UK staff

Andrew Betts - Director

Andrew is responsible for overseeing the charity’s management and fundraising. He is an experienced development manager who previously worked as an agricultural and water project manager in Kenya and as a fundraiser for Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and Practical Action. Read more.

Rob Aley - Kenya Programme Manager

Rob’s extensive experience in community development includes working as a special needs advisor with VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) in Kenya and as a small enterprise specialist for Practical Action. He also runs his own candle-making business. Read more.

Jane Betts - Uganda Programme Manager

Jane has worked for more than twenty years in development including roles in education, recruitment and more recently disability mainstreaming and advocacy for the development agency World Vision. Read more.

Carole Holloway ACMA, CGMA - Finance Officer

Carole is a Chartered Management Accountant who has worked for organisations including Britannia Airways, Compass Group and the Canal & River Trust, where she got her first taste of working for a charity. Read more. 

 Trustees

Chris Chapman joined Advantage Africa in March 2013 and brings with him a wide experience of business and governance through his position as a trustee of several other charities. Read more.

George Mwaura is a church minister with vast experience of working in East Africa with the Kenyan Government, the UNHCR and the International Criminial Court. He is driven by a 'desire to be a co-worker with Christ reaching out to people on the margins'. Read more.

Sally Houghton has worked in the NGO sector for nearly 20 years at national and international charities. She is currently Head of Fundraising and Partnerships at United for Global Mental Health. Read more.

Pratima Dattani is the Chief Officer of a charity leading 20 different organisations to support vulnerable people in their community. She helps establish services co-designed with users, facilitates collaboration between stakeholders and promotes the adoption of new techonology. Pratima is committed to accountability, good governance, transparency and openness and has a keen interest in demonstrating impact. Read more.

Mandy Smith is a development worker and fundraiser with a wide-ranging experience gained in charities and NGOs including Ockenden International, Practical Action, the British Red Cross and Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital Charity. Read more.

David Barnett is a finance and resources professional, with extensive not-for-profit experience, primarily in education and housing. He has worked for a wide range of businesses and charities over the last 30 years as Director, Officer, Board member and external consultant. Read more.

Patrons

Martyn Joseph is a powerful singer and songwriter whose expressive and poignant lyrics speak to the soul. During a career spanning 30 years and as many albums he has created his own style and reputation as a mesmerising live performer. His passion for equality and social justice led him to join Advantage Africa as Patron and for more than ten years he has been a committed advocate for our work.

Jon Snow is a renowned, award-winning journalist. Before becoming the main presenter of Channel 4 News in 1989, he held posts as ITN's Washington correspondent and diplomatic editor. Jon became a Patron of Advantage Africa after presenting our BBC Radio 4 Appeal which featured a family affected by albinism in Kamuli District, Uganda. Jon worked as a VSO volunteer teacher in the same region in the late 1960s.

Partners

Advantage Africa works through local partner organisations in Kenya and Uganda. Agnes Musembi, Burgwin Muthoka and Paul Lwanga are among the many people who implement our projects on the ground.

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