Justin Davis Smith
Chief
Executive, Volunteering England
Dr Justin
Davis Smith is Chief Executive of Volunteering England and formerly
Director of the Institute for Volunteering Research. He has over 20
years experience in the volunteering movement and has advised the
UK Government, the World Bank and the United Nations on
volunteering policy.
He has been
assisting the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games
(LOCOG) with the development of its 2012 volunteering strategy and
is a member of the advisory committee for the Queen's Award for
Voluntary Service.
Justin was
a member of the Russell Commission on youth volunteering and the
Commission on the Future of Volunteering, and a former chair of the
Nationwide Foundation. He has written widely on volunteering and is
a Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London.