# New Chief Executive for RNID

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/07/30/new-chief-executive-rnid/
- Published: 2007-07-30T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

RNID, the charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, has appointed Jackie Ballard
as its new Chief Executive. She will take up her new post in October.
She takes 
over from John Low, who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Charities
Aid Foundation.

She joins the largest charity representing the UK’s nine million deaf and hard of
hearing people from RSPCA where she worked for five years, including steering its
successful campaign for the new Animal Welfare Act.

Commenting on her appointment, James Strachan, Chairman of RNID, said: “As well 
as being an accomplished leader in the voluntary sector, Jackie brings her huge 
experience of political affairs and a public service background to the cause of 
changing the world for deaf and hard of hearing people.”

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Ballard will take up the RNID position on 22 October 2007.

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