# Institute announces new Irish CEO

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/04/05/institute-announces-new-irish-ceo/
- Published: 2019-04-05T07:35:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**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](http://www.charitiesinstituteireland.ie) 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.