Board of trustees
IIED's board of trustees is legally responsible for all the activities that we undertake. The trustees are all unpaid volunteers who are responsible for ensuring that IIED abides by its charitable aims, works within the law and delivers its mission effectively by overseeing our overall policies and objectives and ensuring our work is monitored and evaluated effectively. Chaired by Rebeca Grynspan, UN Under-Secretary-General and associate administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the IIED board of trustees is presently made up of 12 representatives from 10 countries around the world who serve for a three-year term, which can be renewed for a further three years.
Read the trustees' report for the year ending 31 March, 2018
Previous years
Read the trustees' report for the year ending 31 March, 2017Read the trustees' report for the year ending 31 March, 2016
Read the trustees' report for the year ending 31 March, 2015
Read the trustees' report for the year ending 31 March, 2014
Read the trustees' report for the year ending 31 March, 2013
UK
Les Campbell is a chartered accountant with 40 years' experience in various finance roles in the UK, most recently as finance director at the Department for International Development. He has over ten years' experience in various executive and non-executive roles, primarily focusing on finance, strategy and risk...read more
The Gambia
Fatima Denton is currently the coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Prior to this, she led one of the largest adaptation research programmes as part of a joint initiative of Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Britain's Department for International Development (DFID), managing a portfolio of more than 45 projects across thirty three countries in Africa on a range of adaptation strategies that will help Africa’s poor cope with climate change impacts...read more
UK
David Elston is a practicing commercial solicitor with more than 35 years' experience of working in-house in the financial service sector and engineering, and is currently the company secretary for a life and pensions business and working as a consultant in other legal and commercial roles...read more
Egypt
Ahmed Galal is currently chair of the board of trustees of the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum (MENA HPF), and is a member of the board of directors of several institutions, including the Center for International Governance and Innovation (CIGI, Canada), Zewail City, Beltone Financial Holding, Al Nidaa NGO, and Baseera. He is a columnist at Al Masry Al Youm Newspaper (Cairo)...read more
Chair, Costa Rica
Rebeca Grynspan was appointed the secretary-general of the Ibero-American Secretariat in 2014. Formerly a UN Under-Secretary-General and associate administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, she was Vice-President of Costa Rica between 1994 and 1998..read more
Canada
With more than 36 years of experience in the public sector, Michael Horgan provides clients with strategic advice on the financial sector and on the Canadian and international economies. In addition, he has expertise on Aboriginal, energy and environmental issues...read more
Treasurer, UK
Angela McNaught became a trustee of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) in June 2008. At RBGE she is also the chair of the audit committee and is a trustee of the separate Botanic Foundation Charity..read more
South Africa
Susan Parnell is a Global Challenges Professor in Urban Development at the University of Bristol. She co-founded the African Centre for Cities and continues to be an Emeritus Professor at the University of Cape Town. She has held previous academic positions at Wits University and the University of London (SOAS) and visiting research fellowships from the LSE, Oxford University, Durham University, the British Academy...read more
Sheela is the founder and Director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) India, which is based in Mumbai, and works in partnership with the National Slum Dweller Federation and Mahila Milan. She is also Chair of Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI)...read more
Mexico
Lorenzo J. de Rosenzweig Pasquel has 28 years of experience in the environmental field. He has a B.S. degree in Biochemistry and Engineering from the Monterrey Technological Institute (ITESM) and a Master in Science degree in Marine Biology and Seafood Technology from Oregon State University...read more
Ireland
Tara Shine currently works as head of research and development at the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice (CMRC). She previously worked for CMRC from October 2009 when she was awarded EPA research fellowship as part of the Climate Change Research Programme. This research looked at policy related to adapting to climate change in Ireland and internationally with a focus on informing emerging policy in this field and ensuring policy coherence...read more
UK
Elizabeth Stephen is a leader in legal and governance in the international non-governmental organisation (INGO) sector. Most recently she served as director of organisational governance and general counsel at Save the Children, the leading global child rights INGO. She has a record of delivering strategic projects and change management, including leading on the global merger and restructuring of Save the Children, and has extensive experience working with boards, senior leaders and stakeholders in non-profit sectors and in the public sector at the BBC...read more