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Interim Chief Executive joins the team
29 July 2010
Lumos today (29 July 2010) announces that it has appointed a new interim Chief Executive to replace Dr Richard Alderslade who stands down as Chief Executive of the charity from the end of the month. Dr Alderslade is leaving to work with the Regional Office of the World Health Organisation in Copenhagen.
The Board of Lumos has appointed Stephen Dunmore as interim Chief Executive on an eight-month contract from Monday 26 July 2010 to 31 March 2011. The full time CEO post will be advertised shortly.
Sir Roger Singleton, Trustee of Lumos, said: “On behalf of the board, I would like to extend our thanks to Dr Alderslade for his work over the past four years. He has steered the charity through a period of growth – taking us from a very small start-up charity operating in one country to a multi-programme approach working to instigate change in several countries in Eastern Europe – and an extensive and succesful re-branding of the organisation.
“We are delighted to be welcoming Stephen Dunmore to the role of interim Chief Executive. Stephen has a wealth of experience in the voluntary sector. Prevously Chief Executive of the Big Lottery Fund, he has more recently held senior strategic roles at the BBC’s independent Charity Appeals Advisory Committee and The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. He will bring a fresh, strategic approach to the future direction of the organisation and we look forward to working with him.”
Stephen Dunmore said: “I very much look forward to leading a charity that is doing so much to transform the lives of institutionalised children in Moldova and the Czech Republic, working closely with governments and communities in these countries and beyond. Key priorities will be to develop a medium term business plan covering all areas of Lumos’ work – our demonstration projects, advocacy, advisory role and fundraising – and to ensure that we have in place organisational structures that can best meet the challenges of our vision for change.”
