Eileen Kinsman

Most recently Director of Development and Co-CEO at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), Eileen transformed fundraising, increasing annual revenue income by 166%, from around £900,000 to £2.4 million. She also led a £50 million capital campaign, securing £13.5 million of government investment leveraging £11.5 million of private match funding. She has extensive experience of major gifts, trusts and foundations, legacies, corporate partnerships and institutional funding, and has personally secured six-, seven- and eight-figure funding.

Eileen is also an experienced and qualified trainer and facilitator. She taught in the Department of Voluntary Sector Studies at the University of Wales Lampeter and has delivered fundraising training, consultancy and organisational development support for WCVA and the Institute of Fundraising, working with charities at different stages of their development.

Her wider experience spans environmental, international development, heritage, education and third-sector organisations, including Save the Children, Amnesty International and the National Library of Wales. She has also contributed to the development of professional fundraising standards as a Board member of the Fundraising Standards Board and the Institute of Fundraising’s Wales Committee.

Eileen holds an MBA in Leadership and the International Advanced Diploma in Fundraising. As an Associate Consultant with Action Planning, she combines strategic insight with extensive practical experience to help organisations develop ambitious, achievable strategies, strengthen fundraising capability and build sustainable income.