Our Governance
The Fund for Global Human Right UK is the European sister organisation of the Fund for Global Human Rights (charity number 1151043). Based in London, the Fund for Global Human Rights UK works independently to fund frontline human rights defenders in close collaboration and with support from the Fund for Global Human Rights (based in Washington, D.C.).
James Logan
Director, Fund for Global Human Rights UK
UK Board of Trustees
The Fund for Global Human Rights UK is independently governed by a Board of Trustees with deep expertise in charity governance, human rights work, and philanthropy. UK trustees also sit on the Fund’s Global Board of Directors to allow both entities to align strategies and vision.
Regan Ralph
President and CEO, Fund for Global Human Rights (US)
Jo Andrews*
Co-Founder, Equileap
Emma Playfair*
Human Rights Lawyer
Nicholas Vetch*
Chair and Co-founder, Big Yellow Group Plc
Founding Board Members
Joshua Mailman
President, Sirius Business Corporation
Mary Ann Stein
President, The Moriah Fund
Mona Younis
Principal, Mona Younis Consulting
Global Board of Directors
Chris Canavan (Chair)
Director of Global Policy Development, Soros Fund Management, LLC
Lucia Nader (Vice Chair)
Open Society Foundations Fellow and Human Rights Activist
Edward McKinley (Treasurer)
Private Investor
Former President, Warburg Pincus International
Akwasi Aidoo
Senior Fellow, Humanity United
Philip Alston
Co-chair, NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
Tahir Basheer
Partner, Sheridans
Scott Cohen
Co-Founder and Vice President, International, The Orchard
Caroline Greenhalgh
Development Director, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Executive Committee Member, Human Rights Watch
Vrinda Grover
Human Rights Lawyer
Research Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
Jessica Horn
Women's Rights Advisor and Director of Programs, African Women's Development Fund
Maina Kiai
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful Assembly and of Association
Gara LaMarche
President, Democracy Alliance
Dylan Pereira
Head of Strategic Solutions at GLG
Joan Platt
Founder and President, The Joan and Lewis Platt Foundation
Miguel Pulido
Attorney/Principal, CREATURA
Amy Rao
Founder and CEO, Integrated Archive System
Nicola Usborne
Deputy Managing Director, Usborne Publishing
Honorary Emeritus Board
Hina Jilani
Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders
Director, AGHS Legal Aid Clinic and Leadership Team, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Mary Robinson
President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland
Thomas Hammarberg
Former Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
European Advisory Committee
The European Advisory Committee supports the Fund for Global Human Rights UK in raising awareness of the Fund’s work and introducing new supporters to our mission. They serve as ambassadors and assist this work through leading and participating in outreach and development activities.
Mark Asseily
CEO, State
Tahir Basheer
Partner, Sheridans
Caroline Greenhalgh
Development Director, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Executive Committee Member, Human Rights Watch
Miranda Dunbar-Johnson
Executive Committee Member, Human Rights Watch
Paul Franklyn
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Plinth
Ranjit Majumdar
Executive Director, Global Leaders Consulting
Nicola Usborne
Deputy Managing Director, Usborne Publishing
Katy Vetch
Photographic Artist
Mimma Viglezio
Editor and Creative Consultant and Advisor, Board of Modern Meadow
Trustee, Swarovski Foundation and Leadership Committee, Women for Women UK.
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