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Trustees

Charity trustees are the people who serve on the governing body of a charity. Trustees have, and must accept, ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of a charity, and ensuring that it is solvent, well-run, and meeting the needs for which it has been set up. READs governance structure and processes are in place to protect and advance the interests of the organisation and its relationship with stakeholders. The Board's duty is to set overall strategy, ensure processes are in place to monitor performance and take responsibility for compliance, accountability, transparency and managing risk. Individual Board members bring a mix of core and specialist competencies, which together form a balanced Board which is fit to govern. They are expected to bring these competencies to the Board and to demonstrate their contribution by acting in accordance with the Nolan principles (selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, leadership) and by acting in the following manner.

READ Internationals board of trustees:

Mark Haggan - Chairman

Mark Haggan has had experience as a trustee of student volunteering charities going back over ten years to when he joined the board of trustees of AIESEC UK. When not involved in student volunteering, Mark works in aviation IT, currently working as Head of IT Planning for the bmi airline group. His career and frequent trips to Africa have given him much experience in the recipient countries in which READ operate. READ combines Mark’s experience of working in Africa with his interest in student volunteering. He is excited about the opportunity to meet volunteers across the country and to visit East Africa again in February alongside Rob, Rose and our soon to be new Director, Hannah, to see READ International in action.

Martin Farrell - Vice Chairman
Martin held senior positions in large (Red Cross and Save the Children), small (Centre for Crime and Justice Studies) and middle size organisations (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health) and has a broad range of experience of different professional areas including refugees, young people, crime, mentoring, corporate social responsibility and community development.
He has worked independently since 1997 and helps people and organisations to ‘get2thepoint’ - which is the name of his consultancy (www.get2thepoint.org). He also writes extensively on governance.

Graham Allcott
Graham is a freelance consultant and trainer, specialising in youth engagement, volunteering issues and time management training. Previous to this, Graham was Chief Executive of Student Volunteering England, a role he held for three years; and before that, cofounder of the Involve and Intervol services at Birmingham University.

Rachel Stevenson - Treasurer
Following a Masters course in International Management Rachel trained as a Chartered Accountant specialising in charities and nonprofit organisations. After working in a top 10 accountancy firm where she worked with a variety of clients ranging from AIM-listed companies to large charities, Rahcel moved to industry and now works as a financial accountant at an international film and media company.

Rachel Maranto (co-founder)
Rachel joined the Nottingham book project when it was first established in 2003. Since then she has been a volunteer, a project leader and has led a team of student volunteers to Tanzania. She fully understands the book project process and has seen it grow into a national network. She is a valuable founding member of READ International and graduated from Nottingham University in 2006.

Claire Morgan

Claire is now a professional fundraiser, having worked in a variety of positions in the charity sector including the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Help the Aged (now Age UK). Claire has been involved in the development of our fundraising strategy and our fundraising support for volunteers.

James Baderman

James works as a consultant to businesses, charities and social entrepreneurs to help them to develop their impact on society. Before going freelance he developed and managed the What If Foundation for six years which helps leding social innovators to scale up their work.

Jayne Colquhoun

Jayne was involved in the set up of v the national young volunteers' service where she is now Director of Corporate Affairs. She has spent the bulk of her career working closely with the Ministers across a range of central Government departments as well as presenting Government policy through the media.

Tony Brennan

Having worked in the NGO sector in UK and Zimbabwe, Tony joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1994. He has been posted in Prague, Paris and Tanzania, where he had his first contact with READ in its second year of operation. Tony is currently Deputy Head of mission at the British Embassy in Khartoum.

Melody Slinn

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