{"id":44983,"date":"2025-12-15T03:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T03:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=44983"},"modified":"2025-12-15T03:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T03:53:09","slug":"cvgjp6y13q0oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/15\/cvgjp6y13q0oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxfam chief forced to step down over &#8216;serious issues&#8217; with conduct, charity says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The chief executive of Oxfam GB has been forced out by the charity&#8217;s board after an independent review found &#8220;serious issues&#8221; with her behaviour and decision making.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The organisation&#8217;s trustees decided Dr Halima Begum&#8217;s position was &#8220;untenable&#8221; because of an &#8220;irretrievable breakdown in its trust and confidence&#8221; in her ability to do the job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">About 70 members of staff had signed a letter calling for Oxfam to investigate Dr Begum&#8217;s conduct, with several employees said to have resigned after falling out with her, the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Dr Begum had been in the role for almost two years. The BBC has contacted her for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In a statement, Oxfam confirmed the review was commissioned by its board of trustees to examine &#8220;concerns raised about the leadership, conduct and approach&#8221; of Dr Begum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It said the review was carried out by legal firm Howlett Brown between November and December 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The investigation drew on testimony from 32 current and former Oxfam colleagues, as well as documentary evidence, the charity said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Findings showed &#8220;serious issues in the CEO&#8217;s leadership behaviour and her decision making, including breaches of organisational processes and values, and inappropriate interference into safeguarding and integrity investigations&#8221;, it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The decision to discharge Dr Begum from her role was passed last week and she has already left the organisation, Oxfam said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The role of acting chief executive will be taken up by Jan Oldfield, Oxfam&#8217;s chief supporter officer for more than four years, it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Acting co-chairs of Oxfam GB, Nana Afadzinu and Dame Annie Hudson, said their priority going forward was to provide &#8220;stability&#8221; for staff and &#8220;rebuild confidence&#8221; across the organisation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;The Board has taken immediate steps to strengthen oversight and reinforce organisational processes, and work is already underway<b id=\"\" class=\"sc-d16436d-0 gnUCoQ\"> <\/b>to address the recommendations in the report,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Dr Begum&#8217;s departure comes after a difficult year for Oxfam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Earlier this month, financial figures released by the charity showed profits from its shops had dropped by two thirds over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Oxford-based charity also made 250 of its 2,100 UK staff redundant earlier this year to save \u00a310.2m from its wage bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">At the time, Dr Begum said the decline was due to the charity&#8217;s work taking place &#8220;against a backdrop of deep uncertainty, rising inflation and a cost-of-living crisis&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Oxfam #chief #forced #step #issues #conduct #charity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chief executive of Oxfam GB has been forced out by the charity&#8217;s board after an independent review found &#8220;serious&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44985,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44983\/revisions\/44985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}