Trustees
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Chair: David Page David worked in the BBC World Service for twenty years, specialising in broadcasting to Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. He headed the BBC Urdu Service from 1977 to 1985 and was involved in setting up the BBC Pashto service in 1981. He is co-Director of the Media South Asia Project, which is based at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at London University. He writes and lectures on South Asian politics and media.
Vice Chair: Elizabeth Winter Elizabeth is a social scientist / researcher with many years of experience of managing NGOs both in the UK and in Pakistan / Afghanistan. As well as a being a founder member of Afghanaid, Elizabeth was also a founder member of BAAG, the umbrella group of British NGOs working in Afghanistan. Elizabeth is a consultant specialising in capacity building and civil society development. Treasurer: Gemma ParrottJoined Afghanaid 2010 Gemma Parrott is a qualified chartered accountant with over fifteen years experience in the financial services sector and the accountancy profession. She currently works for a global investment bank, with a focus on emerging markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Trustee: Tigger Stack Joined Afghanaid 1986 Tigger has a long association with the South Asian region going back to 1966. She worked at various times for Oxfam, including a spell setting up its field office in Pakistan to deal with the Afghan refugee exodus in 1980. She later worked with HelpAge International in Sri Lanka, and with Harvest Help and Anti-Slavery International. She has extensive experience of press and public relations.
Trustee: Jonathan Goodhand Jonathan has worked for several years managing NGO programmes, conducting research and doing consultancies on NGOs, aid, conflict and peacebuilding in South and Central Asia. He is currently Reader in Conflict and Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at London University in the Development Studies department. Trustee: Malcolm HarperJoined Afghanaid 2005 Malcolm has been involved with international aid and development for his whole career. He was on the staff of Oxfam for 18 years, working in London, Oxford and Africa and then for 23 years he was Director of the United Nations Association in the UK. Malcolm is currently active with several NGOs as a trustee, including Action on Armed Violence (formerly Landmine Action).
Trustee: Martin Greeley Dr Martin Greeley is a development economist with over thirty years’ professional experience. He has extensive experience of working in South Asia countries, with the World Bank and Asian Development Bank and UN agencies. He is on the board of MISFA, the apex micro-finance institution in Afghanistan. His main areas of interest are aid and public policy, agricultural development, impact assessment and poverty reduction. He is a fellow and trustee of the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University.
Trustee: Stephen Turner
After taking his degree in economics from the LSE, Stephen Turner worked for VSO for nearly twenty years as an education officer, field director and regional manager. In 1990, he joined WaterAid as a member of the senior management team, with responsibility for strategic planning, advocacy and fundraising, including the campaign for the UN to recognise sanitation as a target indicator for the Millennium Development Goals. He retired from WaterAid in 2008.
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