# Ben appoints two new directors to drive fundraising and impact

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2026/07/08/ben-appoints-two-new-directors-to-drive-fundraising-and-impact/
- Published: 2026-07-08T16:29:53+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Automotive industry charity Ben has appointed two senior leaders as it looks to
grow its income and reach more of the people it supports across the sector.**

**Luke Genevrier-Mallett** joins as Director of Fundraising & Engagement, taking
responsibility for the charity’s fundraising, marketing, brand and engagement work.
He will focus on raising awareness, generating income and building longer-term financial
sustainability so that Ben can support more automotive workers and their families.

Genevrier-Mallett brings more than two decades of senior experience in the charity
sector. He has held leadership roles at Save the Children, the British Heart Foundation
and Young Lives vs Cancer, and served as chief executive of a regional health charity.
More recently he has worked internationally as a consultant and interim executive,
supporting charities across the UK, Europe, the US and Africa on growth and transformation.

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**Chris Easton** joins as Director of Charitable Impact, providing strategic leadership
across Ben’s support and specialist services. His focus is on maintaining high-quality
health and wellbeing support for current and former automotive workers and their
families. Easton has worked across the NHS, social care and the charity sector, 
including as Head of Person-Centred Care at NHS England and, most recently, Director
of Strategy and Impact at NHS Charities Together.

Genevrier-Mallett said his role was to bring income generation, marketing and engagement
into closer alignment and to make the case that “investing in Ben is investing in
its own people”. Ben estimates that around four million people in the UK work, or
have worked, in the automotive sector.

**Rachel Clift**, CEO of Ben, said the appointments came “at such a critical stage
in our evolution”, adding that the pair brought “exceptional experience, inspiring
leadership and a shared commitment to improving the lives of people in our automotive
family”.

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