Katie Docherty

Chief Executive Officer at Chartered Institute of Fundraising

Katie joined as Chief Executive Officer in October 2021. Katie brings her valuable insight and knowledge to lead the fundraising community as a former fundraiser for Anthony Nolan, senior manager for Age Scotland, Convenor of the Association of Chief Officers of Scottish Voluntary Organisations (ACOSVO), and Chief Executive of Scouts Scotland, a leading membership body.

Katie began her third sector career at Anthony Nolan leading the regional fundraising team across the UK. She moved to Age Scotland as Head of Charity Services leading several teams including Policy, Communications, Campaigns, Fundraising, Information & Advice and Community Development. Katie joined Scouts Scotland as Chief Executive in 2016, a membership organisation of 40,000 young people and 12,000 adult members.

Katie was appointed by the Scottish Government as a Board Member at Children’s Hearings Scotland. In her spare time, she is an Assistant Leader in Beavers and Scouts and Dunfermline Athletic FC season ticket holder.

Jamie is Chief Executive of international children’s charity, Scottish Love in Action, bringing fifteen years’ experience mainly working in smaller Christian international development charities. Following senior roles at The Leprosy Mission and Blythswood Care, he moved to his current role. Leading a charity enables him to combine his love of fundraising with strategy and governance.

Jamie regularly pursues opportunities to grow and learn. A Chartered Marketer and graduate of the Diploma in Fundraising, he is completing an MBA at the University of Edinburgh. 

A volunteer with the Chartered Institute of Fundraising for more than a decade, he previously chaired the Scotland Executive and currently mentors early career fundraisers.

Regarded as a respected voice in fundraising, he regularly contributes to conferences and publications, offering insight into the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.

Passionate about the distinctive role of small charities, Jamie values innovation, resilience, and impact - qualities he hopes to recognise and celebrate as a National Fundraising Awards judge.

Richard Lee is the Fundraising Director for Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end of life charity, there with people to the end, no matter what the illness.

Richard has been lucky enough to work at some amazing charities such as Marie Curie, Oxfam, Macmillan, Shelter and ShelterBox. Over his career, by working with some incredible teams, Richard has managed to average around 20% year on year growth. As a director Richard’s lead teams raising between £115 mil and £6 mil. And before being a director led corporate, community and events teams.

Richard loves Fundraising and is excited about the totality of the impact Fundraising can make. Not only the money, but the awareness and engagement, the time people give and the strategic impact that partners can make.  The totality of the impact we make.

Gemma has over 20 years of experience in the charity sector starting out as a graduate trainee fundraiser for the NSPCC. Gemma went on to specialise in community fundraising at The Cardinal Hume Centre, WaterAid and Save the Children. Gemma spent 17 years at Save the Children where she held Director roles in community fundraising, retail, innovation and campaign fundraising before becoming the Executive Director of Fundraising and Marketing for 6 years. During that time Gemma led teams that developed and scaled Christmas Jumper Day, rolled out a specialist retail chain, raised millions in emergency appeals and reversed a decline in regular giving. 

All of Gemma's work is underpinned by building high performing teams and organisations, with a focus on high autonomy and accountability. Following a year as Interim CEO at Save the Children Gemma is now CEO of Refuge, the UK's largest specialist domestic abuse charity. Gemma is also Deputy Chair of London's Air Ambulance who have just successfully closed a £15m capital appeal to fund 2 new helicopters.

Amanda is a highly experienced fundraising consultant with over 25 years’ experience gained through senior level strategy, fundraising, and marketing roles and has a proven track record of driving sustainable income growth for a diverse range of clients.  

At THINK, Amanda’s areas of expertise include supporting individuals and teams to achieve greater income and impact and leading on strategy development, supporter experience and fundraising operations assignments.  She is passionate about ensuring the voice of the supporter is at the heart of fundraising activity and helping charities to deliver exceptional supporter experiences to maximise supporter engagement and lifetime value.   

Amanda’s fundraising career includes several senior practitioner roles in strategy, fundraising and supporter marketing, including Cancer Research UK, Teenage Cancer Trust and YWCA England and Wales (now Young Women’s Trust).  Amanda is also a Trustee at The Myton Hospices.

The THINK team is committed to supporting fundraisers at every stage of their careers and to advancing fundraising as a profession of choice - particularly among individuals currently underrepresented within the sector and are delighted to be the Chartered Institute’s Nurturing Fundraising Talent partner. These Awards provide an important opportunity to recognise and celebrate excellence in fundraising practice.

Zia Salik is the Director of Islamic Relief UK, bringing over 18 years of third sector experience. He has held several leadership roles within the organisation, including National Events Coordinator, National Community Fundraising Manager, Head of Fundraising, and Deputy Director. Zia has led national fundraising strategies, managed large-scale campaigns and events, and contributed significantly to volunteer development, donor engagement and public outreach. As Director, Zia oversees multiple teams and contributes to strategic planning, operational leadership and organisational growth. He is recognised for his expertise in major donor management, public speaking, media engagement and community fundraising. Zia has been instrumental in building strong community networks and delivering impactful campaigns.

Before joining Islamic Relief, Zia served as Programmes Manager at Humber All Nations Alliance, where he led organisational growth, project delivery and funding proposals.

Zia is a seasoned leader committed to social justice, who brings a collaborative, mission-driven approach to his work, helping to amplify voices and maximise impact in the charity sector.

Terry McGrath is Chief Marketing and Fundraising Officer at Guide Dogs, joining in June 2024. A senior marketing leader with a proven record of delivering income growth and digital transformation at scale, Terry has led complex global and not-for-profit brands including Microsoft, the BBC, JPI Media and the Royal Opera House.

With deep expertise in brand strategy, digital innovation and audience engagement, Terry creates commercially driven marketing strategies that grow revenue and build lasting relationships with consumers, corporates, members and donors. She has guided multiple organisations through substantive change—pivoting brands and products to digital, transforming operating models, and embedding new skills and capabilities across multi-disciplinary teams.

Terry holds an MBA from the University of London and a BA (Hons) from Queen’s University Belfast.

Craig Fordham is the Director of Public Fundraising at Macmillan Cancer Support, the UK’s largest cancer care charity. After a brief and unfulfilling stint in the music industry, Craig joined Macmillan as a Supporter Donations temp for an initial six-week period. He quickly caught the fundraising bug and has now been with the organisation for over 25 years, a career that has spanned Events, Legacies, Innovation, Giving, Strategy, Compliance and more!

In his current role, Craig is responsible for engaging and inspiring the UK public across a range of giving, fundraising and legacy activity to generate over £200m of income. He a member of the Executive Board of Remember a Charity and a former Chair of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (CIOF)'s Event Managers' Forum special interest group, and member of the CIOF Fundraising Convention board.

Outside of work, Craig is a sports enthusiast.  Whilst his enthusiasm far outweighs his abilities, he channels his efforts into co-organising his local running club and supporting the British Biathlon team to find a future Olympic champion.

Clare Moore leads the Fundraising & Engagement Proposition department at Cancer Research UK, where she is responsible for driving income growth across mass fundraising propositions including Legacy Giving, Individual Giving, Race for Life, Stand Up to Cancer, and Social Challenges. Her focus is on ensuring propositions meet supporter needs and that the product portfolio delivers maximum collective return.

Since joining CRUK in 2008, Clare has held several senior roles including Head of Strategic Marketing Communications, Head of Brand, and Director of Legacies & Stand Up to Cancer. She began by leading the optimisation team in the in-house digital marketing function

Before CRUK, Clare spent 11 years in the travel industry with brands like Club 18-30 and Thomas Cook. A marketer by background, she led brand and campaign strategy for Club 18-30 and launched innovative travel propositions for Thomas Cook’s specialist businesses - pioneering dynamically generated package holidays and digital-first sub-brands. She also spent a year at a start-up, building and marketing an SME review platform to support small business growth.

Paul Montgomery’s 25 year fundraising career began in England with the Anthony Nolan Trust and Cancer Research UK, before returning home to Northern Ireland. A brief spell with the NSPCC led him to the Stroke Association in 2012, where he continues to champion human connection as the heart of supporter stewardship.

Paul is passionate about aligning systems, processes and people to create meaningful experiences for supporters. A strong advocate for cross-sector collaboration and peer learning, he actively seeks and shares insight to help his team - and the wider sector - grow and thrive.

Until recently, Paul chaired the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s Northern Ireland committee and continues to volunteer with a committed team representing a broad spectrum of charities fundraising in NI, both large and small. As long-time chair of the judging panel for the Northern Ireland Fundraising Awards, he believes deeply in the power of recognition to celebrate excellence, success and pride across the profession.

Rebecca Mauger has over 25 years’ experience in Fundraising and Marketing across the voluntary and commercial sector. Her directorate includes all fundraising from engaging with and inspiring the public to support, supporting committees to galvanise their networks to raise funds for the work on Barnardo’s through events and introductions, unlocking opportunities with companies and inspiring support from high-net-worth individuals and foundations. It also includes our brand and marketing, supporting the organisation to build awareness and inspire connection.

Rebecca joined Barnardo’s from St John Ambulance where she was Director of Fundraising for four years and she has held fundraising leadership roles at British Red Cross, Action for Children and the Children’s Society. A Cranfield Trust funded Cranfield Executive MBA graduate, she is now a member of the Cranfield Trust Board.

Liz joined BBC Children in Need in 2006. As Head of High Value Partnerships and Philanthropy, she is responsible for Leading the Partnership Team to deliver £10M+ annually through strategic, impact led partnerships which align with the charity’s organisational objectives and income and engagement strategy, protect existing income and drive new sustainable growth. 

Liz began her career in Marketing and Campaigns, with a Diploma in Direct Marketing after completing her degree in English. After several years in marketing and campaign management, she moved into the charity sector in 2001, in the fundraising team at Help the Aged. After a period at a Marketing agency working on government and charity accounts, she moved to Scope as Senior Fundraiser before joining BBC Children in Need as Marketing and Campaigns Manager.

During her time at Children in Need, she has led the Marketing Team, Public and Schools Fundraising Team and moved to head up the High Value Partnerships and Philanthropy team in 2022. Liz has a strong interest in youth support and mentors young people in local schools.