Institute announces new Irish CEO
Howard Lake | 5 April 2019 | News
Charities Institute Ireland (CII), which was formed following the merging of Fundraising Ireland and the Irish Charity Tax Reform group, has appointed Liz Hughes as the new chief executive.
Liz Hughes is a former head of accountancy bodies ACCA Europe and ACCA Ireland and took up the appointment at the beginning of April.
Announcing the appointment, CII Chair Richard Dixon said: “I’m delighted to welcome Liz to CII and I believe she has the qualities to lead the organisation as we support and enable charities to create positive social change. Her strategic, communication and collaborative skills make her the ideal person to lead the next phase of the development of CII.”
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Liz Hughes said: “I am very excited to join Charities Institute Ireland at such a pivotal time in its development. I look forward to working with CII’s board, team and members in promoting and furthering the goals and ambitions of the charity sector. Significant progress has been made in recent years in professionalising the sector and I hope to build on this progress and take CII to the next level of development.”
Charities Institute Ireland was formed in 2016 following the merger of ICTR and Fundraising Ireland, two key sector bodies who agreed that there was a need to create one, strong single voice to represent their combined members and the wider not-for-profit sector.
CII is focused on raising standards in the industry, and promoting greater transparency, openness and integrity across the sector. The organisation runs an annual fundraising conference and promotes a number of professional qualifications for members.
About Howard Lake
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.