New Chairman for MCF
James Long has been elected by its Board of Trustees as Chairman of the Masonic Charitable Foundation. James, who has also been President and a Trustee of the MCF since April 2022, began his term as Chairman on 1st January 2024, taking over from Sir Paul Williams, who had announced that he intends to retire as a Trustee in April 2024 following twelve years’ service to the MCF and previously the RMBI Care Company.
James has previously chaired two FTSE companies and has wide Board level experience in international business and finance. He has also held senior positions within UGLE, including membership of the Board of General Purposes, of which he was Deputy President from 2016 to 2022. As President and Chairman of Trustees, James will also chair the MCF’s Strategy Committee which will oversee development and implementation of the Charity’s vision and strategy, ensuring that its activities are responsive to and wholly supportive of UGLE’s own long term strategy.
James commented:
“It is an honour to have been selected by the Trustees as their new Chairman. Succeeding Sir Paul Williams, who gave so many years of distinguished service, both to The RMBI Care Company and the MCF, is a humbling challenge and I thank him most sincerely for his guidance. This is a critical period for UGLE, as it embarks upon its ambitious new strategy, and I am determined that the MCF will continue to play a key role in its delivery, particularly in the “Third Pillar”, where we represent such a significant and highly visible aspect of UGLE’s engagement in our communities. Being fully engaged with UGLE, both centrally and at Provincial level, we will focus on efficiently delivering the maximum possible impact from deploying the generous donations of our members, present and past”
