The Fundraising Regulator has appointed four new committee members, including staff from Save the Children UK, Versus Arthritis and the Money Advice Trust.

The appointees have taken up committee posts from three members who have come to the end of their terms and to fill a long-standing vacancy. 

Jen Suter, head of direct engagement at Save the Children UK, and Adrian Williams, fundraising compliance manager at Versus Arthritis, have been appointed to the regulator’s Standards Committee.

Suter has served on the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s public fundraising strategy group and has also been the vice-chair of the fundraising agencies group F2F Alliance.

She has previously held senior roles at Real Fundraising, a fundraising agency that worked on behalf of British Red Cross, Barnardo’s, SOS Children’s Villages, Action Aid, Plan International, Oxfam and Unicef.

Before joining Versus Arthritis, Williams held senior roles at Alzheimer’s Society, Macmillan Cancer Support, National Blind Children’s Society and Action Aid. He also volunteers with the CIoF’s southwest executive committee.

In their new roles, Suter and Williams will help oversee the development of the Code of Fundraising Practice, in consultation with fundraisers and the public. 

They will also help the regulator ensure it continues to reflect current fundraising practices, changes to relevant legislation and the expectations of the public.

Nick Jones, who had been on the standards committee since 2016, has stepped down.

The regulator has also appointed the fundraising and management consultant Valerie Morton and Damian Chapman, director of income generation at the Money Advice Trust, to its complaints and investigations committee.

Morton has previously held senior positions in the RNIB, the Outward Bound Trust and NSPCC. In her role as a fundraising and management consultant, she supports clients spanning a large spectrum of the sector, from small local causes to larger charities.

She is also a fellow of the CIoF and chairs its nominations and elections committee. In addition, she is a trustee of the NHS Confederation and chair of the Newcastle Upon Tyne Children’s Mission and Institute Fund.

Chapman took up his job at the Money Advice Trust earlier this month, after five years as director of fundraising and communications for the Charity for Civil Servants. He previously held posts at the Resource Alliance, Police Care UK, City Gateway, the Postal Museum and the cats and dogs charity Battersea.

Morton and Chapman replaced Andrew Nebel and Catherine Cottrell, both of whom had been in post since June 2016.

Lord Toby Harris, chair of the Fundraising Regulator, said: “We rely on the voices of fundraisers on our committees to guide our board on decisions and strategy. 

“Each of our newly appointed members brings an extensive and diverse knowledge and experience in charitable fundraising, which will be an invaluable contribution to the future success of our committees. I shall look forward to working with all our new committee members in their respective roles.”