Andrew Hind, Trustee, Oxfam GB

Andrew has been engaged with charities and wider civil society for over 30 years and has a longstanding commitment to the INGO sector.

He is a chartered accountant and was Finance Director and Deputy Chief Executive of ActionAid UK (1986-1991) and Director of Finance and Corporate Services at Barnardo's (1992-1995). He then moved to the BBC as Chief Operating Officer of BBC World Service (1995-2004). He was the first chief executive of the Charity Commission for England & Wales (2004-2010) and then editor of Charity Finance magazine (until 2015).

Andrew's extensive non-executive and trustee experience includes serving as a non-executive board member of the Information Commission (2010-2015), the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (2009-2016) and Chair of the Fundraising Standards Board (2015-2016). He is a former trustee of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, VSO and UNICEF UK, and is author of The Governance and Management of Charities. Andrew received the Outstanding Achievement Award for longstanding commitment and service to the voluntary sector at the Charity Awards 2008.

Currently, Andrew is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School, London, helping to run its postgraduate MSc course in Charity Studies. Andrew is a member of Oxfam GB's Audit and Risk Committee.