Charity Investment Conference 2012
15 Oct 2012
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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Men may have ruled the political panel, but women packed the punches from the audience in the Civil Society Question Time debate, says Niki May Young.
Six of the sector’s leading female chief executives have been chosen to take part in a series of events aimed at creating links between talent in the voluntary sector and FTSE company boards.
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.
An idea from the 20/20 Leadership Commission to appoint an organisation as equalities champion for the sector got short shrift from a panel of women leaders yesterday.
NCVO and Acevo have launched their first-ever joint conference, just weeks after announcing that they are moving in together.
More top 100 charity CEOs now come from the public sector than ever before, reports Vibeka Mair.
Rodney Buse has been announced as the next Guide Dogs chairman, taking up the position next year upon the exit of current chair Tony Aston.
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.

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