Helen Merrick is the Executive Manager - Marketing & Membership at Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA), the peak body for professional fundraisers in Australia.

She is also the campaign director and spokesperson for Include a Charity, FIA’s social change campaign, which encourages more Australians to consider gifts in wills to charities. She was also an instructor for FIA’s gifts in Wills fundamentals course and masterclasses.

Fourteen years ago, after a successful corporate career in advertising and publishing, Helen moved into the Australian not-for-profit sector.

She provided strategic advice and operational management in the areas of not-for-profit management, brand/profile-raising and revenue generation through direct marketing initiatives, channel management and communications.

Helen worked in executive leadership positions with Camp Quality and Opportunity International. She was also a board member for the Include a Charity campaign and provided consulting services to a variety of not-for-profit organisations before joining FIA and Include a Charity full time in 2018.

With a background in direct marketing, Lisa made the move to the not for profit sector 15 years ago. Since then she has held fundraising positions in a number of large UK charities, including Barnardos UK, NSPCC and The British Heart Foundation. She has experience managing large teams and multi-million-dollar expenditure budgets across a number of recruitment channels including TV, Face to Face, Cold Mail and Phone.