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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Lesley Anne-Alexander, chief executive of RNIB, has indicated that the charity could make major changes to its structure, and suggested it is actively considering further mergers and collaborations.
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 last week.
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Egos and a lack of planning damage collaboration, say charity leaders
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Egos, bad planning and tension around competition are stopping effective collaboration in the charity sector, according to a panel of charity experts who discussed the issue at a Knowledge Peers event last night.
Richard Leaman, chief executive of Guide Dogs for the Blind has hit back at accusations from chief executive of RNIB, Lesley-Anne Alexander that Guide Dogs is “insular” and unwilling to merge due to fears its fundraising will be damaged.
More top 100 charity CEOs now come from the public sector than ever before, reports Vibeka Mair.
If women in the voluntary sector are to achieve equality of pay and opportunity, the debate needs to move on from the “old-fashioned bra-burning era” and focus on skills, according to Acevo chair Lesley-Anne Alexander.
The coalition government will strive to find ways to properly resource civil society to enable it to be in the vanguard of the Big Society, Francis Maude told an audience of sector representatives today.
Vibeka Mair reviews the leaders of the UK’s largest charities.