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Marie Curie chief executive to retire
Adam Martin
7 Feb 2012
7 Feb 2012
Tags: Philanthropy
Thomas Hughes-Hallett
Thomas Hughes-Hallett has been chief executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care since 2000 and announced his intention to retire by the end of 2012 in February that year.
Educated at Eton College and Oxford University (where he gained an MA in modern history) Tom, as he is known, went on to qualify as a barrister. From there he spent 22 years in the banking profession working as chief executive of Enskilda Corporate, chairman of Robert Fleming Securities, and later, director of Fleming Asset Management.
In December 2010 he was announced as chair of the new independent Philanthropy Review, a collaboration of voluntary and private sector bodies who aim to identify ways of achieving a step-change in charitable giving in the UK. He is also a member of the Kings Fund General Advisory Council, chairman of the End of Life Care Implementation Advisory Board, review chair for the Palliative Care Funding Review for adults and children in England and a trustee of Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.
Tom has formerly been chairman of English Churches Housing Group and the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, a director of the National Council for Palliative Care and a special trustee of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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Thomas Hughes-Hallett is to retire as chief executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care by the end of the year.
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Bubb tells MPs that contracts are better than grants 6
Vibeka Mair
6 Jul 2011
6 Jul 2011
Tags: Campaigns | Public service delivery
Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of Acevo, told a select committee meeting yesterday that grants were "problematic" for the sector and that contracts were preferable.
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NHS report makes case for increased charity involvement
Gareth Jones
14 Jun 2011
14 Jun 2011
Tags: Public service delivery
The NHS Future Forum’s report on choice and competition has argued strongly in favour of allowing charities to deliver more NHS services, as well as giving them the ‘Right to Challenge’.
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Bubb asks MPs for meeting to debate criticisms of charity sector
Vibeka Mair
26 Jan 2011
26 Jan 2011
Tags: Campaigns
Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of Acevo, has asked the Public Administration Select Committee for a session with charity chief executives to address criticisms made towards the voluntary sector in a PASC meeting last week.
Charities’ spend on advertising and campaigning compared with levels of service delivery to beneficiaries has come under sharp scrutiny by the Public Administration Select Committee.
Vibeka Mair reviews the leaders of the UK’s largest charities.
If a boardmember doesn't act as the owner of the charity, is there not a danger that the chief executive assumes the owner role and becomes better known than the charity itself? Tom Hughes-Hallett reveals why board members need to have a stake in their charities.
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