The government has appointed the solicitor Ann Phillips to the board of the Charity Commission.
Phillips, who is a consultant with the law firm Stone King LLP, joins the regulator’s board on 1 September for a three-year term as one of its legal experts.
She succeeds Kenneth Dibble, who joined the board in 2018 after 15 years as the regulator’s chief legal adviser and legal director.
Before becoming a consultant at Stone King in 2020, Phillips was a partner at the firm for almost 20 years and was its chair for six years from 2014.
She also chaired the Charity Law Association, a membership body for charity lawyers, between 2011 and 2014.
Phillips is a trustee of the Poetry Society and was previously on the boards of Anaphylaxis UK and the creative learning charity Creativity, Culture and Education.
She will be paid £350 a day for an expected 24 days service a year in her new role.
The appointment has been made by Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary.
The regulator is required to have at least two board members with “appropriate legal qualifications”. Ian Karet and chair Orlando Fraser also meet this requirement.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport said today that Phillips had declared no significant political activity in the past five years, such as holding office, making a recordable donation or public speaking.