Executive Management Team

Fran McCloskey
Chief Executive Officer

Fran McCloskey joined CIEH in 2022. Fran is a qualified chartered accountant who has worked in the charity sector for over 20 years, and before that was with KPMG's mergers and acquisitions team.

As an Executive Team Member for many years in several organisations, Fran has a lot of experience in Corporate Strategy and Performance as well as Transformation.

Jon Buttolph
Executive Director of Professional Standards

Jon Buttolph joined CIEH in April 2000 and became part of the Executive Management Team in 2020. His responsibilities include membership recruitment and retention, CIEH's learning offer and professional standards and ethics.

Jon previously worked as Membership Services Officer at the British Humanist Association and started his career at the Directory of Social Change.

Justin Turner
Executive Director of Commercial and Digital Innovation

Justin Turner joined CIEH in 2007 carrying out a variety of roles in our Information Services team before taking on the position of Associate Director of Operations. He was appointed Executive Director of Commercial and Digital Innovation in 2023. He utilises his previous experience to drive change across the organisation.

Justin previously worked as an IT consultant at Metropolitan Networks, completing contracts for organisations across varied sectors. He has a BSc (Hons) in Computing from the University of Leeds and is a member of the Chartered Institute for IT.

Anna Westacott
Interim Director of Finance and Corporate Services

Anna Westacott joined CIEH in August 2024. Anna is a qualified chartered accountant with many years of experience in the charity and private sectors.

Anna's previous roles focussed on delivering change and improvement plans at organisations including Macmillan Cancer Support, BBC Media Action and Holidu, a tech scale-up company based in Munich.

Further information

• Declarations of interest for the Executive Management Team (available to members only)