Sir David Varney

Sir David Varney

Chairman, Stroke Association from March 2013

David Varney was announced as the new chairman for the Stroke Association in July 2012. He will take up the position in March 2013.

He was the chief executive of British Gas between 1996 and 2000.

From 2007 to 2009 he advised the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown on public service transformation. Before that he was chair of HM Revenue and Customs.

He was also the chair of Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS University Hospitals Trust between January and June 2010.

 

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The business of fundraising

Fundraising is a realm all-too-oft avoided in a charity's boardroom, and left to buoy itself. But Sir David Varney intends to use his extensive business experience to help encourage corporate donations at the Stroke Association, where he is chairman designate.

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