Among the latest charity appointments to feature in our weekly update are a new medical charity chair, two Charity Commission board reappointments, and another third sector body adopts a co-leadership model.

Here are your weekly updates about appointments in the charity sector
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Humanimal Trust

Animal and human medicine charity Humanimal Trust has appointed veterinary surgeon Dr Mary Fraser to be its next chair.

She succeeds Professor Roberto La Ragione, who is stepping down after his third consecutive term as chair.

“I look forward to building on the strong foundations laid by Professor Roberto La Ragione and working with the Trust to deliver real, societal change,” said Fraser, who is executive director of education at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and honorary clinical associate professor at the University of Glasgow.

The charity was launched 11 years ago to help those involved in human and animal medicine benefit from medical progress, but not at the expense of a animals’ lives.

Charity Commission

Two of the Charity Commission’s board members have been reappointed for a second term, including Paralympian Pippa Britton, who competed on the Great Britain archery team for 15 years.

Britton is also chair of Public Health Wales and is a former vice chair of the British Paralympic Association. She has been reappointed to sit on the charity regulator’s board until September 2028.

Also reappointed is charity lawyer Anne Phillips, who is a former chair of the Charity Law Association. After spending 20 years as a partner at Stone King LLP she remains as a consultant at the legal firm after retiring five years ago.

Home-Start UK

Family support charity Home-Start UK has become the latest in the sector to adopt a co-leadership model.

The charity will be led jointly by Natalie Acton and Jodie Reed.

Acton joins from local and central government roles, including stints in No.10’s policy unit and the Department for Education.

Meanwhile, Reed joins from Isos Partnership, where she was a director and partner, specialising in early childhood.

Both are also parents of young children “with first hand understanding of the
pressures families face”, said the charity.

Among other charities to adopt a co-leadership model is food poverty organisation Trussell.

Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK has appointed former Boots chief marketing officer Pete Markey as its executive director of marketing, fundraising and engagement.

Markey, whose mother died from cancer, said that his new role “is deeply personal for me. I want my next chapter to be about helping to beat cancer”.

He takes over from outgoing marketing director Philip Almond, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Markey joins CRUK in November and official start in his new role in December.



Young Epilepsy

Young Epilepsy and St Piers School and College has recruited the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability’s fundraising, marketing, communications and facilities director Jane Beaven as its next chief executive.

Beaven, who is a former heard of partnerships at The Children’s Trust and spent nine years until 2011 as corporate partnerships manager at Macmillan Cancer Support, replaces Mark Devin, who has been in the role for the past seven years.

She said: “I have already seen how much expertise, passion and commitment the team brings to supporting young people, and I feel privileged to be stepping into this role alongside them.”

WaterAid International

Former Botswana health minister Professor Sheila Tlou and former World Bank water security lead Claudia Sadoff have joined WaterAid International as independent members of its board of directors.

“WaterAid’s work resonates deeply with my lifelong commitment to advancing public health and human rights across Africa and beyond,” said Tlou.

“I look forward to working with my fellow Board Members to ensure that every community can access basic services that are so essential for healthy lives.”

WaterAid International was formed 15 years ago to support WaterAid organisations globally, including in the UK. It oversees global strategy and governance.

London Marathon

London Marathon Events and its parent charity London Marathon Foundation has appointed two new directors.

Former Guardian News & Media director of external communications Heather McCormick has been named as the mass participation event organisation’s group communications and public affairs director.

Meanwhile, Guy Fowles has joined as marketing director. He is a former managing director of young people’s winter sports tour operator Wasteland Travel. He has also held senior marketing roles for Penguin Books and the National Literacy Trust.

Card Factory Foundation

Ellie Saltrick has been appointed as fund manager at the Card Factory Foundation. Over her 13-charity sector career she has had stints as head of fundraising for Changing Faces and was the British Heart Foundation’s senior trust manager.

At the funder she will oversee its local community fund, which distributes £500,000 to around 100 charities in the UK each year.

“She brings a wealth of passion and expertise and has a strong track record across the sector, along with a deep understanding of what charities need to thrive,” said the Foundation’s head Pushpinder Gill.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

This more than 400-year-old medical charity has promoted its interim chief executive Dr Linda Irvine to the role permanently.

She has been in charge on a temporary basis at the organisation since February last year and has also previously been its deputy chief executive and director of membership and engagement.

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