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Site mapADD International's Trustees
Saghir Alam OBE (Chair)
Bob Niven CBE
Liz Goold
Agnes Kalibbala
Charlie Massey
Sebenzile Matsebula
Sally Neville
Jane Anthony
Balakrishna Venkatesh
Stuart McKinnon-Evans (Treasurer)
ADD International is committed to inclusion and diversity not just as a principle but as practice. At trustee level this is demonstrated by having a target of at least 50% of trustees being disabled people and 50% women. Currently, four of ADD’s eleven trustees are disabled people, and four are women and the staff and trustees comprise people representing a community voice from Africa and Asia.
Saghir Alam
Saghir became Chair of ADD in June 2010, the position previously held by Chris Gillies. Saghir is a leading expert in Human Rights issues, advising a number of government departments. Saghir is a lawyer and Commissioner of the Disability Rights Commission leading on partnership and capacity building. In 2007 Saghir was appointed Independent Governor of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary.
Saghir is the Patron of Include Me Too, a national Black and Minority Ethnic families and children organisation and works with the Ethnic Disabled Children Society.
Bob Niven
Bob joined ADD's board of Trustees in July 2009. Bob holds several Trusteeships, including among others, being Chair of the Audit Committee and Non-Executive Director at the Office of the Public Guardian (appointed February 2008), Disability Law Service (appointed October 2007) and the Royal Association for the Disabled and Rehabilitation (RADAR, appointed March 2008).
Bob was the Chief Executive of the Disability Rights Commission (December 1999 – September 2007). Before that he held key positions in the UK government civil service, including among others, being Director, Employment Department and Department for Education and Employment; and the Cabinet Office Secretariat.
Liz Goold
Liz brings over 20 years experience as a consultant and facilitator in organisational development, capacity-building, learning and change, primarily in the international NGO sector. Her background includes rights-based community development work in West Africa, strengthening NGO Support Organisations in East Africa and Asia through her work with INTRAC (International NGO Training and Research Centre) and running a Masters-level leadership programme for donor agencies in Central and Eastern Europe. Currently Liz works as a fellow with the Office for Public Management (OPM); an employee-owned consultancy, specialising in organisation and leadership development, policy research and evaluation work in the UK public sector. She is committed to working with difference and diversity issues in all aspects of her work and in supporting organisations to do the same-not least in her role as an ADD Trustee where she has served for the last 10 years.
Agnes Kalibbala
Agnes brings a unique dimension to ADD’s board having once been the Country Director of ADD Uganda. Agnes left in 2002 to take up the position of Ambassador and Deputy High Commissioner of the republic of Uganda to Kenya and has since been appointed as the United Nations Deputy Permanent Representative of Uganda.
Agnes is also a trustee of Water Aid UK and the National Strategy for the Advancement of Rural Women in Uganda.
Charlie Massey
Charlie Massey is the Ageing Society and State Pensions Director at DWP. Before this Charlie spent several years as an Executive Director at the Pensions Regulator, where he led work on policy, strategy,corporate planning, performance management and communications. Prior to that, Charlie has worked in a number of roles across government in No 10, HM Treasury, and the Department of Social Security.
Sebenzile Matsebula
Sebe is Deputy Vice President of Rehabilitation International, Africa. She played a leading role and was instrumental in the development of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which was adopted in 2006.
Sebe is a Paul Harris Fellow, an award presented by Rotary International Award in recognitionof her contribution to the emancipation of disabled people.
Sally Neville
Working both internationally and in the UK, Sally has extensive experience in qualitative research and participatory evaluation as well as policy and strategy development. Much of her work has focused on promoting the rights of disabled people underpinned by the social model to disability. This has included work with Disabled People's Organisations in Africa and the UK, for example she is currently leading a three-year study on the impact of adult social care on the lives of older and disabled people.
Jane Anthony
Jane is an Associate Tutor & Research Associate with the University of Sussex, where she lectures on International Education and Development Programmes. She has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International Education and Development and a Masters of Educations (M.Ed) in Early Childhood & Special Education. Sally has worked internationally in the field of inclusive education for the past 15 years, with a focus on Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Balakrishna Venkatesh
Venky is a postgraduate with a Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) from the University of London, and credits on Service Management at the University of Buckingham. He has worked for over 20 years in the field of disability and development. Besides successfully setting up ADD India, he has pioneered organizational work in disability through existing NGOs, and developed and implemented training, planning and monitoring modules and systems for this work.
Stuart McKinnon-Evans CPFA
Stuart is the Finance Director of the Pension, Disability and Carers Services. Having started his career at Bradford Council, Stuarts previous financial roles include that as a management consultant with Deloitte and Finance Director of a further education college in Leeds. Before joining the finance world, Stuart was a translator and taught English in Germany. Stuarts interest in disability issues stems from personal experiences.
Costs associated with attending trustee meetings are met by ADD and reasonable out of pocket expenses. Trustees are accommodated in accessible premises and, when required, travel arrangements can be organised on their behalf.
ADD International's Chair Saghir Alam. Photograph: Disability Rights Commission
Bob Niven, photograph: ADD International/James Oliver
Liz Goold, photograph: ADD International/Gail Johnston
Agnes Kadama Kalibbala, photograph: IISD and Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Charlie Massey
Sebenzile Matsebula, photograph: ADD International/Gail Johnston