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Our Committees

Our board is guided by recommendations from three committees:

  • the Complaints and Investigations Committee;
  • the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee;
  • and the Standards Committee.

Complaints and Investigations Committee

The committee is responsible for holding the executive to account for the overall casework performance of the regulator and reassuring the board that the casework function is fit for purpose.

The committee determines the outcome of some individual cases and can reconsider a case that has been remitted to the external reviewer.

The committee also undertakes thematic reviews of casework in order to identify wider lessons or areas of the code that the standards committee may wish to review.

For further information, read about our complaints process. A copy of the terms of reference of the committee is available on request.

Reshard Auladin 

Trustee of The Bell Foundation and The Early Intervention Foundation. Former Chair of the Muslim Community and Education Centre. 

Anne Heal

Held a range of non-executive roles in other regulators including Ofqual, the Office of Rail and Road and the General Dental Council. Serves on enforcement bodies for the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority. 

Damien Chapman 

Director of Income Generation at the Money Advice Trust. Former Director of Fundraising and Communications at the Civil Service Benevolent Fund. 

Valerie Morton 

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and Chairs their Nominations and Elections Committee. Trustee of the NHS Confederation and a small grant-making trust. 

Martin Price  

Third sector consultant in Wales. Past Chair of the former Institute of Fundraising Cymru and senior fundraiser at Mencap in Wales.  

Claire Stanley, observer from the Chartered Institute of Fundraising

Director of Policy and Communications at the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. 

Finance, Audit and Risk Committee

The committee is responsible for monitoring and advising the Board on significant strategic risks.

It manages financial risk, performance, funding and expenditure. It makes recommendations on staff remuneration and considers the appropriate audit arrangements for the regulator.

The committee’s terms of reference are available on request.

Nick Jones, Chair

Executive Director of the animal welfare charity, Humane World for Animals UK.

Girish Menon

Trustee on the board of Hope and Homes for Children. He has also held the role of Chief Executive at STiR Education UK and ActionAid UK and he was previously Deputy Chief Executive at WaterAid.

Kieron James

Telecommunications entrepreneur and founder of the Wonderful Organisation. 

Sharon Martin, external member

Chief Financial Officer at Born Free Foundation. Previously Head of Finance in other charities and the public sector. 

Margaret Moore

Deputy Chair of The Royal Voluntary Service, trustee of Prior Park Schools, and an external member of the governance and finance committee of Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby. Former partner at Travers Smith LLP and Vice Chair of Sue Ryder.

Standards Committee

The standards committee oversees the development of the Code of Fundraising Practice, in consultation with those who fundraise and the public.

The committee makes sure that standards continue to reflect current fundraising practices, changes to relevant legislation and the expectations of the public.

The committee also has responsibility for the development of additional guidance about the code.

Suzanne McCarthy, Chair

Chair of the Fire Standards Board and the charities Lepra and Right to Succeed. Past member of the former Institute of Fundraising’s Standards Committee. 

Paul Amadi 

Executive Director of Marketing, Fundraising and Communications at the British Red Cross

George Lusty, external member 

Senior Director for Consumer Protection at the Competition and Markets Authority, Formerly of the Competition Appeal Tribunal and international law firm Simmons & Simmons.  

Guy Parker 

Chief executive of the Advertising Standards Authority, board member of the European Advertising Standards Alliance and President of the International Council of Ad Self-regulation.  

Jen Suter 

Head of Direct Engagement at Save the Children UK. 

Adrian Williams 

Fundraising Compliance Manager at Versus Arthritis 

Claire Stanley, observer from the Chartered Institute of Fundraising 

Director of Policy and Communications at the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. 

Observer from the Scottish Fundraising Adjudication Panel