NPC appoints former No. 10 policy director as chief executive

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 7 Sep 2011

New Philanthropy Capital has appointed Dan Corry, a former head of the Number 10 policy unit and senior adviser to Gordon Brown on the economy, as its new chief executive, starting in October.

The think tank charity has also welcomed Deborah Stedman-Scott, chief executive of Tomorrow’s People, to its board of trustees.

Corry, who replaces Martin Brookes, is a public policy and economics expert who has worked in a variety of areas. He was head of the Number 10 Policy Unit, senior adviser to prime minister Gordon Brown on the economy from 2007 to 2010, and most recently, a director in the economics segment of FTI Consulting.

In addition to working at senior levels of government, Corry ran the New Local Government Network think tank between 2002 and 2005 and was senior economist at the IPPR in the 1990s. More recently in his role at FTI Consulting, Corry’s work included an analysis of the cost effectiveness of the Family Rights Group.

Corry, who has written his first blog for NPC today, said: “I am very excited to be taking the helm at NPC. The issues that NPC deals with are not only core to the business of charities and donors, but are at the heart of many debates about how we make our society stronger and fairer. Martin Brookes and NPC’s trustees have built NPC into an impressive organisation and a leader in its field, and I look forward to taking it on to even greater things.”

NPC is also welcoming a new addition to its trustee board - Baroness Stedman-Scott, chief executive of the national employment charity, Tomorrow’s People and Conservative peer.

She said: “I am delighted to be joining such a highly- regarded organisation as New Philanthropy Capital. There has never been a greater need to support the charity sector, not just with funding, but also with help to mature its thinking and approach. NPC is very well placed to lead on this.”

Directory: New Philanthropy Capital
Who's Who: Deborah Stedman-Scott | Dan Corry | Martin Brookes

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