Tom Wright
Prior to joining Age UK as chief executive, Tom Wright was CEO of VisitBritain, the national tourist board, promoting Britain around the world.
Before his entry into the civil society sector Tom worked at the Saga Group, where he was managing director of Saga Holidays and a group board director.
In his earlier career he worked for Scottish and Newcastle plc developing Center Parcs in England and then in Europe. He has a marketing and commercial background having worked on such brands as KP, Anchor and Carlsberg.
In 2007 he was awarded a CBE for his services.
Tom is also a trustee of the Imperial War Museum and chair of the Trading Company.
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As the Race Online 2012 campaign comes to an end, the UK digital champion Martha Lane Fox today launches Go On UK with Age UK and Big Lottery Fund as two of its founding partners.
Age UK, the new charity created from the merger of Help the Aged and Age Concern, paid a consultancy around £100,000 to develop its new brand and its new name, despite using the name since January, the same month it hired Corporate Edge.
Age UK is the new name for the merged organisation formed by Age Concern and Help the Aged, despite the charity denying it would use the name in January.
Vibeka Mair reviews the leaders of the UK’s largest charities.
The merger of Age Concern and Help the Aged will result in the loss of 310 posts, as the charity looks to make savings of more than £10m. In a statement, the age charity said it expects retail and legacy income to fall and will be balancing its budget to maintain an appropriate level of reserves.
Help the Aged and Age Concern have selected Age UK as the potential new legal name for their soon-to-be combined charity.
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