Worldwide Cancer Research, Kingston Smith and Winston Churchill Memorial Trust announce their latest movers.

Finance and operations

Jonathan Beck has been appointed as the chief financial officer of Scottish cancer charity: Worldwide Cancer Research.

A qualified chartered accountant, Beck (pictured) has previously worked for financial services firms such as EY, ACE and Ariel Re. This is his first role working for a charity, but Beck has served as a trustee for severable charitable organisations in Scotland.

In the role, Beck will oversee the charity’s finance, operations and governance to try had deliver on its new five-year strategy.

Accountancy firm Kingston Smith has announced that Nick Brooks, its former head of not-for-profit has stepped down from the role and will be replaced by Neil Finlayson.

Brooks, who has been the firm’s head of not-for-profit for only 20 years, will now focus more on the firm’s consultancy services to the sector.

Finlayson, his replacement, has worked with a wide range of charities for more than 25 years and is a founding member of Charity Finance Director’s Group, now known as the Charity Finance Group.

Non-executive

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust has announced the appointment of David Sheepshanks as a trustee on its board.

Sheepshanks has worked extensively in football, serving the Football Association; Football League and Ipswich Town for over 25 years as a chair with various boards.

He also has served on a number of charity and community boards, including: the Ipswich Town Community Trust, Suffolk Community Foundation and is currently chair of the UK Community Foundations.