Every chief executive must be chief fundraiser, says MP 10
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Becky Slack
Freelance writer, civil society sector
Becky Slack is a freelance writer specialising in civil society topics. Her most recent permanent post was as launch editor of Charity Insight magazine andshe also spent two and a half years as editor of Professional Fundraising magazine (now Fundraising).
In between these jobs she spent two years as a senior corporate partnerships fundraiser at the British Red Cross,
Slack previously worked in television and radio production for broadcasters including the BBC and Australia’s Seven Network.
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