Martina Milburn Explained

Honorific Prefix:Dame
Birth Name:Martina Jane Milburn
Office:Chair of the Social Mobility Commission
Primeminister:Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Appointer:Theresa May
Term Start:13 July 2018
Term End:29 April 2020
Predecessor:Alan Milburn
Successor:Sandra Wallace and Steven Cooper
Awards:Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Known For:Charity leadership
Nationality:British

Dame Martina Jane Milburn, (born September 1957) is a British charity manager. She was the chief executive of The Prince's Trust UK from 2004 to 2017, and group chief executive until 2022. Milburn was Chair of the Social Mobility Commission from 2018 to 2020.[1]

Career

Milburn started a career as a journalist, but then worked freelance for a number of charities including CAFOD.[2] She also worked as a researcher on a number of BBC television appeals, including Challenge Anneka from Malawi, Going Live and Blue Peter specials from Jamaica.[3]

In 1993 she became the chief executive of the Association of Spinal Injury Research Rehabilitation and Reintegration (ASPIRE) charity for seven years, where she ensured that the Aspire National Training Centre was completed on time and on budget.[4] [5] In July 2000 she became the chief executive of the BBC Children in Need Appeal, serving until 2004.[6]

In May 2004 Milburn became chief executive of The Prince's Trust, succeeding Sir Tom Shebbeare who had been at The Prince's Trust for 16 years.[7] Milburn was appointed group chief executive (covering the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States and International) in 2017[8] and retired from the position in 2022.[9]

Milburn was a trustee of Media Trust, the UK's leading communications charity, from October 2009 to May 2012.[10]

She was appointed Chair of the Social Mobility Commission in 2018, serving two years until May 2020.[11]

As of 2023 she holds active positions at the Windsor Leadership Trust and Dial Global Limited.[12]

Honours

In the 2012 New Year Honours, Milburn was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to charity. In the 2017 New Year Honours, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) in recognition of her service as chief executive of The Prince's Trust Group.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dame Martina Milburn DCVO CBE.
  2. Web site: ASHA Women. 6 August 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071218003429/http://www.asha-foundation.org/women/women/martina_milburn.php . 18 December 2007 .
  3. Web site: BBC Children in Need Appoints New Director. 14 August 2008.
  4. Web site: About Aspire . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080613212416/http://www.aspire.org.uk/aboutus/historyofaspire.aspx . 13 June 2008 . 6 August 2008.
  5. Web site: BBC - Press Office - Martina Milburn leaves Children in Need Trust . www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. Web site: BBC Martina Milburn leaves Children in Need . 6 August 2008.
  7. News: Prince's Trust snaps up Milburn from BBC Fund . 6 August 2008.
  8. Web site: 2020 . Prince's Trust Group - Our people . 19 April 2020 . Prince's Trust.
  9. Web site: Our Trustees . 2 October 2023 . Windsor Leadership . The Windsor Leadership Trust.
  10. Web site: Martina Jane MILBURN personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . en.
  11. Web site: Chair of Social Mobility Commission resigns Tes Magazine . www.tes.com . en.
  12. Web site: Trustees . 2023-11-23 . Windsor leadership . en.