Outgoing FIA Chief Executive Rob Edwards talks to F&P about transforming the fundraising industry’s peak body, the relevance of Samuel Beckett, digital disruption and taking time to smell the roses. Outgoing FIA Chief Executive Rob Edwards talks to F&P about transforming the fundraising industry’s peak body, the relevance of Samuel Beckett, digital disruption and taking time to smell the roses. What have been the highlights and main achievements of your time as CEO of FIA? When I took over the reigns as CEO at FIA I had the advantage of having completed a multidimensional organisational audit some six months beforehand, which indicated both strengths and vulnerabilities as well as where…

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