Governance / trustees
People In Aid’s members decide the strategy and direction of People In Aid. An Annual General Meeting of members elects a Board of Trustees of up to fifteen individuals, which oversees the organisation on members’ behalf. The Board members are listed below. Up to five Trustees can be from non-member organisations to ensure the correct diversity of skills, experience and views. Any vacancies for such Trustees will be advertised here and in selected media.
The Board uses the relationship model™ incorporated in its Governance Manual, to test and oversee its efficiency and effectiveness. Our Memorandum and Articles are also available.
Biographies
Neil Casey – Independent
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Neil Casey is Director of Wild Goose Consulting, a company providing consultancy support and interim management to not for profit organisations. He has nearly 20 years experience of charity management at either senior management or director level. He has particularly strong skills in strategic planning, income generation, financial planning and management, project development, capacity building, training and development of staff and volunteers, statutory and non-statutory funding and inter-agency networking nationally and internationally. His most recent experience has been in leading change management as interim Chief Executive in a growing international NGO. He is a trained consultant in the applications of the governance Relationship Model as it applies to values based not for profit organisations.
Richard DaCosta – Independent
Richard has worked in Human Resource management in industry for 30 years. For the last 15 years of his career he has worked in an international context across all continents. He has experience of the voluntary sector having been Chairman of a UK children's charity between 1987 and 1993. Richard is now working part-time and joined the board of People In Aid in order to combine his professional experience with a desire to renew his involvement in a voluntary organisation.
Idrissa Doucouré - WaterAid
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Idrissa Doucouré, Head of WaterAid West Africa Region, has worked in eleven African countries for 16 years, much of which has been in a senior management position. In that time he has gained extensive experience in international development including programme management, business planning, performance monitoring and policy setting. Idrissa now has strong southern perspectives on poverty and development issues. He has also worked with multilateral and bilateral organisations as well as NGOs. This has given him a broad idea of the different perspectives of key sector players including the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and UNICEF. It has also enabled Idrissa to build on his knowledge of both the technical and management elements of the development sector.
Jim Emerson - Plan International
Jim has almost 30 years experience in development and humanitarian work much of this at a senior management level. He has lived in developing countries, often in remote locations, for over 22 years. Currently, Jim is the Chief Operating Officer of Plan International responsible for operations in Asia, Latin America, and Africa and for disaster response, child protection and advocacy. Previously he has worked as Director of Finance, Regional Director, Country/Field Director, Trainer, and Music Teacher. He has had significant experience working on Boards: as a Trustee of Charities Evaluation Services, Chair of the Hope for African Children Initiative, and as a Director of Plan Ltd.
Ruth Fraser - Tearfund
Ruth Fraser is Human Resources Director at Tearfund and has been with the organisation for 10 years and is a member of the Executive Team. She has experience in both the Corporate and Charitable sector having previously worked, for 18 years, in the Royal Bank of Scotland, based in the North of Scotland, Edinburgh and London.
Brian Martin – Christian Aid
Brian has been Christian Aid’s representative in Burundi and subsequently their corporate security manager in London with the Humanitarian Division where his work touched upon emergency preparedness and response. He is currently seconded from Christian Aid to the ACT/Caritas Darfur Emergency Response Operation (DERO) in Western Sudan as the Head of Programmes covering eight sectors. Brian has 35 years of varied military experience either as a commander deployed around the world in various emergency situations or as a senior manager co-ordinating activities in operational and/or strategic headquarters.
Duncan Milroy - Independent
Duncan has been working in financial management in the voluntary sector for the last 6 years, and is currently Finance & Resources Manager for World Jewish Relief, a charity raising funds in the UK Jewish community for international welfare, relief and development programmes. His previous experience includes 20 years involvement in financial, planning and programme management in the international oil industry. Duncan is a qualified accountant.
June Nash – The Leprosy Mission International
June trained as a nurse and health visitor and then worked in Papua New Guinea and Ethiopia with the Leprosy Mission. In Papua New Guinea she oversaw the implementation of the training and health education programmes of the national leprosy elimination campaign. In Ethiopia she provided educational support to an international training institute and taught development and community based rehabilitation courses. She is at present the Personnel Director for The Leprosy Mission International and is implementing TLMI’s audit against the Code. June was the chair of People In Aid between 2004-06
Richard Marshall - World Vision International
Richard has 20 years experience in Human Resources Development spread between the UK and Asia. His current role is Director for Organisation and Human Resources Development with World Vision UK, and he is also part of the HR Leadership Team for World Vision International. Having started out in a range of HR roles within the Pharmaceutical Industry (AstraZeneca), he moved to Asia in 1995 to work with the United Mission to Nepal as Training & Development Manager, and later as Regional HR Director for World Vision, based in Thailand. He is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, and is involved in a number of networks for HR and OD professionals in the Charity Sector.
Roger Smith - British Red Cross (Chairman)
Roger joined the BRCS in 1993 as the Head of Training. Since then he has been the Head of Human Resources, Director of Support Services and now the Director of HR and Education Services. Roger has been a member of the BRCS’s Senior Management Team for seven years. Before joining the BRCS, Roger worked as a teacher and, for the last nine years of his teaching career, as a head teacher at a London primary school.
Simon Springett – Oxfam UK
Simon is the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Oxfam covering the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
He holds a first degree in geology as well as an MSc in development practice. He has worked internationally on humanitarian aid and development programmes since 1994 with the UN and international NGOs.
Simon Thompson - lastminute.com
Simon is the European Managing Director & Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of lastminute.com group - Europe’s largest online travel and leisure business. He joined the company as CMO in April 2007 and arrived at lastminute.com from Motorola via Honda.
Simon spent several years in the computing industry in numerous roles from programming to corporate sales. He joined the automotive industry as an Area Sales Manager for Unipart International, and then mmovedHonda in 1991 and covered all aspects of the business from sales, product development, franchising, strategy and marketing. From Honda he moved to Motorola Inc in 2006, as the Senior Director of Marketing for Europe.
Ann-Marie Wilson – Medair
Ann-Marie is an HR Consultant and Trainer with expertise in recruitment and marketing. Her training and development experience includes carrying out training needs analysis, the design and development of formal and informal training and conduct of programmes for all levels up to Board members. She is an experienced executive coach, working with individuals and teams in the UK, Europe and Africa, and has worked in a fundraising capacity with four Boards. She is a trustee of Medair.
Anne Wozencraft – Independent
Anne began her career as a research scientist and university lecturer, specialising in vaccine development and control of tropical disease, following postgraduate studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Scripps Institute, California. During this time, she led international research programmes. Since 1990, Anne has held a variety of posts in the British Council, including leadership of the organisation’s operations in Central and Eastern Europe (including Central Asia) and specialist teams in the UK. In 2003, she was appointed as global Director of Human Resources and is a member of the organisation’s board of management.