Calum Mercer
Non-Executive Director
Calum will be appointed from 1 April 2021 as a substantive Non-executive Director.
Calum has several years of experience as an executive and Non-executive Director in health and social care and a range of other sectors. Calum is the Finance and Operations Director at the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a Non-executive Director at the Legal Aid Agency (an agency of the Ministry of Justice that manages the legal aid service), Treasurer and Member of Council at the University of Bath and the Housing and Finance Institute (which supports the delivery of more homes and good homes across the country). Calum chairs the Audit and Risk Committees at Dimensions and the Legal Aid Agency. He was previously a governor of Manchester Metropolitan University.
Previous executive roles were in social care sector as Finance Director of one the largest behaviour change charities and previously in infrastructure and utilities. In his roles he has helped transform and improve organisations, helping them deliver better outcomes for people and has raised over £4 billion in funding.
Calum’s role with us includes the following:
- Audit and Risk Committee Chair
- Remuneration & Nomination Committee Joint Chair
- Lead NED – Security Management
