Alex Pumfrey, CEO of the Movie and TV Charity, is stepping down after virtually six years within the function.
She’s going to stay on the group by means of the tip of Could. An interim CEO shall be introduced in the end.
Pumfrey has been CEO of the group since 2017, the place she has re-focused the charity’s efforts on psychological well being and wellbeing assist along with monetary and later life assist, for instance launching a 24-hour assist line, establishing a psychological well being taskforce and publishing steerage such because the Complete Image Toolkit to make sure mentally wholesome productions.
Throughout her tenure, the charity additionally raised over £6 million ($7.1 million) to assist movie and TV professionals by means of the pandemic and grown its consumer base from 500 to greater than 10,000 per yr.
“It has been the best privilege to guide the transformation of the Movie and TV Charity and see the workforce’s phenomenal work make our attain and affect soar,” mentioned Pumfrey. “Working in a purpose-driven organisation amongst superb colleagues is a large pleasure, and I need to pay tribute to their achievements, because it actually is teamwork. My mission once I arrived in 2017 was to safe the charity’s relevance, affect and monetary sustainability – and I’ll depart happy in a job accomplished, but additionally excited that there’s a lot extra thecCharity will go on obtain in its future.”
Interim chair of the charity’s Board of Trustees, Andrew Wilson-Mouasher, mentioned: “During the last six years Alex has led the transformation of the charity, working with the workforce and the Board to develop the technique to 2030. Because the organisation faces into its hundredth yr, it’s now much better geared up to meaningfully assist these working behind the scenes in movie, TV, and cinema with the challenges and boundaries they face, and the technique that Alex and her workforce are actually implementing means it’s well-placed to proceed to satisfy these wants over the subsequent hundred years. I want to pay tribute to her tireless arduous work, strong spirit, and to her compassion – she gained’t be straightforward to switch however I, and all the charity’s trustees, want her the easiest for the long run.”
The charity is at present recruiting a chair of trustees, with purposes accepted from March 6. The brand new chair will then be anticipated to guide the recruitment for Pumfrey’s everlasting substitute.
