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I joined BRAC’s London office in November 2023 as the Deputy CEO and Director of Partnerships. For the last two years, I have been in Tajikistan, where I was the Head of Partnerships at the Aga Khan Foundation. Prior to that, I was the head of Institutional Funding and Partnerships at WaterAid in London. I have also worked for Oxfam for over 8 years in various roles including as Head of Donor Partnerships, Strategic Business Development Manager, Partnerships Development Manager (Nordic Governments), Regional programme development and funding coordinator for the Middle East and CIS and Interim Country Director in Lebanon.

My role is to lead the Partnerships Team, playing a leadership role for our Europe team to build strong donor partnerships across Europe, including the UK. Having admired BRAC’s incredible work for nearly two decades, I’m thrilled to now be part of this remarkable movement of exceptional individuals, all driven by the shared ambition to create a just world where people can live free from fear and want.

In August 2023, I joined the BRAC UK team as the Philanthropy Lead, with the responsibility of developing and implementing BRAC UK’s first Individual and Major Donor Philanthropy strategy in the UK and Europe. 

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, I moved to London in 2017 to complete my MA in Conflict, Security and Development at King’s College, following the completion of my Peace Corps service in Moldova as an educational development specialist. From there, I kicked-off my career in philanthropy, first working as a philanthropy advisor to charities and HNWIs looking to develop their fundraising and philanthropic strategies. I then transitioned to the charity sector where I’ve worked with INGO and grassroot charities, spearheading their major donor programme development, emphasising collective philanthropy and fostering a ‘Community of Supporters’ for effective networking. In my spare time I play soccer and am an avid supporter of Luton Town FC.

I am immensely proud to be joining a southern-led organisation that champions a localised approach to development. The innovative solutions we develop and implement have a tangible impact on the lives of millions, breaking the cycle of poverty and empowering communities. 

I joined BRAC in July 2023 as the Partnerships Officer for Africa. In my role, I am responsible for assisting with fundraising strategies and plans to secure diversified funding for Africa programmes, whilst also supporting in-country teams with project coordination and donor compliance.

Prior to BRAC, I was the Programmes and Partnerships Manager at ARK Group International, a UK based organization focussed on supporting investment and fundraising efforts on behalf of small growing businesses that are advancing sustainable development goals across Africa. At ARK, I worked across an array of sectors, ranging from waste management, off-grid energy, agriculture, circular economies, and conservation. My work heavily involved supporting domestic firms to access grant funding and break down the systematic barriers they face when interacting with the donor landscape.

My professional interests include poverty alleviation, global value chains, social enterprise development, climate resilience and adaptation, and migration. I hold an MSc in Development studies from SOAS and possess extensive experience in policy analysis and research.

It is an absolute pleasure to work at BRAC and be a part of a wonderful team. BRAC possesses an impressive track record of addressing poverty and inequality through innovative and sustainable approaches. BRAC’s emphasis on scalability, impact, and mission to empower the most marginalised communities and individuals, especially women and girls, aligns with my own philosophy of development.

After five years of experience working in the humanitarian sector, I am excited to have joined the BRAC UK partnerships team. As the Partnerships Officer for our Asia Portfolio, I am supporting BRAC’s teams in Bangladesh, the Philippines, Afghanistan, and Myanmar by ensuring a smooth grant management process, building and maintaining partnerships with donors across Europe, and developing high-quality proposals.

Prior to joining the development and humanitarian sector, I studied Politics and International Relations in Scotland and completed my Master’s Degree in 2018. Following this, I joined a British-based NGO in a research position before moving into the programmes department and finally overseeing their emergency response programme with projects across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. I have a strong interest in resilience building and climate adaptation, as well as ensuring a focus on effective safeguarding across all programming.

I am proud to support BRAC’s strong principles of southern-led development by drawing on our vast experience of innovative piloting to achieve success at scale.

I joined BRAC UK in January 2023 as Finance Director, with responsibility for managing BRAC UK’s finances and its financial relationships with the wider BRAC.

I began my career at PwC and then spent 12 years in a range of different financial roles at the BBC including at the World Service, Sport department, and the Corporate centre. After a year volunteering overseas I moved across to the NGO sector, initially at the British Red Cross and then to Farm Africa, including in the Kenya country office and latterly as Finance Director. After five years at Farm Africa I moved to the Motivation Charitable Trust, a disability inclusion INGO and social enterprise, as Finance Director, and from there to BRAC. My professional experience includes strategic financial planning, regulatory compliance, business process improvement, and financial capacity building.

I am a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and hold a degree in politics and history from Durham University. I am also a trustee of the Exodus Travels Foundation, a charitable foundation with the mission to improve life through travel in hard-to-reach places.

I joined BRAC in 2022 after gaining significant experience in the international development sector in both Pakistan and the UK. My role in  at BRAC UK is to act as the Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extreme Poverty as well as coordinate on digital communications to support the work of our country programmes.

Just before joining BRAC, I was working at World Food Programme in Pakistan on a maternal and child nutrition project where my role was to produce and coordinate strategic field-level, donor and beneficiary behaviour change communications to increase visibility and uptake under the Government of Pakistan’s social protection and poverty alleviation programme, Ehsaas. I have also consulted for Asian Development Bank and WaterAid on gender, social safeguards, disaster risk management and community approaches to total sanitation.

In the UK, I have held several roles in communications, event management and capacity development in global organisations working on sustainability and natural resource governance. My professional interests include writing, project communications, gender, children’s rights and poverty alleviation. I hold an MSc in anthropology of development from Durham University. I’m very pleased to be part of BRAC because of its unique position as an organization that started in a developing country and has now expanded globally, as well its successful and innovative approach to development problems.

I joined BRAC UK in January 2020 working within the Finance Team. Having started off as a Finance & Admin Assistant supporting the rest of the Finance Team, I then progressed to take on a new role of a Management and Project Accountant. My role now involves both work on the organisational finances of BRAC UK and also financial reporting for the projects that are managed by BRAC UK.

Prior to joining, I had gained experience working for a few limited companies for a number of years, including a newspaper. Then in 2014, I started working for a church which gave me experience of working with charity accounts. I am a part qualified accountant having studied both AAT and CIMA.

I am proud to be part of the BRAC UK team and all that it is striving to achieve.

After a seven-year stint as a Company Director in a large international consulting company, I joined BRAC in November 2021 to manage and support partnerships with UK and European bilateral agencies. My role includes providing strategic advice, maintaining close working relationships and effective communication with bilateral agencies and other relevant stakeholders. I have more than 30 years of management and development experience including the management and delivery of multi-country and regional development programmes. In the recent past, I have also held the role of Project Director for several large FCDO/DFID funded multi-million pound programmes.

I have had the privilege of working in several different countries across Europe, Asia and Africa and I enjoy interacting and working with communities, government agencies, NGOs and private sector organisations. Some of the areas of my expertise are natural resource management, climate adaptation, agriculture value chains and child rights. BRAC being a southern led Global NGO offers a unique opportunity to share my experiences and be part of a family that is addressing some of the most pressing problems facing the worlds poor.

My role at BRAC UK includes financial oversight of our overseas programmes and day to day management of BRAC UK’s own finances. I work with finance staff in our overseas partner organisations and with the UK Partnerships team to fulfil our donor reporting and compliance obligations as well as to develop new programmes and proposals.

I have over 15 years’ experience working in finance-related roles in the charity and non-profit sector and over 5 years working for international NGOs, previously working for Health Poverty Action before joining BRAC in March 2021. I am passionate about social justice and motivated by BRAC’s ‘bottom up’ approach to development and position as the leading Global South NGO.

In my time at BRAC UK, I have worked with project teams bringing hope to the poorest communities in Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Bangladesh and was privileged to visit two of those projects in Uganda earlier in 2022. In my spare time, I am usually to be found closer to home, walking, cycling or climbing mountains!