Geraldine Peacock was the first chair of the

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Career

Geraldine was appointed Chief Charity Commissioner and the Charity Commission's first Chair-designate in 2004, with the remit of making the Commission 'fit for purpose' to implement the new Charities Act (which, among other things, replaced the role of Chief Charity Commissioner with those of Chair and Chief Executive). She left the Commission in July 2006, having laid firm foundations for the Charities Bill and with the Commission charged and invigorated to implement it. Before joining the Charity Commission Geraldine was CEO of two major charities,

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and the

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, and Chair of ACEVO (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations), Futurebuilders and Groundbreakers. Geraldine is on the board of

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, a patron of

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, the

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and the Community Development Finance Association (CDFA). Geraldine sits on the Board for Social Enterprise at

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, where she lectures on the MBA programme. She is an associate fellow at the

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, sits on the Said Business School Board at Oxford, and is also a visiting fellow at the Centre for Charity Effectiveness,

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, London.

Awards

The Charity Awards 2002, winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award.
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References

External links

Charity Commission UKSocial Finance
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