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Richard Corden announced as new Chief Executive 
at the Commission for the Compact 

The Commission for the Compact has announced the appointment of Richard Corden to the position of Chief Executive (CEO). This independent body oversees the Compact, the 10-year-old agreement which sets out shared commitments and guidelines for working between government and the voluntary and community sector.

Richard has been employed as Interim Chief Executive since June 2007. His previous posts in the Treasury, the Office of the Third Sector, the Home Office, the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit and the Charity Commission have given him extensive experience of working with the voluntary and community sector at all levels.

Sir Bert Massie CBE, Commissioner for the Compact, said:

“I am delighted that Richard Corden has accepted the post of CEO of the Commission for the Compact. He is deeply committed to the Compact and the role it can play to ensure positive relationships between the statutory and the third sector. In his time as Interim CEO he has already shown his determination to make sure that the Commission will be a powerful and influential advocate for the Compact."

Richard Corden, Chief Executive of the Commission for the Compact, said:

“I am delighted to be leading the Commission in these very exciting times. The purpose of having the Compact is ultimately to benefit people and communities in England, by reaping the advantages of partnership working between the state and the voluntary and community sector.

“A good deal has been achieved in that respect over the last ten years - but there is potential for much more. The Commission will play a full and vigorous part in realising that potential."

• Commission for the Compact [external website]