Clic Sargent chief executive Lorraine Clifton, has announced that she will retire at the end of the year to focus on her work as a trustee and allow for more personal time.
Clifton has overseen the children’s cancer charity for the past six years. During that time it increased its income by 40 per cent to £25m.
The charity is currently recruiting for a new chief executive to start before the end of the year for a handover period with Clifton.
A spokeswoman for the charity said: “We’ll be doing a thorough recruitment process with the support of specialists. Lorraine doesn’t expect to be leaving until the end of the year so the next chief executive will be in place by this time, allowing for a thorough handover.”
The spokeswoman said Clifton will continue her trusteeship for the charity Spear and "scale back" to allow for more personal time.
Clifton said she was “humbled and inspired” by Clic Sargent's beneficiaries.
“I feel very privileged to have spent the last six years working with Clic Sargent’s staff and volunteers. Together we have made a huge difference to the lives of many thousands of children, young people and families,” she said.
The charity reached its tenth birthday over the past year, marking “the right time” to hand the reigns to a successor, Clifton said.
“We have reflected on our achievements and looked forward to our aspirations for the next ten years,” she said. “The resulting strategy will be launched next month and I think now is the right time for me to hand over to someone else to take that work forward.”
Peter Hollins, chair of Clic Sargent said Clifton had “transformed” the charity since joining in 2009.
“I would like to thank Lorraine for transforming Clic Sargent since joining the charity in August 2009,” he said. “We are helping more children, young people and their families to cope better with cancer than ever before."
Clic Sargent fundraising director Lucy Caldicott also said last month that she was stepping down to work as an independent consultant and travel to Romania with the charity Hope and Homes for Children, of which she is a trustee. Caldicott has been replaced by Rachel Kirby-Rider.
