The former boss of the Big Lottery Fund has been appointed chief executive of the new Fundraising Regulator, which is expected to open its doors in spring 2016.
Stephen Dunmore, a highly experienced executive in the charity sector, will take on the role for the next 12 months. He will be responsible for leading the creation of the new body, which has been tasked with implementing the new self-regulatory system for fundraising.
Lord Michael Grade, the Conservative peer, was appointed last month to chair the regulator.
Dunmore has spent the past 12 months working as interim chief executive of the Family and Childcare Trust, was CEO of the Big Lottery Fund and its predecessor the New Opportunities Fund for over a decade.
In 2008, he was appointed as an adviser to the Office of the Third Sector, which ultimately became to the Office for Civil Society, and in the same year was made chair of the BBC’s charity appeals advisory committee,
Over the past seven years, he has also held chief executive roles at Capacitybuilders, The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and the the National Consumer Council, among others.
In a statement, Dunmore said: “I very much welcome the opportunity to lead the development of the new organisation. The tremendous contribution that the charitable sector makes to our society depends on the trust that all those who donate have in our charities.
“I will work closely with charities large and small alongside other key partners to ensure that the Funding Regulator maintains and enhances that trust.”
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