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Sir Alan Parker’s ten-year term of office was due to end in December
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Save the Children International chair Sir Alan Parker has resigned following ten years in the role.

Parker, 62, had been due to finish his term in December but stepped down last night, citing a “complex mix of challenges the organisation and the sector is facing” as the reason for his early departure. He has also resigned from the boards of the Save the Children Association.

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