Jo Ivens has been appointed chief executive of the Brighton and Hove charity Impetus. She was previously an independent policy advisor on voluntary sector and local government for her own consultancy company based in Brighton. In recent years Ms Ivens worked for the Cabinet Office in Whitehall, initially as policy advisor for the Office of the Third Sector and following that post, as policy manager for the Office for Civil Society where she was the lead official on how local government and the voluntary sector work together to build the Big Society.
She will replace Steve Lawless who has been chief executive of Impetus since 2004 and credited with developing the organisation into a high quality service provider and leader within the Brighton and Hove voluntary sector. Ms Ivens will take up the post in January.
Impetus manages the Volunteer Centre Brighton and Hove, delivers social care and health services to vulnerable residents and business management support to the sector.
For more information contact:
Steve Lawless
Chief Executive
01273 229000
07795 230871
steve.lawless@bh-impetus.org
