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.
Jenny Williams, Chair
Former Chief Executive and Commissioner of the Gambling Commission. Trustee of Fight for Sight.
Reshard Auladin
Trustee of The Bell Foundation and The Early Intervention Foundation. Former Chair of the Muslim Community and Education Centre.
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.
Jill Thompson, Chair
Chartered accountant with a background in investment banking. Chair of Breast Cancer Now.
Sacha Deshmukh
Chief Executive Officer of Amnesty International UK. Former chief executive at Smart Energy GB and Unicef UK. Former Chair of War Child UK and Deputy Chair of Citizens Advice England and Wales.
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.
David Cunningham
Chief executive of Kids Operating Room. Past Chair of the Scottish Standards Committee of the former Institute of Fundraising.
Nick Jones, external member
Executive Director for Humane Society International/UK. Former Managing Director of Fundraising, Communications and Policy at Action for Children, and interim Executive Director of Marketing, Fundraising and Communications at Save the Children.
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