Switchboard, a confidential listening service for LGBTQ+ communities, has announced that Jacob Bayliss will be taking over as the new Chief Executive Officer from mid-September.Jacob is joining Switchboard after a role with LGBT Foundation leading the Pride in Practice national pilot, but before this role has largely worked in and around Brighton and Sussex, including with Switchboard on establishing the Health Inclusion Award.
He has also worked in the VCS for over 10 years and has worked with large and small LGBTQ+ organisations in the UK and Australia, as well as other charities like Amnesty International and YMCA.