Richard Collier-Keywood OBE, Stuart Hobley, Helen Stephenson CBE, and Peter Stewart MVO have been appointed for terms of 4 years, commencing 01 July 2022 until 30 June 2026

A.B.E. Richard Collier-Keywood
Richard Collier-Keywood, OBE, serves as the chairman of Big Education, the School for Social Entrepreneurs, Fair4All Finance (a UK organization that promotes financial inclusion and is funded by inactive assets), and New Forest Care (a company that provides bespoke care and education to children with complex needs).

Additionally, he serves on the board and leads the financial committee of St. George’s House, a charity situated in Windsor Castle, and the Women of the World Foundation, a UK organization devoted to diversity and equality.

Additionally, he serves on the board of CoGo, a social enterprise tech start-up with offices in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand that aims to empower customers to make climate-friendly decisions.

Prior to this, Richard held the positions of managing partner of PwC UK from 2008 to 2011, senior adviser to DCMS from 2017 to 2021, and global vice-chairman of PwC from November 2011 to February 2017.

Richard is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a lawyer.

Martin Hobley
Stuart Hobley has approximately 20 years of experience working in the grant-making and not-for-profit industries, including lottery grants, social finance, local government support for communities, and philanthropic and charity giving.

He is currently the Director of The Linbury Trust, a private foundation that makes grants to a variety of organizations both domestically and abroad.

The Trust works to support those who are disadvantaged and subject to inequality, such as those who are homeless, refugees, and asylum seekers. It also assists in funding public participation in culture.

Stuart served in a variety of capacities for the Heritage Lottery Fund before joining the Trust, most recently serving as the Area Director for London and the South of England.

Stuart is on the Mayor of London’s Cultural Leadership Board, an advisory group that provides the mayor with recommendations on the city’s arts and cultural community.

This has included helping to establish and provide guidance for the well regarded London Borough of Culture program.

He has served on the BAFTA Video Games Awards judging panel for the past two years and has contributed to the selection of the winner of Kids in Museums’ renowned Family Friendly Museum of the Year award.

CBE Helen Stephenson
The Chief Executive of the Charity Commission for England and Wales is Helen Stephenson.

Over 168,000 charities are governed by the Commission, a non-ministerial government agency with a staff of about 400.

She left the Department of Education, where she held the position of Director of Early Years and Child Care, in order to join the Commission.

In that position, she was in charge of providing all 3 and 4 year olds and disadvantaged 2-year-olds with free early education.

Helen previously held the position of Director of the Office for Civil Society and Government Innovation Group in the Cabinet Office.

She was in charge of managing a number of the OCS investment programs, including the National Citizen’s Service, and oversaw the team that established Big Society Capital.

Helen was the Head of Strategic Policy and Partnerships at the Big Lottery Fund before joining the civil service.

She has experience working as a researcher and consultant in the statutory and nonprofit sectors, as well as a development manager for a sizable national organization. The University of Bristol awarded Helen a PhD.

Before being appointed to the Charity Commission, Helen served as Chair of NCT and was a member of the Big Society Trust Board and NCVO Advisory Group. In 2014, she received the CBE for her contributions to civil society.

MVO Peter Stewart
Peter is The Eden Project’s Executive Director, in charge of the organization’s charity endeavours.

This includes emphasizing the crucial part that communities play in laying the groundwork for tackling contemporary local and global problems like climate change.

Peter’s career began in London’s advertising firms, where he worked on significant behavioural campaigns for The Guardian, Knorr, the National Dairy Council (milk), Courage (Fosters, Courage Best, and John Smiths), Proctor & Gamble, Philip Morris, and Nestle, among others.

JWT, Leo Burnett, and BMP DDB were among the agencies. Peter started a new business in the 1990s to manage neighbourhood bars in Cornwall.

A Cornishman who was deeply involved in issues affecting his community, he began his family there by marrying his wife Jane and had two children.

Peter joined the Eden Project in 2003 after donating goods to the Project since its inception while working with neighbourhood companies. He has held numerous positions since arriving, including joint CEO from 2013 to 2014.

He oversees the largest outreach initiative, The Big Lunch, which is recognized for significantly boosting social capital.

In March 2012, Peter was appointed to the main Eden Board.

The Big Lunch played a significant role in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, and as a result, HM The Queen also named him a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in the same year.

During the most recent Platinum Jubilee festivities, this effort has continued.

The National Lottery Community Fund pays its board members an annual salary of £7848.

The Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments has been followed in making this appointment.

The Commissioner for Public Appointments oversees the appointment procedure.

Any major political activity that an appointee has engaged in over the past five years must be disclosed in accordance with the Code.

This is outlined as including holding office, speaking in front of an audience, making a recordable donation, and running for office.

Stuart Hobley, Helen Stephenson, Peter Stewart, and Richard Collier-Keywood have all said they had no plans to do anything.