claris d'cruz
London
Combining 25 years’ expertise as a charity lawyer and governance trainer with
frontline experience from a range of voluntary leadership sector roles, I
deliver trustee training, diversity and inclusion training and provide board
support. Having qualified as a Barrister in 1994 I left the bar to become a
specialist charity lawyer. I worked at the ‘coal-face’ as an in-house lawyer for
a registered charity, Interchange Trust, and then on the other side of the fence
as a legal advisor at the Charity Commission, before going into private
practice. I have worked for various law firms including as Head of Charities for
a major north east firm. My mission now is to support charity trustees and
directors of NfP boards and empower them with the knowledge they need to carry
out their roles with greater impact. My voluntary leadership sector roles
include being: A director of Northumberland Cricket Board A local governor of
Excelsior Academy, Newcastle A governor, director and charity trustee of the
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle