Ian Bruce (charity administrator) explained

Ian Bruce
Honorific Suffix:	CBE FRSA CCMI
Birth Name:	Ian Waugh Bruce
Birth Date:	21 April 1945
Occupation:	Charity marketing
Spouse:	Professor Tina Bruce CBE
Alma Mater:	University of Birmingham
Website:	Profile of Ian Bruce at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University London

Ian Waugh Bruce CBE^[1] FRSA CCMI (born 21 April 1945)^[2] is a British charity leader, cause campaigner and academic.^{[3] [4] [5]} He is vice-president of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). He is also the founder and president of the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London.^{[6] [7]}

Education

He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton, at Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and at the University of Birmingham, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences.^[2]

Career

• 1983 – 2003, Director General, RNIB
• 1991 – 2010, Director, Centre for Charity Effectiveness, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City University London
• 2003 – present, Vice President, RNIB
• 2010 – present, President, Centre for Charity Effectiveness, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London

Honours and awards

Bruce was awarded an honorary degree as Doctor of Social Sciences from the University of Birmingham in 1995.^[2]

He received a CBE in the 2004 Birthday Honours.^{[1] [8]}

Personal life

He and his wife Tina live in Richmond, London where, until December 2017, he was Chair of The Richmond Society, of which he is now a patron.

Books

• Book: Bruce, Ian . Successful charity marketing: meeting need . ICSA Pub. with Prentice Hall Europe . London . 1998 . second . 9781860720383 .
• Book: Bruce . Ian . Rayner . Anthony . Managing and staffing Britain's largest charities . VOLPROF . London . 1992 . 9780952056317 .
• Book: Bruce, Ian . Charity marketing: delivering income, campaigns and services . ICSA Pub . London . 2011 . 9781860724596 .

External links

• Profile: Ian Bruce Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London

Notes and References

1. Web site: Specialists honoured by Queen . . 11 June 2004 . 21 April 2014.
2. Web site: Ian Waugh BRUCE . . People of Today . 21 April 2014.
3. Web site: Shifrin . Tash . RNIB chief takes the train route out . The Guardian . 19 May 2021.
4. Web site: Sector History: How the sixties compare with today . ThirdSector . 19 May 2021.
5. Book: Butler . R J . Wilson . D C . Managing voluntary and non-profit organisations . 1990 . Routledge . London and New York . 151–2.
6. Web site: Marketing Excellence Awards – Professor Ian Bruce, Vice President, RNIB. The Chartered Institute of Marketing. 21 April 2014.
7. Web site: 29 November 2022 . Ian Bruce . 20 March 2021 . Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London.
8. Web site: Ian Bruce awarded CBE in Queen's Birthday lIst . Fundraising UK Ltd . 14 June 2004 . 21 April 2014 . Lake, Howard.