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Meet the team
Chief Executive - Keith Hickey (keith.hickey@cfdg.org.uk)
Keith joined CFDG as Chief Executive in April 2006 following seven years as the Finance Director of Help the Aged. Before that he spent 21 months with a Housing Association and prior to that, over 18 years with British Gas in a variety of senior roles.
Keith is a member of the Charity Commission SORP Committee, ICAEW's charities sub-committee and the Media Trust's audit committee. He has been a Trustee of CFDG, chair of its public affairs committee and chair of the support, management and administrative group for its Inputs Matter report. He has also been a Futurebuilders task group member, a member of Lord Young's committee on charities and is co-author of a number of publications on charity investment and pensions. Keith is also a church treasurer.
Keith has a BSc in statistics and economics, a masters degree
in Operational Research and is qualified FCCA. He is married to
Debbie and has two daughters, Mandy and Heather.
Deputy Chief Executive - David Membrey (david.membrey@cfdg.org.uk)
David joined CFDG in September 2003, coming from the international development charity Book Aid International where he had been Deputy Director. Over his 20 years in the sector David has been extensively involved in finance, IT, project management and facilities management. At CFDG he is responsible for finance, major projects and relations with corporates and large charities as well as ensuring the smooth running of the office.
David represents CFDG on various committees and is a founding
trustee of the Charities IT Resource Alliance (Citra).
He is also treasurer of the Southern
African Book Development Education Trust and of Photovoice.
Office Administrator - Elisha O'Dera (elisha.odera@cfdg.org.uk)
Elisha joined CFDG in November 2007 after having worked with a consultancy organisation (Torrent Resource Support).
He has completed a degree in May 2007 in Media Design & Production at the University of Hertfordshire and previously worked as a volunteer in Kenya supporting charity organisations (Mama Ngina Childrens Home) and (Kibera Slums Feeding the Needy).
He is currently providing administrative support as part of the CFDG team.
Bookkeeper (part-time) - Esau Rahim
Esau joined CFDG in April 2007 after having worked as a freelancer for several months. He normally works on a Friday.
Over the years he has gained extensive finance experience in jobs with Sega, P&O and the Virgin Group.
In recent years he has worked for Kingston Smith Consultants as an accounts executive helping many small businesses and charities.
Membership and Information Manager - Michael Dykes (michael.dykes@cfdg.org.uk)
Mike joined CFDG in April 2005 from Westwood Forster (a company supplying the not-for-profit sector with software to assist in supporter management, fundraising, income processing and so on) where he had spent the preceding 7 years in various guises managing customer relations, undertaking project management and consultancy.
Previously Mike had 11 years' experience managing the finance
and administration of a charity providing a front-line housing
advice, casework and representation service in London. Mike will
be responsible for the overall running of the membership and information
services at CFDG, as well as the further development of these
services and the recruitment of new members.
Membership and Information Officer - Margaret Waterfield (margaret.waterfield@cfdg.org.uk)
Margaret joined CFDG in March 2005, having been working in the voluntary sector for the previous seven years.
Most recently she was at Christian Aid and the Alzheimer’s Society as part of the Supporter Care and Customer Relation teams.
Margaret wanted
to return to working for a smaller charitable organisation, having
worked for smaller charities early on in her career.
Website and Information Officer - Christopher Hall (chris.hall@cfdg.org.uk)
Chris joined CFDG in October 2007, having been working as a freelance journalist and photographer for Future Publishing. Previously he worked for Comms XL (a pioneering developer of credit card processing and authorisation software, the first UK company to be approved for encrypted credit card authorisation across the Internet and the first to attain a generic sign-off for a Chip and PIN solution - now a division of Transaction Network Services.) where he held a variety of roles including Network Administrator, Developer and Product Development Manager.
Recently he provided voluntary support for the Galapagos Conservation Trust helping them with their ICT requirements. Chris has also worked as Technical Author for the VASP Group and MobileIT and has a BSc in Molecular Biology from Sheffield University.
Chris now maintains CFDG's IT infrastructure and the ongoing development of the website.
Conference and Events Manager - Laura James (laura.james@cfdg.org.uk)
Laura started her working life as a Conference Organiser at the human rights organisation, International Press Institute, where she ran high profile, international conferences for hundreds of delegates campaigning for press freedom. She then moved to the University College of London's, School of Public Policy, where she devised and produced seminars, conferences and training courses.
Recently she worked for ChildLine as their Resources Manager where she had strategic and operational responsibility for the charity's £1 million resources and assets and project managed the move of ChildLine's HQ in 2003 from Islington to the City. Returning to event management, she then took a series of contracts, beginning with the Royal National Institute for the Blind, followed by a contract with the Bat Conservation Trust, a major conservation charity. Before joining CFDG, she was Events Manager at Nacro, the crime reduction agency.
