Advisory board

About the CCE Advisory Board

CCE's Advisory Board includes senior leaders from across all sectors, who provide expert insight and support to help shape the Centre’s strategy.

Sir Stuart Etherington, Chair

Stuart EtheringtonHonorary Visiting Professor at the Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) in the Centre for Charity Effectiveness, Chair of The Oversight Trust, Chair of NatCen and former Chief Executive of the National Council of Voluntary Organisations.


Lynne Berry CBE

Lynne BerryChair of the Human Tissue Authority; the charity, Sustrans; a trustee of Welsh National Opera and Honorary Visiting Professor at the Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) in the Centre for Charity Effectiveness.


Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO CBE

Julia CleverdonVice Patron, Teach First; Vice President of Business in the Community; former Special Adviser to The Prince’s Charities; Chair of Trustees, National Literacy Council.


Stephen Greene CBE

Stephen GreeneFounder and CEO of RockCorps, Vice Chair Young Camden Foundation,  former Office for Civil Society Advisor on volunteering and youth policy, founding Chair of NCS. Stephen is a regular lecturer at Bayes on both the charities master's programme and undergraduate Business Management with Social Purpose degree.


Richard Harries

Richard HarriesDirector at Caritas Westminster, former Associate Director Institute for Community Studies; former Deputy Director of the independent thinktank Reform; senior civil servant and trustee of the Forces in Mind Trust and Caritas Social Action Network.


Matt Hyde OBE

Matt HydeCEO of Lloyds Bank Foundation, former Chief Executive of Scouts; Trustee of Comic Relief; Patron of UNLOCK; former Chief Executive of the National Union of Students


David Knott

David KnottDavid was appointed CEO of the National Lottery Community Fund in October 2021 after a varied career in public and community service. Prior to that David was Director of the Office for Civil Society.


Sushil Saluja

Sushil SalujaChair, Heart of the City; Trustee of the British Council; Governor of Greenwich University.


Professor André Spicer

Andre SpicerDean at the Bayes Business School (Formerly Cass)

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Dame Helen Stephenson

Picture of Dame Helen StephensonNon-Executive Director and former Chief Executive of the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Non-Executive Board member of the National Lottery Community Fund and Chair of the People Committee. Board member of the ECB Regulatory Board and on the People and Governance Committee at the Royal Academy of Dance.