Meet our team

The people who work for the British Asian Trust bring with them vast experience of the not-for-profit sector, business, social finance and international development, both in the UK and South Asia.

Chief Executive
Richard Hawkes

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Pakistan Director
Kamyla Marvi

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Executive Director
Hitan Mehta OBE

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Director of Finance and Resources
Emma Porteous

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Chief Operating Officer
Geetha Rabindrakumar

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Executive Director (India)
Bharath Visweswariah

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Bangladesh Director
Eshrat Waris

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Chief Operating Officer
Geetha Rabindrakumar

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Head of HR
Sarah Dey

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Social Finance Manager
Sanjana Haribhakti

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Technical Head, Social Finance
Sadiq Mussani

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Associate Director Programmes
Diya Mukarji

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Senior Programmes Officer
Sadia Chowdhury

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Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager
Helen Frost

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Chief Executive
Richard Hawkes

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Fundraising Assistant
Beth Fotheringham

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Executive Director
Hitan Mehta OBE

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Events Manager (Elephant Family)
Emily Moon

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Head of Fundraising (Elephant Family)
Hilary Thomas

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Fundraising Manager (Elephant Family)
Topaz Reid

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Database Manager
Megan Stannard

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Head of Events and Supporter Relations
Nina Pirani

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Events Manager
Camille Boukhaled

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Events Manager
Gurbani Chandhock

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Event Operations Manager
Yasmin Sahota

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Associate Director Programme Funding
Ellie Jones

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Senior Programme Fundraising Manager
Palak Bhatt

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Programme Fundraising Manager
Maha Khan

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Senior Programme Fundraising Manager
Tom Lawson

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Head of Child Opportunity Appeal
Kristina Mennell

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Senior Programme Fundraising Manager
Anna Mennella

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Communications Manager
Hina Bhatti

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Digital Communications Officer
Sasha Chard

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Director of Finance and Resources
Emma Porteous

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Senior Finance Officer
Omar Bhatti

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Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
Shyama Shoban

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Head of Finance
Jerrin Thomas

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Executive Director (India)
Bharath Visweswariah

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MEL Officer
Mohammed Azam

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Senior Manager Human Resources (India)
Gurpreet Bhalla

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Development Manager - Conservation
Ruchi Bhatnagar

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Programme Operations Manager (India)
Yash Chandalia

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Senior Social Finance Manager
Nitya Daryanani

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Communications Manager (India)
Mikhail D'souza

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Programme Manager
Kriti Gupta

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Manager Social Finance (India)
Shraddha Iyer

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Social Finance Analyst
Pragati Keswani

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Development Manager (India)
Gangamma Madappa

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Programme Manager (India)
Kritika Malhotra

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Senior Associate Social Finance
Ayesha Marfatia

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Associate Fundraising (India)
Suranjana Mullick

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Senior Associate Social Finance
Rhea Miranda

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Associate Director Social Finance
Anushree Parekh

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Finance Officer
Uday Kumar Priyadarshi

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Head of Development (India)
Yasmin Riaz

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Senior Manager Programmes (Conservation)
Auro Shashwat

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Finance, HR and Admin Manager (India)
Swapnil Shirsekar

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Finance Officer
Devender Kumar Singh

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Head of the Child Opportunity Fund
Shireen Vakil

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Head of the Child Opportunity Fund
Shireen Vakil

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Programme Manager
Priyanka Biswas

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Senior Programme Officer
Abhijit De

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Senior Programme Officer - Uttar Pradesh
Umesh Kumar Gupta

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Strategy Manager, Child Opportunity Fund
Nibedita Hatibaruah

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Project Officer (India)
Mitthat Hora

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Senior Programmes Manager
Pooja Kandula

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Programme Officer (India)
Sambhu Kujur

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Programme Officer (India, Rajasthan)
Ajaz Ahmad Najar

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Head of Programmes
Siddhartha Pande

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Monitoring & Evaluation Manager (India)
Mrinmoy Sarkar

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Finance & Operations Manager
Sougat Sarkar

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Senior Manager - MEL
Rohan Singh

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Specialist Programmes
Richa Tigga

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Pakistan Director
Kamyla Marvi

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Senior Manager Programmes (Mental Health)
Sanaa Ahmad

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Project Officer (Pakistan)
Bushra Amin

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Finance and Administration Officer - Pakistan
Muzamil Ashraf

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Senior Manager Social Finance (Pakistan)
Shameen Bashir

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Senior Manager Programmes (Livelihoods)
Nazia Bilal

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Project Officer (Mental Health)
Maheen Fahim

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Project Officer (Pakistan)
Heman Kumar

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Finance & Administration Manager (Pakistan)
Tahir Saifullah

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Social Finance Associate
Adil Sattar

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Campaign Associate
Alma Soomro

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Bangladesh Director
Eshrat Waris

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