Chief executive
Sam Younger joined Shelter in 2009 having stepped down at the end of 2008 after eight years as inaugural Chair of the Electoral Commission.
Prior to that he spent two years as Director General of the British Red Cross following a career spanning 20 years at the BBC, where he was Managing Director from 1994-1998.
Sam has also had a long-term association with higher education, as Chair of the Council of the University of Sussex (2001-07) and Chair of the Quality Assurance Agency (2004-09).
Currently he is an independent member of the Standards Committee of the Greater London Authority, a Director of Electoral Reform International Services and a Director of English Touring Opera.
