Our people

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.

  • Digital Communications Officer

    Sasha Chard

    Sasha Chard
  • Senior Programmes Officer

    Sadia Chowdhury

    Sadia Chowdhury
  • Senior Social Finance Manager

    Nitya Daryanani

    Nitya Daryanani
  • Head of HR

    Sarah Dey

    Sarah Dey
  • Communications Manager (India)

    Mikhail D'souza

    Mikhail D'souza
  • Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager

    Helen Frost

    Helen Frost
  • Fundraising Assistant

    Beth Fotheringham

    Beth Fotheringham
  • Programme Manager

    Kriti Gupta

    Kritigupta
  • Chief Executive

    Richard Hawkes

    Chief Executive Richard Hawkes
  • Project Officer (India)

    Mitthat Hora

    Mitthat
  • Senior Programme Manager (Bangladesh)

    Onindita Islam

    Onindita Islam
  • Manager Social Finance (India)

    Shraddha Iyer

    Shraddha Iyer