Michael Brophy

Michael Brophy was chief executive of Charities Aid Foundation for two decades until 2002, and was also the architect of several voluntary sector institutions including Community Foundations, the Association of Charitable Foundations and the Institute of Fundraising.

Initially a Royal Navy pilot and an advertising executive, his first voluntary sector role was as fundraising and marketing director of Scope.

In his role at CAF, Brophy successfully lobbied for the introduction of gift aid and other tax reliefs which have generated millions of pounds for charities since.

He retired from CAF in 2002 and spent two gap years sailing his ketch to the West Indies and back to Newhaven via the Dardenelles.

He has since returned to the charity sector as a trustee of a number of charities including the Capital Community Foundation in London and the Charity Employees Benevolent Fund. He also sits on the NCVO’s Funding Commission, set up in January 2009 to find ways to improve funding to the sector, and is a powerful advocate for social investment and the need for new social investment bonds.

In 2009 he received the outstanding leadership award at the Charity Awards.

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