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Our Team.
Patron - Lord Howard of Lympe
Former Conservative Party Leader, Michael is President of CFID. As leader Michael committed the Party to increasing aid and proposed an advocacy fund the poorest countries.
CFID Executive
Co-Chair - Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
CFID founder and former chair, Anne is a Member of the House of Lords, Patron of Restless Development and advisory board member of the Global Poverty Project.
Co-Chair - Mark Garnier MP
MP for Wyre Forest since 2010.
Mark has been the Conservative MP for Wyre Forest since 2010. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade from 17 July 2016 to 9 January 2018. He served on the Treasury Select Committee (2010 – 2016) and the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (2012 – 2014). Mark also served as chairman on a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups and is the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Brunei, Myanmar and Thailand.
Vice-Chair - Theo Clarke MP
MP for Stafford since 2019.
Theo was the first Chief Executive of Coalition for Global Prosperity and was previously the director of CFID. She has led the CFID’s social action project in Sierra Leone. Theo has delivered education, enterprise and employability training in several African countries. She sits on the Board of Africa House London which promotes trade between the UK and emerging markets. Theo is the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Kenya.
Director - Katherine Mulhern
Katherine took over as Director of CFID in July 2020.
Katherine is a senior lawyer with significant experience in transparency, accountability, governance and anti-bribery and anti-corruption. A former investigator for an African truth and reconciliation commission, Katherine was a senior law firm partner in private practice, the chief executive officer of three leading development organizations based in West Africa, the UK and the United States, and a consultant for sovereign governments (including donor governments) on transparency, anti-bribery and anti-corruption and governance. Katherine is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Restitution, an organization dedicated to assisting democratic, anti-corruption-focused governments in their fight against corruption by providing funding and support for civil enforcement and asset recovery.
Treasurer - Simon Nayyar
Simon is CFID’s treasurer. Simon has been an active member of Project Umubano and was 2015 Conservative Party candidate in Hackney.
Operations – Caroline Sargent
Caroline is an active member of the Conservative Party and a Vice Chair of the St James’ Ward Conservatives in Westminster.
Chair of Business Committee – Zakiy Manji
Zakiy works in the international development and security sectors, and has been involved in a number of political campaigns in his time; he is an active member of the Party.
International Social Action
CFID is fortunate to have the input and support of a number of individuals who contribute ideas, support and energy to CFID and the social action project in particular with special mention to Faye Watson, Cllr David Millican, Krystal Miller, Dina Black, Richard Honey and David Robinson.
CFID Advisory Council
Amy Le Coz
Caroline Squire
Chris Loughran
Dina Black
Gareth Williams
Kanwal Toor
Kristy Adams
Laura Round
Richard John Parr
Resham Kotecha
Rushi Millns
Ryan Henson
William Heald