Mike Eastwood Author

Mike Eastwood is currently Diocesan Secretary in the Diocese of Liverpool and Non-Executive Director at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trusts. As well as this, he is Direcotr of the Renewal and Reform programme (Archbishiop's Council part-time secondment). He is also a trustee of Merseyside Community Foundation and the Church Urban Fund. Mike was chief executive of the Directory of Social Change from 1995 to 2001, chair of trustees for the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action, a member of the Advisory Council to the Charities Aid Foundation and a trustee for Liverpool Council for Social Service. Mike is co-author of Writing Better Fundraising Applications. Jacqueline Williams is a governance and financial management consultant and trainer, and has extensive experience working with boards of directors (and trustees) across sectors internationally. Her most recent roles have included working with the Centre for Charity Effectiveness (part of Cass Business School) where she was involved in developing the Building Better Governance series. Another was with the International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group), providing governing advice and related services in different part of Africa. Her earlier career included regulatory and compliance roles with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the United Friendly Group and Sea Containers Group in the UK. She has extensive personal experience on boards of not-for-profit organisations mainly in the role of treasurer. Jacqueline is a qualified accountant and lawyer and has a Masters in Corporate Governance and Ethics.