John-James Bulstrode

I joined BRAC in 2025 after 15 years of fundraising in the international development, humanitarian and human rights sectors. I work with BRAC teams around the world on international fundraising from trusts, foundations and corporations based in the UK, cultivating and managing strategic long-term relationships, leading BRAC’s engagement strategy with the UK market. I am focusing on growth and diversification, looking for new partnerships, co-creating impactful multi-year relationships. I contribute to thought leadership, market and trends insights, and pilot new initiatives, as well as providing a cross-functional focal point within BRAC.

Before joining BRAC, I worked at Amnesty International’s International Secretariat as the Regional Funding Manager for Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.

I led on Amnesty International’s first restricted public appeal for Afghanistan in 2021 and contributed to their Climate Justice strategy from a fundraising perspective.

Before that I worked with Oxfam GB in the UK, Lebanon, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. I’ve also worked in Mali and China.

I am a connector and I ask questions, a feminist, an anti-racist ally, and a problem solver – qualities that have drawn me to BRAC as an institution rooted in the Global South and pragmatism. I love speaking French, learning new languages, and of course, talking fundraising.

I hold an MA in Gender and International Development from the University of Warwick.