Specialism: Finance
Term of office: January 2020 - January 2026
Eliot Lyne is Chief Executive at Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Prior to this he pursued a 15-year career in senior finance and operations roles in many well-known UK Charities including Scope, Amnesty International UK, Greenpeace UK, Livability and National Children’s Bureau amongst others. This culminated in a turnaround role as interim Finance Director and then interim CEO at RNIB. Eliot is a qualified Chartered Accountant and started his career at Deloitte and Touche, followed by a few years in the commercial sector.
Much of Eliot’s work has been improving the financial sustainability of organisations, both from the perspective of how much money they have but also how they choose to use it to further their charitable impact. He is passionate about the power of integrity in leadership to make change happen. Eliot is Treasurer and Trustee of Become, the charity for children in care and young care leavers, and in the past has served as a Trustee of Peace Direct and as an independent member of the finance committee at St Helena’s Hospice in Colchester, Essex.
Eliot holds a BA in Geography and an MSc in Environmental and Energy Studies. He is married with one daughter. He runs, cycles, gardens, and enjoys music in his spare time.
Appeals Advisory Committee Members
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Robert Williamson OBE DL (AAC Chair)
Chief Executive, Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland -
Ben Simms (Vice Chair)
Chief Executive, Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) -
Eliot Lyne
Chief Executive Officer Norfolk Wildlife Trust -
Paul Streets OBE
Non-Executive Director at the Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust -
Frances Longley
CEO, FIGO - the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics -
Jean McLean
Director of Policy Engagement and Communications for Elrha -
Jane Dye
Chief Executive at InFocus Charity -
Helen Foster
COO of Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) -
Richard Bowyer
Chief Executive of Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity -
Isa Miah
Associate Director, National Programmes at Malala Fund -
Rose Caldwell
CEO of Plan International UK -
Bailey Grey
Human Rights Consultant