Trustees and advisers

PENHA has a Board of Trustees charged with policy formulation, accountability and ensuring that the organisation complies with the laws governing charities

PENHA Board of Trustees

Dr. Lulsegged Abebe

Chair of Board

PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, International Consultant and former staff of International Alert

Dr. Victoria Phillips

Trustee

Veterinary Surgeon Manager at Dogs Trust
BVSc, University of Liverpool, and CertAVP, Royal Veterinary College, MRCVS.

Dr. Zeremariam Fre

Treasurer

PENHA Founder, Associate Professor at University College London; PhD, MSc. in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

Ms. Roda Ibrahim

Trustee

Director of SAAFI and has more than 30 years of work experience in international development

Ms. Faisa Abdi Loyaan

Trustee

A Policy Researcher and leads Creative Alternatives Now (CAN)- a research NGO based in Kenya and Somalia.
MA in Gender Analysis & Development, University of East Anglia

Amrote Assefa

Trustee

Global Head of Supply Chain Systems and Standards at Plan International, based in the UK, brings over 20 years of experience and an MBA to their work, driving business transformation across corporate and international NGO settings.

Dr. Andrew Murray Ainslie

Trustee

Associate Professor: Critical Development Studies in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at the University of Reading; Thirty years of experience in the study of change in agrarian environments and specifically in livestock systems. PhD in Social Anthropology (UCL), MSocSc, BSocSc (Rhodes University, South Africa); Co-ordinator of the African Livestock Observatory

PENHA Senior Advisors/Advisory Group

Prof. Gufu Oba

PhD in Natural Resource Management; Senior Researcher, Noragric, the Centre for International Environment Studies at the Agricultural University of Oslo