Helen Altshul, Regional Director, Kenya
A British natural resources manager, Helen Altshul has over ten years’ international development experience in Africa and Asia, ranging from soil conservation and sustainable livelihoods to monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment. Before taking up the post of Regional Director in January 2008 she was Country Director of FARM-Africa Kenya for three and a half years. Prior to joining FARM-Africa she had spent six years living and working in Kenya: two years in farming systems research with the UK Overseas Development Administration (now DFID) and four years managing East African development programmes for Christian Aid in the agriculture, urban livelihoods, HIV/AIDS, peace building/conflict resolution and governance sectors. She has also completed short (three to six month) contracts in Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Israel and field assignments to Costa Rica, Ghana, India, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Helen is now overseeing the implementation of the FARM-Africa Southern Sudan Livelihoods Recovery and Development Project, which started in January 2006.
George Odhiambo, Regional Programme Mananger, Kenya
George Odhiambo previously worked with Africa Now in Western Kenya. His experience includes over six years' programme development and management for Market Development and Commercial linkages projects. He has a BSc in Agricultural Economics and a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management. He joined FARM-Africa in 2003 and after working as a Project Co-ordinator and Tanzania Country Director he has recently started his new position as the Regional Programme Manager based in Nairobi.
Johnathan Napier, Country Director, Ethiopia In November 2007 Johnathan Napier joined FARM-Africa as our Ethiopia Country Director and he brings with him a wealth of experience of managing NGO development programmes. For the past 15 years he has been involved in development, emergency and post emergency work in South East Asia, East, Southern and West Africa and Central America both at project and senior management levels. Before joining FARM-Africa he worked as the Programme Director for Mercy Corps in Zimbabwe, prior to this he was the Oxfam Country Director in Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone and the CARE International Assistant Country Director in Zimbabwe. |
FARM-Africa Board Members
