Breast Cancer Campaign has appointed former children’s minister Baroness Delyth Morgan as its new chief executive, starting July 2011.

Morgan will take over from Pamela Goldberg, who is retiring from the charity after 16 years at the helm. During this time she transformed the organisation from a team of four staff to a high-profile charity employing 58 people.

Baroness Morgan enjoyed a varied career in the voluntary sector before moving into the political arena as a working peer. Ten years as chief executive at Breakthrough Breast Cancer followed roles at Shelter, Workplace Nurseries Campaign and Asthma UK.

After she became a life peer, she was appointed to government in 2007, where she served as children’s minister for the Department of Children, Schools and Families, minister for intellectual property and quality at the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills and government spokesperson for the Department of Work and Pensions in the House of Lords.

Baroness Morgan said: “My experience of government and the legislature has been greatly enjoyable and I know that I have so much more to contribute to the breast cancer field having had some time out of the charity sector. I am very much looking forward to leading Breast Cancer Campaign from strength to strength.” 

Isla Smith, chair at Breast Cancer Campaign, added: “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Delyth as chief executive. Her wealth of experience of the voluntary sector, most notably in the field of breast cancer, and ministerial portfolio will be a huge asset to the Campaign.”