# Two senior fundraising appointments at Cancer Research UK

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/12/06/two-senior-fundraising-appointments-cancer-research-uk/
- Published: 2004-12-06T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Cancer Research UK has appointed Sarah Lyness and Richard Taylor as Co-Executive
Directors of its Fundraising and Marketing Directorate.
Both appointments are internal
candidates: Lyness was previously Marketing Director for the charity while Taylor
was Retail Director.

 

 

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Together they will share the leadership role for the strategy and culture within
the Directorate, while taking individual responsibility for specific areas of the
charity’s fundraising work.

 

 

Taylor will focus on community fundraising, retail, national events and corporate
partnerships, while Lyness will head up activities including major giving, legacy
and donor marketing.

 

 

Richard Taylor joined Imperial Cancer Research Fund in 1998 as Head of Retail, staying
with the charity as Retail Director through its merger with Cancer Research Campaign
in 2002. Sarah Lyness joined the charity from Oxfam and launched the new Cancer 
Research UK brand at merger.

 

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