Our Trustees
Opportunity International's trustees use their extensive professional experience to ensure Opportunity achieves its mission of empowering people living in poverty to transform their lives, their children's futures and their communities.
Our Trustees
Opportunity International's trustees use their extensive professional experience to ensure Opportunity achieves its mission of empowering people living in poverty to transform their lives, their children's futures and their communities.
Sam Bickersteth
Sam has worked on food security, rural livelihoods and climate change challenges across Africa, Asia and Latin America over the…
Read MoreCliff Hampton
Cliff Hampton became Board Chair in June 2016. Cliff has over 30 years of Investment Banking experience with Phoenix Securities,…
Read MoreMichael Crofton-Briggs
Michael was the City of Oxford's most senior town planner for 13 years and overall his career as a chartered town planning professional…
Read MoreNigest Haile
Nigest is the Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Accelerated Women’s Economic Empowerment (CAWEE), Trade Promotion…
Read MoreRobert Goldspink
Robert was an international litigator and arbitrator in the City of London for over 30 years and head of litigation in two substantial…
Read MoreJohn Ford
John Ford is a holder of the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and read Politics, Philosophy and Economics…
Read MoreAnne Grim
Anne Grim is an experienced executive turned advisor, consultant and non-exec Director with 30+ years in senior financial services…
Read MoreRoger Witcomb
Roger Witcomb is currently Chair of Ofgem’s RIIO-2 Challenge Group. In a career spanning nearly 50 years he has worked at…
Read MoreHywel Rees-Jones
Hywel’s career was focused on the world’s poorer countries; initially as an agricultural economist working on development…
Read MoreJane Jerrard
Jane is an educationalist. She is the former Director of the Primary Education Project, who worked with disempowered, marginalised…
Read MoreTineyi Emmanuel Mawocha
Tineyi is the Africa Regional Director for Opportunity International. He joined Opportunity International in 2014 as CEO of Urwego…
Read MoreJames Copestake
James is Professor of International Development at the University of Bath. His research interests embrace agrarian change and…
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