Meet the team

Five Talents UK consists of a small London-based team which fundraises for our partners and provides programme oversight. All of our projects are implemented via a network of partner organisations, each of which have detailed knowledge of the area in which they work. 

As a registered charity, Five Talents has a Board of Trustees. We are also proud to have the Archbishop of Canterbury as our patron. 

UK Office

RACHEL LINDLEY
Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

JAMES MCARDLE
Director of Communications & Strategic Engagement

 

HANNAH WICHMANN
Global Programme Team - Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Specialist

KRIS COPPOCK
Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

MAY MAK
Grants Manager & Programmes Team

 

GRACE COONEY
Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser

CHARLES HARVEY
Director of Trusts Fundraising

 

MEGAN HENDERSON
Communications & Events Manager

 
 

Specialist Support

ADAM DICKENS
Photography & Design

ANNE FIGGE Technical Consultant

ANNE FIGGE
Technical Consultant

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Partner Organisations

CYNTHIA ASATSA
Programme Coordinator, WECODET, Western Kenya

HARRIET BAKA
Country Coordinator, South Sudan

JOHN CHOL
Programme Coordinator, South Sudan

JOSEPH GUBO
Programme Coordinator, AMWEP, Marsabit, Kenya

ANNONCIATA KABEGA
Country Coordinator, Mothers’ Union Rwanda, Rwanda

EVA KARANI
Programme Coordinator BCDT, Baringo, Kenya

CLAUDETTE KIGEME
Country Coordinator, Mothers’ Union Burundi, Burundi

EDWARD KOECH
Programme Manager KCDT, Kericho, Kenya

ANNE LOKURE
Programme Leader, KaCDT, Karamoja, Uganda

JESCA LUKUDU
Programme Manager, South Sudan

KALISTUS LUGENGE
Programme Leader, OMC, Morogoro, Tanzania

EVA MAMANI
Training Coordinator, Bolivia

SARA MAMANI
Programme Director, Bolivia

GRACE MANEKA
Programme Coordinator, Aru, DR Congo

MARGARETH MASSAWA
Country Coordinator, Mothers’ Union Tanzania, Tanzania

ELEMA MOLU
Programme Coordinator, AMWEP, Marsabit, Kenya

LAUZI MWACHIRU
Programme Coordinator, Mombasa, Kenya

IRENE NYAMBURA
Programme Advisor, Aru, DR Congo

 

Patron

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTEBURY

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTEBURY

Board of Trustees

NOWTASH ALSAFAR

RICHARD GRAY - TREASURER

SIETSKE VAN DER PLOEG

ANDREW BARTON

THOMAS JONES

THOMAS JONES - CHAIR

JOANNE CETTI - VICE CHAIR

MIM PENNINGTON

AGNES WANJIKU GITAU

AGNES WANJIKU GITAU

GORDON SEABRIGHT

GORDON SEABRIGHT


Commitment to equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion
In 2020, we undertook a wide-ranging review of our Diversity and Inclusion policies and practice based on the Black Lives Matter movement and Charity So White movement, and we committed to learn more about systemic racism, specifically racism in the international development sector. As a result, our UK board members have resolved that at least one-third of Board positions should be held by people from ethnic minorities (especially but not exclusively) from countries where we work and at least 50% of the board should be women.

 

Global Offices

Five Talents UK is part of Five Talents International. We have two other global offices based in the USA and Kenya.