Committees

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Our priorities are guided by committees made up of Individual, Organisational and Corporate Members.

Learning and Development Committee

Our Learning and Development Committee is responsible for guiding the development of our professional development programmes. It has taken the lead on developing our qualifications framework and our work on fundraising apprenticeships.

  • Caryn Skinner, Director, Sharpstone Skinner
  • Di Gornall, Director of Fundraising and Supporter Engagement, Sustrans
  • Frances Milner, Director of Fundraising, Prince’s Trust
  • Jane Banks, Consultant, Independent Consultant
  • Karen McKenzie, Income Generation Director, Douglas Macmillan Hospice
  • Loretta Bresciani Murray, Consultant, Independent Consultant.
  • Paul Farthing, Chief Executive, Shooting Star Children's Hospices
  • Joel Voysey, Fundraising Consultant
  • Jennifer Dougan, Fundraising, Marketing & Strategy Consultant
  • Nadine Campbell, British Heart Foundation, (Chartered Institute Chair)
  • Sofia Zeenat Sheikh, Charity Director, RAISE (West Hertfordshire Hospital Charity) (Chartered Institute Trustee)
Finance and Resources Committee

Our Finance and Resources Committee is responsible for overseeing all of our finances, risks and resources to ensure the short and long term viability of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, and advises our Board of Trustees on those matters.

  • Rohan Hewavisenti - (Chair & Chartered Institute Hon. Treasurer), Chief Financial Officer, Amnesty International
  • Graham Darnell - Graham Darnell Consulting
  • Sarah Bissell, Deputy Director of Relationship Fundraising, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
  • Leanne Wenham, Fundraising Development Manager, Age UK
  • Dan Fletcher, Director, Moore Kingston Smith LLP
  • Kelvin Hopkins, Managing Director, The Professional Fundraiser Ltd (Chartered Institute Trustee)
  • Kerys Sheppard, Head of Fundraising, Shelter Cymru (Chartered Institute Trustee)
     
Nominations and Elections Committee

The Nominations and Elections Committee is responsible for overseeing the application and selection processes for elected and co-opted Trustees and promoting and advising on nominations for our Lifetime Contribution Award and Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. They are also responsible for recommending suitable recipients to our Board.

  • Louise Parkes, (Chair) – Chief Executive, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
  • Gill Jolly - Director, Achieve Consultants Ltd
  • Gary Kernahan – Head of Interim & Senior Consultant, THINK Consulting Solutions (Chartered Institute Trustee)
  • Valerie Morton, Consultant
  • Andy King – Director, Fireside Fundraising
  • Jen Boyson, Head of Community & Events - Public Fundraising, RSPCA
  • Harpreet Kondel, Charity Strategy Director, CONNECT Print Consultancy (Chartered Institute Trustee)
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

We are committed to culture change across all parts of the Chartered Institute and our fundraising community. Our Equity Diversity and Inclusion committee leads on this mission, supporting us to deliver our strategic objectives to make the profession, and us as a Chartered Institute, more equal, diverse and inclusive, and to provide challenge and advice to the Board and staff team.

  • Paul Amadi, Chief Supporter Officer, British Red Cross
  • Joyce Fraser OBE, Chair, Black Heroes Foundation (Trustee observer)
  • Rebecca Mansell, Chief Executive, British Deaf Association (Trustee observer)
  • Neal Somerville, Face to Face Manager, RNLI
  • Electra McPhillips, Founder & Head of Development, Athena Arts Development Consultants
  • Georgina Shute, Founder, KindTwo
  • Tjivejo Pennylope Kapere, Community Development Manager, ELBA
  • Giada Ciccozzi, Corporate Partnerships Manager, British Legion
  • Graham Dew, Founding Director, Bamboo Fundraising
  • Jenn Flores, Trusts and Foundations Manager, Little Village 
  • Matt Parkes (Chartered Institute Trustee)
  • Monwara Ali, CEO, Waltham Forest Community Hub
     
Professional Conduct Committee

The Professional Conduct Committee drives forward the Chartered Institute’s ambition to have the highest possible standards of professional conduct within the fundraising profession across the UK. The Committee will have responsibility for continuing to develop the Chartered Institute’s Member Code of Conduct, the Code of Behaviour for its events, have oversight of all complaints and disciplinary policies and processes relating to professional conduct, and set up disciplinary and appeals panels as needed.

  • Lindsay Bartling, Senior Associate at Clyde & Co solicitors and Deputy District Judge 
  • Graham Briscoe, Retired with a governance portfolio
  • Kirsty Mavor, Clerk to Board of Management, Glasgow Clyde College
  • Matt Radford, Lead Consultant, Vulnerable Paths
  • Gary Richardson, Chief Executive, Countryside Learning
  • Ngozi Cadmus, Chief Executive Officer, Happiworkers  (Chartered Institute Trustee)
  • Martine Koch, Head of Membership, Royal Town Planning Institute
  • Claire Hagon, Independent Nurse Consultant and Life Coach 
  • Isobel Michael, Consultant, NSP Philanthropy & Fundraiser, Southside Family Project
Fundraising Talent Working Group

The Fundraising Talent Working Group has been established to look specifically at how we recruit and nurture fundraising talent for the future. This group will be help us identify the challenges facing organisations as they look to recruit new fundraisers, explore and share solutions and make recommendations to the Chartered Institute on the role we can play to support our members and member organisations to nurture fundraising talent.

  • Harpreet Kondel, Charity Strategy Director, CONNECT Print Consultancy (Chartered Institute Trustee)
  • Bruce Tait, Bruce Tait Associates
  • Charlotte Cole, Head of Individual Giving & Legacies, YMCA
  • Elizabeth Lamberti, Director of International Board Philanthropy, International Rescue Committee
  • Graham Sumeray, CEO, Charity Link
  • Ian MacQuillin, Director, Rogare
  • Naomi Breen, Community Fundraising Manager - Northern Ireland and Scotland, Diabetes UK
  • Claire Griffiths, Marketing Director, CharityJob
  • Jonathan Levy, Managing Director, Resolute Fundraising
  • Owen Thomas, Head of Fundraising and Development, National Botanic Garden of Wales and Chair of Chartered Institute of Fundraising Cymru
Championing Fundraising
  • Kelly Maklowicz, Associate Director-Fundraising, Mind
  • Angela Cluff, Fundraising Consultant
  • Hannah Hyde, Consultant, THINK Consulting Solutions
  • Jane Trenaman, Fundraising Consultant
  • Jit Pundal, Founder, Legacy Life Cover
  • Jo Bussey, Director of Development, Ripon Cathedral
  • Norma Gerrard, Head of Individual Giving, RSPCA
  • Sarah Emerson, Lead Development Officer, Colchester Museums Development Foundation
  • Symond Russell, Executive Director of Individual Giving and Lotteries, Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex
  • Victoria Hurwood, Senior Relationship Manager, Pancreatic Cancer UK
Our National, Regional and Special Interest Groups Committees

We have committees to steer our work and support our members in the devolved nations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Find out more about our work in the nations

Our regional groups support fundraisers across England, with training, networking and mentoring opportunities. As with the nations, our regional committees bring local expertise to our work as a Chartered Institute.

Find out more about our work in the regions

Our special interest groups bring passionate fundraisers together to network, share and learn from each other across a range of specialisms and communities.

Find out more about our special interest groups

Fundraising Convention Board

Our Fundraising Convention Board has a vital role in curating the programme content for Fundraising Convention.

The board is made up of passionate fundraisers who bring with them a wealth of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds from across our fundraising community.

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