Sam Younger
{{short description|British media and charity manager (born 1951)}}
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James Samuel Younger {{Post-nominals|size=100%|CBE|country = GBR}} (born 5 October 1951){{cite news
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Younger was managing director of the BBC World Service from 1994 to 1998,{{Cite web|url = http://www.bbcworldwide.com/report/theboard/page04.htm|title = Blurb about Sam Younger|website = BBC Worldwide corporate site|publisher = BBC|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040705052717/http://www.bbcworldwide.com/report/theboard/page04.htm|archivedate = 2004-07-05}} and chief executive of the British Red Cross from 1999 to 2001. He was the founding chairman of the United Kingdom Electoral Commission from 2001 to 2008 and the chief executive of the Charity Commission for England and Wales from September 2010 to April 2014.{{Cite web|title = Sam Younger to be new Charity Commission Chief Executive|url = http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/RSS/News/pr_newceo.aspx|website = webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk|accessdate = 9 October 2015|publisher = The Charity Commission for England and Wales|archiveurl = http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505102719/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/RSS/News/pr_newceo.aspx|date = 19 May 2010|archivedate = 5 May 2014}}
- {{Cite web|title = Paula Sussex to be Charity Commission chief executive|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/paula-sussex-to-be-charity-commission-chief-executive|website = The Charity Commission|accessdate = 9 October 2015|date = 17 April 2014}}
He is also chair of the governing body of the University of Sussex and former chairman of the Board of QAA.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=58929 |date=31 December 2008 |page=8 |supp=y }}{{Cite web|title = James Samuel Younger CBE - 2009|url = http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-graduates/honorary-graduates-2009/james-samuel-younger-cbe|accessdate = 9 October 2015|publisher = Brunel University London|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160301181102/http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-graduates/honorary-graduates-2009/james-samuel-younger-cbe|archivedate = 1 March 2016}}
He has been chairman of the Consumers' Association Council since 1 January 2020.{{Cite web|last=Andy Ricketts|title=Consumers' Association appoints former commission chief as chair|url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/article/1664973|access-date=2021-02-24|website=www.thirdsector.co.uk}}
Younger is the son of Kenneth Younger, a Labour Minister under Clement Attlee.
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- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050517223152/http://www.epolitix.com/EN/ForumInterviews/200401/711CAE98-DC97-461B-A407-11FF8FE15887.htm An interview with Sam Younger]}}
- [https://www.theguardian.com/eu/story/0,7369,1196854,00.html His initial views on the referendum]
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Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:British civil servants
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