Movers: Greg Beales goes from Labour to Shelter communications role

Plus: Diana Jupp to head Pancreatic Cancer UK; and Alex Pumfrey moves to the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund

Greg Beales, former strategy chief at the Labour Party, has joined the housing and homelessness charity Shelter as director of communications, policy and campaigns. Beales, who was executive director for strategy and planning at the Labour Party between 2010 and 2015, joins Shelter from the advertising and PR agency WPP, where he was senior director.

Diana Jupp, interim chief executive at the blood cancer research charity Bloodwise, has been appointed chief executive of Pancreatic Cancer UK. She will take over from Alex Ford, who is stepping down in early December after eight years to take up a freelance role as regional director, UK and Europe, for the Centre for Community-Driven Research.

The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund, which supports people in the moving image industry, has appointed Alex Pumfrey as chief executive. Pumfrey, who will take up the new role in October, was chief operating officer of Digital UK, the company that supports Freeview viewers and channels.

The Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre has appointed Andy Cook as chief executive. He will join next month from the same role at Canine Partners, which provides assistance dogs for disabled people.

Siún Cranny has been appointed chief executive of Autism Wessex. She was a consultant for the RNIB.

The bowel cancer research charity Bowel Cancer UK has appointed Lowri Griffiths as head of Wales. She was policy and public affairs manager for Wales at Macmillan Cancer Support.

Thomas Pascoe has been appointed campaign director for the pro-traditional marriage organisation the Coalition for Marriage. He was a senior manager at the foreign aid contractor Adam Smith International.

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Shelter elects Ros Micklem as chair

A trustee of the charity since 2014, she replaces Sir Derek Myers, who stood down after the Grenfell Tower fire

The housing and homelessness charity Shelter has appointed a new chair to replace Sir Derek Myers, who stood down in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.

Ros Micklem, who has been a Shelter trustee since 2014 and chairs its Scotland committee, has been elected to replace Myers, who was chief executive of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea when the decision was taken to refurbish Grenfell Tower.

Another trustee, Tony Rice, who is chair of an investment firm that is the major shareholder in a company involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, stood down at the same time as Myers.

Micklem is a former Scotland director at the Equality and Human Rights Commission and has a background in higher education, Shelter said.

She will step down from her role as chair of the charity’s Scotland committee in August when a new chair in Scotland is elected.

Ruth Hunt, chief executive of the equality charity Stonewall and a Shelter trustee since 2015, has been elected vice chair, the charity announced.

Joanna Simmons, a former chief executive of Oxfordshire County Council and a Shelter trustee for the past five years, has been elected chair of its audit, risk and finance committee.

All three appointments are for a one-year period, which is because the charity is understood to be using the opportunity presented by the changes to carry out a governance review.

The charity’s board has two vacancies after the departures of Myers and Rice, but does not plan to fill these until after the review is completed so it can establish what skills it needs.

Micklem said in a statement: “I feel honoured to have been elected to chair the board for the coming year. I’m really looking forward to working with the incoming chief executive Polly Neate and her team to build on what’s great about Shelter, encourage fresh thinking and develop a clear sense of direction for the years ahead.”

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