# William Shawcross to be new Charity Commission Chair

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/09/07/william-shawcross-be-new-charity-commission-chair/
- Published: 2012-09-07T13:51:01+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

William Shawcross CVO has been appointed as the new Chair of the Charity Commission
for England and Wales, succeeding Dame Suzi Leather who served in that role from
for six years from August 2006.

The writer and broadcaster takes up his role on 1 October 2012. His appointment 
was recommended by the Public Administration Select Committee following a pre-appointment
hearing. A journalist and war correspondent for The Sunday Times, Shawcross has 
experience in the areas of human rights and international aid, having served Chairman
of Article 19 from 1986 to 1996 and as a member of the Council of the Disasters 
Emergency Committee (DEC) from 1997 to 2002.

He has been appointed for three years, with the possibility of re-appointment for
a second term. The role is for two days per week, at £50,000 per year.

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