The Board of Trustees is Health Poverty Action’s governing body. It delegates management of the organisation to the Director, but the Trustees remain ultimately responsible for the affairs of the charity, ensuring that it is solvent, well-run, and delivering appropriate outcomes in terms of public benefit.
Health Poverty Action constitution provides for a minimum of five and a maximum of twelve Trustees, who are responsible for the election of new members. All Trustees have to stand for election each year, and they have agreed that none should serve for more than eight consecutive years.
Health Poverty Action’s Board of Trustees currently consists of:
Martin Kyndt (Chair)
Martin Kyndt has over twenty years experience of working in the sector of international development. He is director of corporate affairs at Christian Aid and takes overall lead responsibility for the strategic development, planning and management processes of Christian Aid. Martin is responsible for overseeing and reporting on organisational performance to the Christian Aid board of trustees and key stakeholders. He is chair of the Strategic Management Group of Christian Aid’s 25 senior managers (includes the Directorate) which is responsible for the strategic stewardship of the organisation.
Debra Davis (Treasurer)
Debra has significant experience in the area of finance and treasury. She is a former partner of Deloitte, working in the firm’s New York and London offices, specialising in structured finance, mergers and acquisitions. Since leaving Deloitte, she has worked on a voluntary basis in finance and fundraising with several international development NGOs. Debra is currently Treasurer for Twin Trading Ltd, a commercial fair trade organisation and its related charity Twin.
Jon Barton
Jon joined the BBC as a reporter after 9 years of school teaching in the UK and Africa. Over the next 20 years, he worked on a wide range of output from punk music shows to The Money Programme, and edited four of the BBC’s top news programmes, including Newsnight and Radio 4’s Today. In 2000, he joined the Brunswick PR Group, next led the media team of Christian Aid, then joined the National Trust as director of communications. He now runs Clarify, an independent communications consultancy.
Anand Shukla
Anand Shukla is Acting Chief Executive at Daycare Trust, and took up his position in September 2010. Prior to this position, Anand Shukla was Daycare Trust’s Business Director. Anand has worked in social enterprise development at the UK children’s charity Barnardos and at the international development charity Allavida. His early career was spent in the private sector, working in business development for a number of publishing companies. Anand has also provided social enterprise consultancy for organisations working in international development and energy management. Anand is also a trustee of CINI UK.
Alison Warner
With over 30 years experience of working with international NGOs and UNICEF, Alison Warner is a development specialist with, among other things, with a strong track record as an international fundraiser and particular expertise in the field of development commuications.
Dr Ruth Stern
Dr Ruth Stern is a senior lecturer and researcher in public health for the University of Western Cape in South Africa, after many years experience as both an academic and a grass roots practitioner. She is an established author in the field of health and development, and is an active member of the People’s Health Movement – an influential global network (of which Health Poverty Action is a part).
Honorary solicitor (non-Trustee): Joanna Blackburn
Joanna Blackburn is a partner and Head of the Employment Group at Mishcon de Reya. Her practice covers all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment law including executive terminations, discrimination law, wrongful and unfair dismissal, TUPE, large scale reorganisations and contract issues. Her expertise also covers the employment aspects of mergers/acquisitions/flotations, outsourcing, works councils and information and consultation.
Last modified: 16/12/2011
