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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 for Community
Net Work in London |
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Mr Theodros Abraham (Director) - BA in Economics and MA in
Development Economics. He 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 23 years and been instrumental in setting
up refugee programmes/ courses |
