DIY Direct Marketing
Judith Donovan, CBE

DIY Direct Marketing is the gateway to the services of

Judith Donovan, CBE

BA  Hon D (Leeds Met)  Hon DL (Hull)  CCMI  FRSA  FloD  FCIM  FCAM  FIDM

National and Regional Public Service

Non Executive

1
Chair, Ripon Cathedral Council and Vice Chair, Rural Forum
2
Chair, Employment Advisory Board HMP New Hall and HMP Askham Grange
3
Chair, Keep Me Posted Campaign
4
Chair, National Army Museum Trading Ltd
5
Chair, Science and Innovation Park Advisory Board
6
Trustee, Science Museum Group and member Audit and Risk Committee
7
Trustee, National Army Museum and member Development Committee
8
Trustee, The Woolmen Charity

Offices Previously Held:

a) Private Sector

1988 - 1992
Director BDMA
1989 - 1990
Founder Patron Institute of Direct Marketing
1990 - 1992
Chairman BDMA Special Events Committee
1992
Director of DMA
1993
Member DMA Agency Council Committee [Chairman 1997/98]
1993 - 1995
Founder Member the DMA Authority
1994 - 1996
Member DMA Catalogue and Home Shopping Council
1995
Member DMA North Committee
1997 - 1998
Chairman DMA Royal Mail Awards
1998
Deputy Chairman DMA [UK]
1998
Member Editorial Advisory Board, New Marketing Division
1998 - 2000
Chairman DMA
1999 - 2001
President Leeds Branch, Chartered Institute of Marketing
1999 - 2000
Editor in Chief Direct Marketing Strategies
2013 - 2015
Non Executive Director, The YM Group

b) Voluntary Sector

1990 - 2008
Northern Ballet Theatre Trustee
1993
Bradford Lord Mayor's Appeal; committee member
1999 - 2001
Bradford Samaritans; President
2002 - 2005
Ripon Cathedral Development Campaign; Chair Executive Committee and Trustee
2003 - 2005
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust; Trustee
2006 - 2016
Member Ripon Cathedral Finance Committee
2008 - 2013
Legacy Trust UK: Founder Governor

c) Public Sector

1979 - 1980
President Bradford Junior Chamber of Commerce
1982 - 1987
Governor Friends of Bradford Art Gallery and Museums
1983 - 1984
Chairman Bradford Business Club
1984 - 1986
Governor Margaret McMillan First School
1986 - 1987
Member CIM West Yorkshire Committee
1987 - 1991
Deputy Chairman Bradford Breakthrough
1987 - 2003
Director Bradford Chamber of Commerce
1988 - 1990
Member the Court of the University of Bradford
1988 - 1990
Member the Council of the University of Bradford
1988 - 1993
Member IoD West Yorkshire Committee
1989 - 1991
Director Bradford City Challenge
1989 - 1995
Member Executive Committee, Bradford Chamber of Commerce
1989 - 1998
Chairman Bradford & District Training and Enterprise Council
1991 - 1992
Member CBI Yorkshire Council
1994
Founder Patron Bradford Brontë Rotary Club (Mixed)
1994 - 2001
Director Bradford Congress
1995 - 2000
Bradford Ambassador
1998 - 2002
Reader, Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education
1999 - 2001
President Bradford Chamber of Commerce
2000 - 2003
Director Business Link West Yorkshire
2000 - 2006
Commissioner, Millenium Commission & Chair, Finance Committee
2000 - 2008
Vice Chair Postwatch
2000 - 2008
Member PMC Objective 2 ERDF
2000 - 2010
Director, Health & Safety Executive
2005 - 2008
Chair, Yorkshire Tourist Board
2006 - 2011
Director, the BIG Lottery Fund & Chair, Resources Committee
2008 - 2011
Chair, York Minster Revealed Project Board
2008 - 2021
Chair, Strategic Mailing Partnership

2008 - 2018
Member, Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee
2009 - 2015
Director, British Wool Marketing Board
2009 - 2014
Member, Hull University Alumni Advisory Board
2009 - 2013
Chair, Greater Ripon Improvement Partnership
2010 - 2011
Member, DEFRA Farming Regulation Task Force
2010 - 2015
Public Member, Network Rail
2012 - 2016
Trustee, Hull University Union
2013 - 2019
Chair, Eden Project

2011 - 2019
Member Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

2017 - 2022
Member Postcode Address File Advisory Board

2019 - 2022
Chair, Advisory Board National Science and Media Museum