[Hiring] Chairman @The Forever Trust

Role Description

The Chairman will play a critical role in guiding the strategic direction, governance and long-term development of the charity. This individual will provide strong leadership to the Board, support effective decision-making and act as a trusted partner to the executive leadership and wider stakeholder group. As a young organisation, the Chair will play an active role ensuring robust controls and responsible decision making across the organisation.

This is an opportunity for a commercially minded and strategically strong leader to help shape an ambitious organisation with international aspirations and a non-traditional approach to philanthropy.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and chair Board meetings effectively and constructively
• Support the development of the charity's long-term strategy and governance framework
• Ensure strong standards of governance, accountability and regulatory oversight
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing and solutions-oriented Board culture
• Provide guidance and effective challenge to executive leadership
• Support effective stakeholder engagement and external representation
• Help balance innovation, agility and responsible governance within a fast-moving environment aligned with the organisation's charitable purposes
• Contribute to the continued institutional development and sustainability of the charity

Qualifications

• Solutions-oriented and commercially minded
• Entrepreneurial in approach and comfortable with ambiguity
• A strong communicator with sound judgement and integrity
• Comfortable operating within complex and evolving environments
• Experienced in governance, boards, trusteeship or senior leadership positions
• Able to support strategic growth while maintaining appropriate oversight and accountability
• Candidates with experience in international structures, philanthropy, investment governance, technology-led environments or institutional scaling would be particularly valuable.

Essential Experience

• Previous Board, Chair, Trustee, Non-Executive or senior leadership experience
• Strong understanding of governance and organisational leadership
• Experience operating within complex stakeholder environments
• Strategic and commercially aware mindset
• Ability to support both strategic thinking and practical execution in a lean organisation

Desirable Experience

• Experience within charities, foundations or philanthropic organisations
• Exposure to scaling organisations or institutional development
• Experience balancing innovation with governance and risk management
• International or cross-jurisdictional experience