Concern appoints new chairman
Howard Lake | 1 July 2007 | News
Third World charity Concern has appointed a prominent businessman as its new chairman. Myhome.ie chief executive Jim Miley previously worked for Concern in the 1980s in Ethopia.
Best known as the chief executive of property website Myhome.ie who led it to a ‚€50 million sale last year, Miley will lead an organisation that has a ‚€122million budget and about 4,000 employees. It is the biggest Irish non-governmental agency, with programmes in 30 countries in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.
Miley’s main job is still running Myhome.ie, which was bought by the Irish Times last year for ‚€50million. Miley himself netted ‚€5 million from his 10 per cent stake in the company.
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In his role as chairman of Concern, Miley said he was keen to see a greater involvement by the business community in overseas aid.
”We are trying to engage more business, and not just have them writing cheques, he said.
”We have come through the Celtic Tiger and have massive expertise in Ireland.I would like to see us harness some of that expertise for practical use in development aid. People retiring early, for example, are a huge asset. We need to harness that talent.
Concern is also looking at shifting its focus into programmes that support local business and local industry.
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.