Lesley-Anne Alexander

Lesley-Anne Alexander was appointed chief executive at RNIB in January 2004.

Before joining RNIB she was director of operations for the Peabody Trust and prior to this she held various posts in local government with her final post being director of housing with the London Borough of Enfield.

Alexander has been a board member of the British Judo Association and the Waltham Forest Community Housing Association and is currently chair of both the UK Vision Strategy Group and Acevo (the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations).

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The existing model of charity governance that gives non-executive trustee boards authority over executive staff is bust and cannot be sustained, the chair of RNIB told an audience of charity chief executives...

Vibeka Mair reviews the leaders of the UK’s largest charities

There are 29 new faces in the chief executives survey of the top 100 charities by income this year, either because that charity has increased...

Acevo chief executive Stephen Bubb today told a members' summit that he claimed £9,751.04 in expenses last year.

His announcement means that all the major umbrella body CEOs have now disclosed their...

A Conservative government would enable charities to earn a surplus from public sector contracts just as private sector providers do, shadow charities minister Nick Hurd told an audience of charity chief...

I seen for far too long executives "manage" trustees who often don't have the time, or indeed the skills to effectively govern their organisation. We have seen what happens when it goes wrong with Age Concern, who will be next?

» Existing governance model is 'bust', says RNIB chair

Lesley-Anne Alexander, chief executive of the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), is the new chair of Acevo.

Alexander replaces Charities Aid Foundation chief, John Low, who was chair for...

We are a multi-million pound charity. The majority of our trustees are beneficiaries or, parents or carers of beneficiaries and are elected by our membership. We have three co-opted trustees which includes...

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