Staff
Chief Executive
Dr. Astrid Bonfield
Dr Astrid Bonfield was appointed Chief Executive from October 2005. Dr Bonfield received a degree in Archaeology at Southampton University and subsequently a Masters and then a Doctorate of Philosophy in Social Anthropology at Manchester University. She was Director of the Zimbabwean NGO Inter-Country Peoples' Aid (1997-2001) and then a Programme Development Specialist at the Bernard van Leer Foundation in the Netherlands (2001-2003) focusing on HIV/AIDS and growing up in indigenous societies. She joined the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund from the Aga Khan Foundation (UK) where she was Director of Policy. She serves on the board of the Association of Charitable Foundations and chairs the European Foundation Centre's HIV/AIDS Funders Group.
Head of Palliative Care
Olivia Dix
Senior Programme and Policy Officer, Palliative Care
Laura Ross-Gakava
Grants Officer, Palliative Care
Sue Russell
Palliative Care Administrator
Sally Lyon
Head of Refugee and Asylum Seekers
David Farnsworth
Senior Programme and Policy Officer, Refugee and Asylum Seekers Initiative
Karisia Gichuke
Grants Officer, Refugee and Asylum Seekers Initiative
Eve Dallas
Grants Administrator
Emily Wilson
Research Manager
Dr Andrew Cooper
Director of Finance
John Roche-Kuroda
Systems Accountant
John Bechard
Voluntary Sector Rooms and Office Manager (Maternity Leave)
Helen Jones
Interim Voluntary Sector Rooms and Office Manager (Maternity Cover)
Helen Ditton
Executive Assistant/Clerk to Directors
Ann Rowles
Communications Manager
Effie Blythe
Harriet Lowe
Writer/Editor
Communications Intern
Annike Spiller
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