Mark Ian Goldring

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(born 8 March 1957) was chief executive officer of the charity

Oxfam GB Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. History Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Co ...

, Oxfam's British affiliate. He was appointed in May 2013 and resigned in 2018. Since 2020 he has been Director of

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-based charity Asylum Welcome.

Early life and education

Goldring was educated at

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. He has a bachelor's degree in law from Keble College, Oxford,‘GOLDRING, Mark Ian’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 201
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London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...

Career

After leaving University, Goldring volunteered with VSO. Goldring volunteered as a teacher in a small town in Borneo for two years. After leaving VSO, Goldring worked as a legal researcher for BP for nine months, before rejoining VSO, this time as an employee, first in Barbados and then Bhutan, where he set up its operation, and lived for three years. On returning to London, Goldring completed an MA in Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries from the

. Goldring then joined the United Nations Development Programme, serving as Assistant Resident Representative in its field office in Bangladesh where he oversaw projects in the social sectors. Goldring took a job as Oxfam's country director in Bangladesh, while his wife, Rachel, worked for UNICEF. Goldring later moved to Fiji and ran the British government's South Pacific development programme. Following his time in Fiji, Goldring was appointed chief executive of VSO, a role that he held from 1999 to 2008. In 2008 he began work as chief executive of

Mencap The Royal Mencap Society is a charity based in the United Kingdom that works with people with a learning disability. Its Charity Number is 222377. History Established by Judy Fryd in 1946 as The National Association of Parents of Backwards Ch ...

, where he remained for five years. In May 2013, Goldring was appointed chief executive of Oxfam. Goldring was appointed a

in 2008 for services to tackling poverty and disadvantage. Goldring is currently Director of Asylum Welcome.

Personal life

Goldring is married to Rachel Carnegie. The couple have two adult children. Goldring's elder daughter was born in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. Goldring's son was born in Fiji.

References

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