# Leesa Harwood announces departure from RNLI

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/04/27/leesa-harwood-announces-departure-rnli/
- Published: 2018-04-27T07:33:34+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Leesa Harwood, RNLI Director of Lifesaving and Fundraising, has announced that
she is leaving the charity.**

Harwood’s departure comes after nine years at the RNLI, where she led the organisation’s
move to opt-in communications and oversaw the merging of the operational and fundraising
teams.

Leesa said:

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> “My time here has been rewarding, humbling and fulfilling. It has been an absolute
> privilege to work with such an incredible team of staff and volunteers here at
> the RNLI and to have been able to add value to this very special charity. Now 
> though, commitments outside work mean that I can no longer give the time and energy
> that this role demands and after nine years at the RNLI it is time to move on.”

Paul Boissier, RNLI Chief Executive, said:

> “I would like to thank Leesa for her commitment and the leadership she has shown
> over the last nine years.  She has been instrumental in some brave decisions that
> have set us up for success in the 21^(st) century.”

Harwood will continue her role until October 2018 when she will leave to concentrate
other interests.

The RNLI was the first major charity to [adopt an opt-in approach](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/02/08/500000-supporters-now-opted-rnli/)
to its communications back in January 2017. It announced this February that 500,000
of its supporters had opted in.

 

Image credit: Nathan Williams

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