board of six. Margaret Turner, Jeremy Aron, Gerard Kelly and Jessica Ranft have been named as the new trustees.
Turner is a chartered physiotherapist and previously the chief executive of two NHS Trusts; Aron is a commercial lawyer and legal director; Kelly is the former strategy and public affairs advisor for the European Cockpit Association in Brussels and Ranft is a marketer and global technology expert.
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