Editing Sam Younger (section)

{{short description|British media and charity manager (born 1951)}}
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[[File:Sam Younger, CEO of Charity Commission (6191583709).jpg|thumb|Sam Younger in 2011]]
'''James Samuel Younger''' {{Post-nominals|size=100%|CBE|country = GBR}} (born 5 October 1951)<ref>{{cite news
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Younger was managing director of the [[BBC World Service]] from 1994 to 1998,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and chief executive of the [[British Red Cross]] from 1999 to 2001. He was the founding chairman of the United Kingdom [[Electoral Commission (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.<ref>{{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}}<br />- {{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}}</ref>

He is also chair of the [[School governor|governing body]] of the [[University of Sussex]] and former chairman of the Board of [[Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education|QAA]].

He was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2009 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58929 |date=31 December 2008 |page=8 |supp=y }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

He has been chairman of the [[The Consumers' Association|Consumers' Association]] Council since 1 January 2020.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Younger is the son of [[Kenneth Younger]], a [[Labour Party (United Kingdom)|Labour]] [[Minister (government)|Minister]] under [[Clement Attlee]].