Will Lifford
Reappointed for a three year term commencing 18 January 2024.
Will Lifford was first appointed to the Charity Commission in January 2021 for a three year term.
He is a Chartered Accountant who, for 25 years, was a partner at Grant Thornton, retiring in 2007 as UK Senior Audit Partner.
Since then, he has held a number of non-executive board positions in the charitable and wider public sector. These include: Chair of Yorkshire Housing (until 2021), Chair of Martin House Children's Hospice (until 2017), board member of the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (until 2020) and Entrust, regulator of the Landfill Communities Fund (until 2015). Will is currently a board member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and chairs its Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.
