Geldards announces new Head of Charities & Third Sector

Geldards is delighted to announce the appointment of Catherine Nightingale as Head of the Charities and Third Sector team. Renowned for their core charity law expertise, the team advises charities and third sector organisations on governance as well as commercial matters. Widely recognised the leading advisor to charities in Wales, the team is the only top ranked Tier 1 Legal 500 Charities and Not for Profit team in Wales.

Catherine previously spent the early part of her career at Geldards where she was valuable member of the commercial property team where she developed a specialism advising charities undertaking property and funding matters. She then moved to the Charity team advising large and small charities across a range of sectors.

Catherine brings with her valuable insights from her most recent role as Head of Governance at Royal Voluntary Service, one of the sector’s largest volunteering charities. She spent twelve years at the organisation ensuring the smooth operation of day-to-day governance, Trustee, and regulatory matters.

As a previous charity Trustee for both Arts Active Trust, an arts and music charity, and faith-based charity, Llandaff Diocesan Board of Finance, Catherine has an expert understanding of the issues facing charities and plays an active role in supporting the third sector.

Commenting on her appointment, Jeff Pearson, Geldards CEO said:

“We are delighted to welcome Catherine as the Head of Charities and Third Sector team, her reputation in the charity sector in Wales is impeccable. Our Charities team enjoys an enviable standing across a broad spectrum of commercial, regulatory, transactional and litigation matters and we work for over seven hundred charities and third sector organisations. Catherine’s considerable sector experience and exceptional contribution to the third sector in Wales will drive the team to achieve continued success.”

Catherine Nightingale added:

“It is a great pleasure to be working once again with Geldards and clients in the charity and third sector arena.  I am very much looking forward to bringing the experience from my invaluable and much enjoyed time in the sector for the benefit of our clients.”