2 November 2022
Lindsay Boswell CBE has announced his decision to step down from FareShare’s Chief Executive position after 13 years.
Since joining charity in 2010, Lindsay has overseen a significant expansion in the scope and reach of the organisation, growing the number of charities receiving food from FareShare from 600 to nearly 9,500. During this time, the number of our food partners has grown exponentially, meaning we can now redistribute 54,000 tonnes of food a year, at a time when demand for our food has never been higher.
Lindsay’s time as CEO also saw FareShare work with DEFRA and our food partners to help deliver the equivalent to over 128 million meals a year, the equivalent of 4 meals a second, and now, he has led the charity in its call to the government to recommit to funding the redistribution of surplus food, to those who need it. To support this growth, he has developed a high-performing and growth-oriented leadership team.
Lindsay has been planning this transition in collaboration with FareShare’s Board of Trustees since the summer and the timescale allows for a careful and considered handover to a successor when he leaves in July 2023.
John Bason, FareShare’s Chair since 2010, will be on hand to guide and support the new CEO before his own term of office ends in two and a half years’ time.
Lindsay said: “It is the right time for our incredible organisation - and for me - to move on. After 13 years I couldn’t be more proud of what FareShare’s staff, partners, volunteers, and supporters have been able to achieve to help get good-to-eat surplus food, out to our network of charities, which is now in its thousands. We have a strong financial base, strategic direction and an established, committed senior leadership team.
"I plan to step back from fulltime work and take time to consider how and where else I might support the charity sector in the future. Be in no doubt I remain firmly at the helm as next July is 9 months away and I will lead us through the new challenges we face from the Cost-of-Living Crisis. There is still much to do.”
Consultants Odgers Berndston have been retained to carry out the recruitment process.
For more information, please visit: www.odgers.com/87300
