Director – Martin Drewry
Martin has a long background in the voluntary sector, initially as an award-winning grass-roots community development worker in the UK, before moving to international development. After a few years as national secretary of World Action, a pioneering Methodist programme enabling young people and adults to take action for social justice, he spent the next decade as head of campaigns at Christian Aid. Here he played leading roles in Jubilee 2000, Drop the Debt, the Trade Justice Movement and was one of the coordinators of Make Poverty History. Martin’s academic grounding came from the Bradford University School of Peace Studies in the mid-eighties, an experience he valued. He became director of Health Poverty Action in April 2006.
Head of Fundraising – Helen Stack
Helen joined Health Poverty Action in November 2008 from volunteering charity CSV. She held a similar role there, developing relationships with philanthropists and charitable trusts and foundations. She has previously worked at Imperial College and had a long career in PR and Media Relations before joining the charity sector. She holds a BA (Hons) in modern languages from Queen Mary, University of London and is a trustee of RSVP Barnet, a small volunteering charity.
Head of Programmes – Africa – Nicole Tobin (Mauricio Vazquez)
Nicole joined Health Poverty Action in January 2009 from CARE UK where she was the acting Africa regional manager. Nicole has worked at Options Consultancy Ltd managing their Nigeria programmes, on the donor side at USAID in Ghana, at a local NGO called Ghana Cooperatives Credit Unions Association, at the Canadian AIDS Society in Canada and at CIDA. She is from Canada, and has lived and worked in Africa and the UK since 2000.
Nicole is currently on maternity leave. During this time her role is being covered by Mauricio Vazquez.
Head of Programmes – Asia/Latin America – Sameer Sah
Sameer joined Health Poverty Action in January 2009. Sameer is an Indian national with more than 19 years of programme and project management and development experience in over 25 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Before coming to Health Poverty Action, he worked with Plan International in India as well as the UK in various programme positions and has worked at Action on Elder Abuse as their fundraising manager. Sameer holds a masters in English and a certificate in fundraising management.
Head of Policy & Campaigns – Sarah Edwards (Corinna Heineke & Elizabeth Muggleton)
Sarah joined Health Poverty Action in October 2009 from Jubilee Debt Campaign, where she was responsible for policy and campaigning. Her previous advocacy experience was with Anti-Slavery International, the Catholic Housing Aid Society, and student campaign group SPEAK, and she also worked for Stephen Timms MP. Sarah has worked in South and South East Asia, she holds a BA (Hons) in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University and an MSc in Global Politics from the University of London.
Sarah is currently on maternity leave. During this time her role is being covered by Corinna Heineke and Elizabeth Muggleton.
Head of Finance and Administration – Carolyn Jubert (Will Potten)
Carolyn joined Health Poverty Action in October 2009 from Marie Stopes International, where she worked as an International Finance Manager. She has worked in the Finance and Programmes Departments at International Alert and before that at WWF-UK. Carolyn holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics and Postgraduate qualifications in Financial Management and Development Management.
Carolyn is currently on maternity leave. During this time her role is being covered by Will Potten.
Last modified: 28/07/2011
