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Mr. Michael Stewart (Chairman) - Lawyer and arbitrator with a
specialist practice in advising and representing NGOs. One of the
founders of the Charity Law Association and its first Treasurer
for six years. Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
Member of the Advisory Council (Chairman: Lord Justice Mummery) to
the Charity Law Unit at the University of Liverpool. Long
experience of working with and trusteeship of International NGOs |
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Dr. Cecile
Lowe (Vice Chair) - is a senior lecturer in Management at Thames
Valley University and a research fellow at the University of
Luton. A Filipino, she has worked in advertising and the
media and was a senior executive at the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation in Sydney. Her doctoral studies were on the
social marginalisation of domestic helpers employed in Hong
Kong. She also has an MA in sociology from the University
of New South Wales and a BA in Journalism from Lyceum
University, the Philippines |
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Mr. Barry
Lowe (Treasurer) - works as a senior lecturer in journalism at
Thames Valley University in London. He has a background in
journalism in his native Australia and in many international
contexts. As director of projects for the Commonwealth
Journalists Association he is actively involved in professional
development programmes for journalists in developing countries.
He has an MA in media studies from the University of New South
Wales, a BA in journalism from Deakin University, Australia and
a postgraduate certificate in teaching and learning from Thames
Valley University |
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Professor
Avtar Brah, PhD, MBE AcSS – Reader in Sociology, Programme
Director for Social Studies & Race, Ethnicity and Diaspora at
the Birkbeck Faculty of Life long Learning. She has published a
number of books and articles. Her research among others include
(un) employment and youth labour markets, She has also worked as
a Consultant for the UNHCR commissioned feasibility study to
explore the possibilities for refugee to work in the
International development sector |
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Mr. Belay
Gessesse – Graduated in Public Health from Addis Ababa
University, Ethiopia and completed postgraduate training in
International Community Health & Tropical Child Health at the
Universities of Leeds and London respectively. Specialised in
Epidemiology of Tropical Diseases at the Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine. Worked as Research Assistant at London School
of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Regional Health Coordinator for
the Sahel Region, Africa for Band Aid/Live Aid, Health Director
for the Horn of Africa at PENHA. Currently works as a freelance
consultant |
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Mr Theodros
Abraham (Director) - BA in Economics and MA in Development
Economics. -came from a refugee background and has worked for two
decades for a wide range of agencies in the public and voluntary
sector. He represented a leading voluntary sector organisation on
Birkbeck’s Widening Participation refugee project advisory group
and played a key role in designing and monitoring the project. In
2006, Theodros has been awarded the Distinguished Sessional
Lecturer award “in recognition of outstanding contribution and
commitment to teaching and learning’ in the Faculty of Lifelong
Learning Birkbeck University of London where he has been teaching
for 22 years and been instrumental in setting up refugee
programmes/ courses |