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.

Global Senior Management Team

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  • Chief Executive

    Richard Hawkes

    Chief Executive Richard Hawkes
  • Pakistan Director

    Kamyla Marvi

    Kamyla
  • Executive Director

    Hitan Mehta OBE

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  • Fundraising Director

    Christine Neubeiser

    Christine
  • 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

    Bharath Visweswariah
  • Bangladesh Director

    Eshrat Waris

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COO Team

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  • Chief Operating Officer

    Geetha Rabindrakumar

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  • Head of HR

    Sarah Dey

    Sarah Dey
  • Social Finance Manager

    Sanjana Haribhakti

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  • Technical Head, Social Finance

    Sadiq Mussani

    Sadiq Mussani

Central Programmes Team

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  • Associate Director Programmes

    Diya Mukarji

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  • Senior Programmes Officer

    Sadia Chowdhury

    Sadia Chowdhury
  • Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager

    Helen Frost

    Helen Frost

UK Unrestricted Fundraising

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  • Chief Executive

    Richard Hawkes

    Chief Executive Richard Hawkes
  • Fundraising Assistant

    Beth Fotheringham

    Beth Fotheringham
  • Executive Director

    Hitan Mehta OBE

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  • Events Manager (Elephant Family)

    Emily Moon

    Emily Moon
  • Fundraising Director

    Christine Neubeiser

    Christine
  • Head of Fundraising (Elephant Family)

    Hilary Thomas

    Hilary
  • Fundraising Manager (Elephant Family)

    Topaz Reid

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  • Database Manager

    Megan Stannard

    Megan Stannard

UK Events Team

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  • Head of Events and Supporter Relations

    Nina Pirani

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  • Events Manager

    Camille Boukhaled

    Camille Boukhaled
  • Events Manager

    Gurbani Chandhock

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  • Event Operations Manager

    Yasmin Sahota

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UK Restricted Fundraising Team

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  • Associate Director Programme Funding

    Ellie Jones

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  • Senior Programme Fundraising Manager

    Palak Bhatt

    Palak Bhatt
  • Programme Fundraising Manager

    Maha Khan

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  • Senior Programme Fundraising Manager

    Tom Lawson

    Tom Lawson
  • Head of Child Opportunity Appeal

    Kristina Mennell

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  • Senior Programme Fundraising Manager

    Anna Mennella

    Anna

Communications and Marketing Team

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  • Communications Manager

    Hina Bhatti

    Hina Bhatti
  • Digital Communications Officer

    Sasha Chard

    Sasha Chard

Finance Team

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  • Director of Finance and Resources

    Emma Porteous

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  • Senior Finance Officer

    Omar Bhatti

    Omar
  • Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

    Shyama Shoban

    Shyama Shoban
  • Head of Finance

    Jerrin Thomas

    Jerrin

India Team

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  • Executive Director (India)

    Bharath Visweswariah

    Bharath Visweswariah
  • MEL Officer

    Mohammed Azam

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  • Senior Manager Human Resources (India)

    Gurpreet Bhalla

    Gurpreet Bhalla
  • 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

    Nitya Daryanani
  • Communications Manager (India)

    Mikhail D'souza

    Mikhail D'souza
  • Programme Manager

    Kriti Gupta

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  • Manager Social Finance (India)

    Shraddha Iyer

    Shraddha Iyer
  • Social Finance Analyst

    Pragati Keswani

    Pragati
  • Development Manager (India)

    Gangamma Madappa

    Gangamma Madappa
  • Programme Manager (India)

    Kritika Malhotra

    Kritika Malhotra
  • Senior Associate Social Finance

    Ayesha Marfatia

    Ayesha Marfatia
  • Associate Fundraising (India)

    Suranjana Mullick

    Suranjana Mullick
  • Senior Associate Social Finance

    Rhea Miranda

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  • Associate Director Social Finance

    Anushree Parekh

    Anushree Parekh
  • 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

    Swapnil Shirsekar
  • Finance Officer

    Devender Kumar Singh

    Devender Singh
  • Head of the Child Opportunity Fund

    Shireen Vakil

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India Programmes Team

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  • Head of the Child Opportunity Fund

    Shireen Vakil

    Shireen Vakil Miller
  • Programme Manager

    Priyanka Biswas

    Priyanka Biswas
  • Senior Programme Officer

    Abhijit De

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  • Senior Programme Officer - Uttar Pradesh

    Umesh Kumar Gupta

    Umesh Gupta
  • 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

    Pooja Kandula
  • Programme Officer (India)

    Sambhu Kujur

    Sambhu Kujur
  • Programme Officer (India, Rajasthan)

    Ajaz Ahmad Najar

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  • Head of Programmes

    Siddhartha Pande

    Siddhatrtha Pande
  • Monitoring & Evaluation Manager (India)

    Mrinmoy Sarkar

    Mrinmoy Sarkar
  • Finance & Operations Manager

    Sougat Sarkar

    Sougat Sarkar
  • Senior Manager - MEL

    Rohan Singh

    Rohan Singh
  • Specialist Programmes

    Richa Tigga

    Richa Tigga

Pakistan Team

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  • Pakistan Director

    Kamyla Marvi

    Kamyla
  • Senior Manager Programmes (Mental Health)

    Sanaa Ahmad

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  • Project Officer (Pakistan)

    Bushra Amin

    Bushra Amin
  • Finance and Administration Officer - Pakistan

    Muzamil Ashraf

    Muzamil Ashraf
  • Senior Manager Social Finance (Pakistan)

    Shameen Bashir

    Shameen Bashir
  • Senior Manager Programmes (Livelihoods)

    Nazia Bilal

    Nazia Bilal
  • Project Officer (Mental Health)

    Maheen Fahim

    Maheen Fahim
  • Project Officer (Pakistan)

    Heman Kumar

    Heman Kumar
  • Finance & Administration Manager (Pakistan)

    Tahir Saifullah

    Tahir Saifullah
  • Social Finance Associate

    Adil Sattar

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  • Campaign Associate

    Alma Soomro

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Bangladesh Team

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  • Bangladesh Director

    Eshrat Waris

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