Dr Justin Davis Smith CBE, Director of the Charity Master's Programme
Justin is Director of the Charity Master's programme and an Associate Professor in Voluntary Sector Leadership and Management. He was previously chief executive of Volunteering England, director of the Institute for Volunteering Research and Executive director of volunteering at NCVO. He has over 20 years researching and leading in the voluntary sector and has advised the UK Government and the United Nations on the development of volunteering policy. He wrote the volunteering strategy for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and has published numerous articles and books on volunteering and the voluntary sector.
Dr Peter Grant
Dr Peter Grant is one of the UK’s leading practitioners in public and charitable funding. After working in the arts he was Director of an inner-city youth charity for eight years. On the commencement of the National Lottery he moved to Sport England where he devised the first Lottery programme to favour areas of deprivation and was one of the architects of Awards for All. As Director of Operations at the New Opportunities Fund between 1999 and 2005 he developed and delivered over £4.5 billion of funding programmes.
About Dr Peter Grant
Peter devised the world’s first full masters-level programme in grantmaking and philanthropy at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) where he is academic leader of the Philanthropy, Grantmaking and Social Investment, Charity Governance, Understanding the Voluntary Sector and Business and Society programmes. He has published widely on philanthropy, CSR, and history (notably the period of the First World War). His definitive book 'The Business of Giving: The theory and practice of philanthropy, grantmaking and social investment' was published in 2011. Peter has also written the definitive study of charity during the Great War, 'Philanthropy and Voluntary Action in the First World War' which was published in 2014. His other books include 'National Myth and the First World War in Popular Music' (2016) and 'Rock for Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Benfit Concert' (2026).
Peter is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a director of the Amy Winehouse Foundation, former Chair of the Voluntary Action History Society and President of Kennington Cricket Club. He is a member of the Centre for Charity Effectiveness, the Centre for Modern History and the Gender and Sexualities Research Centre at City University.
Peter's research and consultancy clients have included government departments and charitable foundations. Past consultancy work has included the involvement of charities and public bodies in the London 2012 Olympics; the operation of parole processes in England and Wales and global senior management training for BP. Recent clients include the Prince's Charities, the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Cabinet Office.
Professor Paul Palmer
Professor Palmer is a professor of Voluntary Sector Management.
Paul has extensive knowledge of charity finance, management and governance issues. Paul is the pathway lead for the MSc Charity Finance. His current voluntary work includes being a Deputy Lord Leuitennat for London and a Trustee of the Honorary Treasurers Forum. Paul’s most recent work was working with the Charity Commission on the revised CC14.
Dr Angela Ellis Paine
Dr Angela Ellis Paine is a Lecturer in Voluntary Sector Management at Bayes Business School. Prior to joining Bayes, Angela was a Research Fellow in both the Third Sector Research Centre and Health Services Management Centre at University of Birmingham.
Angela has been undertaking research on voluntary sector organisations, volunteering and participation for over 20 years. Her particular area of interest is in the idea of voluntary action as situated practice, and the intersection of individuals, organisations and institutions, and how multi-level contexts interact to shape the spaces of participation
Dr Haseeb Shabbir
Dr Haseeb Shabbir is a Reader in Voluntary Marketing and pathway led for the MSc in Charity Marketing and Fundraising at Bayes Business School. Prior to joining Bayes, Haseeb was a Course Lead for undergraduate marketing programmes at Huddersfield Business School, and began his academic career at University of Leeds with a PhD in Charity Marketing. He has experience in academic leadership, research and executive training.
Haseeb's research spans across commercial and the voluntary sector but a common thread remains ethics and responsibility, especially with communications. He had a special interest in inclusive communications in fundraising and has served as a plenary and guest speaker at multiple fundraising platforms. His work on fundraising has appeared in leading marketing outlets and he sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Philanthropy & Marketing and the Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing.
Dr Rick James
Rick James has 40 years’ experience working with NGOs in Africa, Latin America and Europe. He has worked with INTRAC, an NGO-focused social enterprise, since its inception in 1992. He focuses on organisational change specialising in strategy and leadership development. He has consulted for more than 100 NGOs, faith-based organisations and official aid agencies, and has published over 50 articles and books. He has a PhD in NGO Management from City, University of London and is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Management at Bayes Business School. Rick leads the CCE's MSc NGO Management pathway.
Stephen Lee
Stephen Lee is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Voluntary Sector Management at the Bayes Business School. He leads on Governance, Strategy, Research Methods, Fundraising Ethics and Fundraising and Marketing Strategy.
He has been College Secretary at Henley Management College and Faculty Director Strategy and Professor of Marketing at Henley Business School where he also established and ran the Centre for Voluntary Sector Management. Stephen Lee entered the voluntary sector in 1982 as Deputy Chief Executive at the Charities Advisory Trust and Directory of Social Change. Among many public appointments he is senior independent trustee at the Amy Winehouse Foundation and Chair of his local tennis club.
