Ed Mayo
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Ed Mayo is Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, the UK trade association for co-operatives
. He is the former Chief Executive of the British National Consumer Council (NCC) and CEO of the NCC's successor, Consumer Focus
.
- reading philosophy - and City University business school. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the London Metropolitan University in 2007.
, serving as acting Director until 1992.
Mayo rose to prominence as director of the New Economics Foundation
(NEF) from 1992 to 2003. He led NEF from two to fifty staff, creating the leading 'think-and-do tank
', looking at ethical market activity, local economies and public service reform. NHS
Foundation Trusts were an idea partly inspired by NEF and Mayo, particularly his October 2001 pamphlet, The Mutual State, published with Mutuo
, a think tank set up by the Co-operative Party
. NEF also coordinated the Jubilee 2000
campaign during this time, for which Mayo was the strategist. It gained 24 million signatures for the worldwide petition
on development and poverty.
In 2003, he left to become chief executive of the National Consumer Council, staying with the organisation for 5 years. In 2008, the National Consumer Council merged with energywatch and Postwatch to form Consumer Focus, a move which Mayo oversaw as he became chief executive of the new organisation. In July 2009, he announced that he would be resigning to take up the position of Secretary General of Co-operatives UK following the retirement of its Chief Executive Dame Pauline Green. He took up the position officially the following November.
, War on Want
, the Fairtrade Foundation, the Local Investment Fund, Social Investment Forum and www.oneworld.net, a popular portal
on human rights
, development and environment. He has advised HM Treasury
on enterprise and led the development of the new Community Investment Tax Credit introduced by Gordon Brown
.
He is also an honorary Vice-president of the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies. He was the founding chair of the London Rebuilding Society and is involved in his local community as a trustee
of the MERRY
charity, linking up communities in Deptford
and Mozambique
through music and culture. In the field of economics, Mayo is a fellow of the World Economic Forum
and addressed the annual summit in Davos
from 2000 to 2003 on issues of economic change and social inclusion.
In June 2003, Mayo joined the NCC. That year The Guardian
nominated him as one of the top 100 most influential figures in British social policy
and in November 2004 commented that ‘from cancelling third world debt to justice for working-class consumers, Ed Mayo is a key figure in social innovation. He was nominated a ‘Young Global Leader’ by the World Economic Forum in January 2005.
He is married with three children and lives in south London
.
Cooperative
A cooperative is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit...
. He is the former Chief Executive of the British National Consumer Council (NCC) and CEO of the NCC's successor, Consumer Focus
Consumer Focus
Consumer Focus is a statutory consumer organisation in England, Wales, Scotland, and, for postal services, Northern Ireland, formed in 2008 by the merging Postwatch, Energywatch and the Welsh, Scottish and National Consumer Councils...
.
Education
Mayo was educated at Downing College, CambridgeDowning College, Cambridge
Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...
- reading philosophy - and City University business school. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the London Metropolitan University in 2007.
Career
After a short period as a management consultant at Andersen Consulting, Mayo joined the World Development MovementWorld Development Movement
The World Development Movement is a membership organisation in the United Kingdom which campaigns on issues of global justice and development in the Global South....
, serving as acting Director until 1992.
Mayo rose to prominence as director of the New Economics Foundation
New Economics Foundation
The New Economics Foundation is a British think-tank.NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit with the aim of working for a "new model of wealth creation, based on equality, diversity and economic stability"....
(NEF) from 1992 to 2003. He led NEF from two to fifty staff, creating the leading 'think-and-do tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
', looking at ethical market activity, local economies and public service reform. NHS
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
Foundation Trusts were an idea partly inspired by NEF and Mayo, particularly his October 2001 pamphlet, The Mutual State, published with Mutuo
Mutuo
Mutuo is a British think tank that has Gordon Brown as a patron and advocates cooperatives. In anticipation of the 2010 general election, it published the Mutuals Manifesto, which was the subject of an early day motion in the House of Commons.-External links:...
, a think tank set up by the Co-operative Party
Co-operative Party
The Co-operative Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom committed to supporting and representing co-operative principles. The party does not put up separate candidates for any UK election itself. Instead, Co-operative candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party as "Labour...
. NEF also coordinated the Jubilee 2000
Jubilee 2000
Jubilee 2000 was an international coalition movement in over 40 countries that called for cancellation of third world debt by the year 2000. This movement coincided with the Great Jubilee, the celebration of the year 2000 in the Catholic Church...
campaign during this time, for which Mayo was the strategist. It gained 24 million signatures for the worldwide petition
Petition
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer....
on development and poverty.
In 2003, he left to become chief executive of the National Consumer Council, staying with the organisation for 5 years. In 2008, the National Consumer Council merged with energywatch and Postwatch to form Consumer Focus, a move which Mayo oversaw as he became chief executive of the new organisation. In July 2009, he announced that he would be resigning to take up the position of Secretary General of Co-operatives UK following the retirement of its Chief Executive Dame Pauline Green. He took up the position officially the following November.
Other activities
Mayo has also been involved in other regeneration, development and community projects. He has been on the board of AccountAbilityAccountability
Accountability is a concept in ethics and governance with several meanings. It is often used synonymously with such concepts as responsibility, answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and other terms associated with the expectation of account-giving...
, War on Want
War on Want
War on Want is an anti-poverty charity based in London, England. It seeks to highlight the needs of poverty-stricken areas around the world and lobbies governments and international agencies to tackle problems as well as raising public awareness of the concerns of developing nations while...
, the Fairtrade Foundation, the Local Investment Fund, Social Investment Forum and www.oneworld.net, a popular portal
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
on human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
, development and environment. He has advised HM Treasury
HM Treasury
HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy...
on enterprise and led the development of the new Community Investment Tax Credit introduced by Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
.
He is also an honorary Vice-president of the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies. He was the founding chair of the London Rebuilding Society and is involved in his local community as a trustee
Trustee
Trustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another...
of the MERRY
Merry
Merry may refer to:*Happy*Alcohol intoxication*Merry * Merry , an EP by Gregory Douglass* Merry , a song by American power pop band Magnapop* Meriadoc Brandybuck, from The Lord of the Rings* Merry Pemberton, from various DC Comics...
charity, linking up communities in Deptford
Deptford
Deptford is a district of south London, England, located on the south bank of the River Thames. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th century to the late 19th was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards.Deptford and the docks are...
and Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
through music and culture. In the field of economics, Mayo is a fellow of the World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
and addressed the annual summit in Davos
Davos
Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...
from 2000 to 2003 on issues of economic change and social inclusion.
In June 2003, Mayo joined the NCC. That year The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
nominated him as one of the top 100 most influential figures in British social policy
Social policy
Social policy primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare. Thus, social policy is that part of public policy that has to do with social issues...
and in November 2004 commented that ‘from cancelling third world debt to justice for working-class consumers, Ed Mayo is a key figure in social innovation. He was nominated a ‘Young Global Leader’ by the World Economic Forum in January 2005.
He is married with three children and lives in south London
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
.
Publications
- Poverty, social exclusion and microfinance in the UK with Rogaly and Fisher, OxfamOxfamOxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
Books 1999 - Brave new economy (CD-ROMCD-ROMA CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
), NEFNew Economics FoundationThe New Economics Foundation is a British think-tank.NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit with the aim of working for a "new model of wealth creation, based on equality, diversity and economic stability"....
2000 - Banking and social cohesion with Christophe Guene, 2001
- The Mutual State, MutuoMutuoMutuo is a British think tank that has Gordon Brown as a patron and advocates cooperatives. In anticipation of the 2010 general election, it published the Mutuals Manifesto, which was the subject of an early day motion in the House of Commons.-External links:...
October 2001 - Building the mutual state, ed. with Henrietta Moore, Mutuo 2002
- The organics tax credit, NEF 2002
- Life saving: Community Development Credit Unions with Mick Brown and Pat Conaty, NEF, the National Association of Credit Workers and NCC
External links
- Interview with the New StatesmanNew StatesmanNew Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
, July 2005 - Ed Mayo's blog