Martin Thomas was due to take the helm of the Charity Commission on December 27The new head of the charity watchdog quit today before officially taking up his post after The Times uncovered how “inappropriate behaviour” led to his resignation from an aid agency. Martin Thomas, 58, a friend of Boris Johnson, was confirmed as chairman of the Charity Commission last week by the culture secretary Nadine Dorries. SponsoredHe was due to begin work on December 27 but stepped down after The Times raised questions about his appointment in the wake of his role in a bullying investigation this year when he was chairman of Women For Women International UK. Thomas sent a photo of himself in a Victoria’s Secret store to a junior female employeeThomas faced three formal misconduct complaints during his five years at the charity, including an incident in 2018 when he mistakenly sent a picture of himself taken in

Source: The Times December 18, 2021 06:19 UTC