25/01/12
Experienced financial services professional Paul Stallard becomes the PFRA’s new chair today as he takes the reins of the organisation’s board meeting today [Wednesday 25 January 2012].
Paul is the PFRA’s first paid chair – he will receive an annual stipend – and the second occupant of the chair’s position to come from outside the PFRA’s membership.
At a time when the regulatory framework for fundraising is in flux, Paul believes it is important that the chair is seen to have a degree of independence from PFRA’s membership.
“My appointment will present a level of independence that shows we are not merely representing the interests of our members in raising funds for beneficiaries, but that we are genuinely prepared to build self-regulation that balances the duty of charities to ask for such support with the rights of people not to receive undue pressure to give,” he says.
Paul’s duties include chairing alternate-monthly board meetings, the AGM and other PFRA events and meetings, speaking engagements, and building relationships with our stakeholders and partners.
PFRA’s previous external chair, Timothy Hornsby, resigned in 2008 having held the position for five years. The role has been filled since then in an acting capacity by PFRA’s vice chair Michael Naidu, assistant director of fundraising at Mencap.
Paul will pay tribute to Michael’s work as chair at the board meeting today, saying it has often “gone beyond the call of duty”.
For more information about Paul Stallard, follow the link to his LinkedIn profile.
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