In July, Katharine Sacks-Jones was appointed chief executive of Become, the charity for children in care and care leavers, replacing Natasha Finlayson. She comes with a wealth of public policy experience, including three years advising parliamentarians, and joins Become at a time when the charity is drawing up a new five-year strategy.
There have been only four chief executives in Become’s 27-year history. Is it important to have a good grasp of the organisation’s heritage?
Yes. I was keen to learn about it, not because you don’t want things to change – we should always be evolving – but I think having a good understanding of where you come from and what the lessons are from the past including things that have not gone right is the basis for growing and looking to the future.
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