Dr Justin Davis Smith

Dr Justin Davis Smith is the Executive Director of Volunteering at NCVO. His previous positions include Chief Executive of Volunteering England and 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 over the development of volunteering policy. Justin is a trustee of the youth volunteering charity v, and former chair of the Nationwide Foundation. He was a member of the Commission on the Future of Volunteering and has been assisting the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) with the development of its 2012 volunteering strategy. He has written widely on volunteering and is a Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London.