Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
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BBC Children in Need

National Lottery Community Fund co-deputy directors of policy partnerships and performance in England Sarah Baker and Hannah Rignell are to move to BBC Children in Need later this year.

The job share duo will be co-chief officers for children at BBC Children in Need, overseeing £50m of annual funding for children “to ensure resources are directed where they can achieve the greatest impact”, said the funder.

They had previously worked together at the Cabinet Office on cross-government disability policy and have been jointly responsible for the National Lottery Community Fund’s grants portfolio in England for the last three years.

“This role brings together what we have enjoyed most about working at The National Lottery Community Fund and before that in disability inclusion at the Cabinet Office,” they said.

“It is about looking across a whole organisation and making sure everything we are doing is making a meaningful difference to people's lives.

“And this time for a charity with huge public resonance and centring a group who could not be closer to our hearts - children and young people.”

St John’s Foundation

Bath charity St John’s Foundation, which can trace its history back 850 years, has promoted its director of operations Laura Alexander to chief executive.

She joined the charity, which provides alms-house accommodation and runs grants programmes, three years ago to lead its St John’s Hospital Trading Company that includes its commercial ventures.

In a statement its board said: “Over the last three years, we have seen first-hand the enormous contribution Laura has made to both St John’s Foundation and our trading company.

“She has brought energy, passion and strong leadership to the organisation, but just as importantly, she understands St John’s, our people and the responsibility we have to those we support.

“At such an important point in the charity’s development, Laura brings a clear vision for where St John’s needs to go next while understanding and respecting what makes the organisation so special.”

Lloyds Bank Foundation

Lloyds Bank Foundation has appointed government business adviser and former Confederation of British Industry (CBI) president Paul Drechsler to chair its board.

He is currently lead non-executive director at the Department for Business, Science, Innovation and Trade and has previously been chairman and chief executive of Wates Group, chair of Bibby Line Group and a Trustee of Business in the Community.

"I look forward to working with fellow trustees, colleagues, partners and community-led organisations across England and Wales, all of whom are deeply committed to making a real difference in their communities,” said Drechsler, who is also a trustee of food redistribution charity FELIX.

He succeeds acting chair Enver Solomon, who will continue as vice chair of the funder.

“I am confident he will provide the leadership needed to support the Foundation in catalysing community-led change across England and Wales,” said Solomon.

Phoenix Community Trust

Global majority led charity The Pheonix Community Trust has appointed former National Lottery Community Fund advisor Shane Ryan as its first chief executive.

He is also a former consultant with the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea’s Grenfell Response Unit and has been a senior policy advisor at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

In addition, he spent eight years as chief executive of male engagement charity Future Men, formally Working with Men.

"Shane has been part of the Phoenix journey for many years, and brings with him a wealth of knowledge, community partnerships and lived commitment to tackling structural racism in philanthropy,” said the racial justice charity’s chair Amna Abdullatif.

“His leadership will be instrumental as we build Phoenix into a lasting force for community power and racial justice. The Board looks forward to working with him as we begin this next chapter.”

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