We introduce the members of our board, and share details on how to become a board member.
The board of Ethical Consumer is made up of:
Every two years investors are invited to elect two investor-members to sit on our board. The elections are next due in 2024. Nominations open in May and close on June 30th. Voting takes place in July and results are announced at the AGM in September. If you think you may be interested please ask us for a nomination pack by emailing finance[at]ethicalconsumer.org.
The role of the board is to help ECRA to meet its long term goals and to move its social purpose forward.
Board members meet quarterly to assess and advise on the progress that ECRA is making. Meetings normally last two hours. We also hold an annual strategy session to address issues chosen by the board. Board members may attend these meetings online or in person (in Manchester) at their convenience. Travel expenses can be paid. Board members are paid £125 for each meeting attended during the year.
Investor directors need to stand down or seek re-election every two years.
Daniel Welch - Investor Member Director
Dr Dan Welch is a researcher at the Sustainable Consumption Institute and Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester. His academic research focuses on understanding processes of social change and their relation to consumption.
From 2006-2011 he was a researcher and writer with Ethical Consumer, and between 2008-2011 was co-editor of Ethical Consumer magazine. He was Associate Editor of the online social science magazine Discover Society 2018–2021, and is founding co-editor of the academic journal Consumption and Society (Bristol University Press). Dan previously worked as a copywriter specialising in sustainability communications and undertakes occasional consultancy projects relating to sustainable and ethical consumption.
Tim is a comms and digital marketing consultant. He recently co-founded Data.Content.Reach Co-operative. They partner with a range of third sector organisations, including multiple independent publishers, to provide a digital content strategies.
Tim has worked in communications, campaigning and alternative media since 2003 and was a co-founder of publication Manchester Mule (now The Meteor). He’s been involved with Ethical Consumer for almost 15 years, initially as a researcher, then as a co-editor, director and communications lead. He’s a board member at the Fair Tax Foundation and Red Pepper magazine.
He’s also a drummer, football coach, Stoke City supporter and dad of two.
We currently have a vacancy for two non-executive directors.
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