THET

Staff

UK Staff

Pia MacRae – Chief Executive
pia@thet.org +44 (0) 20 7290 3886

Pia joined THET in August 2009 after having spent the last decade working with BP primarily focused on their External Affairs work in Asia and Africa.  She has spent over a decade working in Asia, including heading up BP’s Corporate Responsibility practice in China, and leading BP’s External Affairs activities in India.  She has a strong background in policy work, social impact management, and developing partnerships (including projects in education, energy and health), as well as working on volunteering programmes.

Pia has studied at Oxford University, the Institute of Political Science in Paris and the London School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. 

Alan Ritchie – Director of Finance and Administration
alan@thet.org +44 (0) 20 7290 3883

Alan is a Chartered Accountant by profession. He has specialised in the public sector and is also a member of the Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy. For much of his career he worked in the NHS as a Finance Director & Deputy Chief Executive. Alan works at THET from Tuesday to Thursday.

Jane Cockerell - Director of Programmes
jane@thet.org +44 (0) 20 7290 3885

Jane began her role at THET in January 2010 and brings with her almost a decade of experience in the field of international aid and development. Her experience has been primarily in public health programmes, and she has worked in countries including Ethiopia, Uganda, Sudan and Sierre Leone. She has worked for a range of organisations, including GOAL, Merlin, International Rescue Committee, and was Executive Director of African Revival before joining THET. Jane works full-time at THET.

Henrietta Blackmore – Programme Development Manager
henrietta@thet.org – +44 (0) 20 7290 3894

Henrietta joined THET in June 2009. She has spent the last five years working in the international development sector after completing her doctorate on gender, leadership and the church. Her experience involves working for NGOs based in the UK and overseas including 3 and a half years based in Ethiopia, and two years managing donor programmes for the UK government in Addis Ababa.

Francis Kangata – Ethiopia/Zambia Programme Coordinator
francis@thet.org +44 (0) 20 7290 3895

Francis has four years of Health Systems Strengthening experience in Kenya. With a background in health promotion, education and international development and a keen passion for the empowerment of the health workforce in developing countries, Francis provides versatility and a multiplicity of skills applicable in international development and multi country programme coordination. Francis works full time at THET.

Cath Butterfield – International Development Assistant
cath@thet.org + 44 (0) 20 7290 3896

Cath joined THET in July 2008 to assist with programme coordination for Ethiopia and Uganda, as well as general work supporting the team. She has an MSc in Environment and Development. Her experience includes founding and managing Belize’s first national HIV/AIDS newsletter, facilitating at an international learning centre, and volunteering in conservation projects in Indonesia and Uganda.

Catherine Novi – Programme Manager (Somaliland)
catherine@thet.org +44 (0) 20 7290 3899

Catherine manages THET’s Somaliland programme. Previously she worked for THET as Programme Coordinator for Ethiopia and Somaliland. She joined THET in 2006 after completing an MSc in Development Studies. Before this she worked for seven years in the private sector, focusing on mergers and acquisitions for investment banks and private companies.

Rachael Coker – Programme Coordinator (Somaliland)
rachael@thet.org + 44 (0) 20 7290 3898

Rachael joined the Somaliland Programme Team in September after having joined THET in early 2007 as Charity Administrator. She has recently completed a Masters in World Trade and Development. Previously she worked as a Grant Administrator in the Latin America and Caribbean (and later Eastern Europe) sections of CAFOD. Prior to this she managed an E.U funded programme, providing unemployed Europeans with voluntary work experience.

Samira Abu-Helil - Programme Assistant (Somaliland)
samira@thet.org +44 (0) 20 7290 3897

Samira joined THET in July 2009 as an intern on the Somaliland Programme and then became the Somaliland Programme assistant in November 2009. She recently graduated from Loughborough University with a BA in International Relations, as part of which she studied South African Politics and wrote her dissertation on intervention and the Genocide in Rwanda. Samira has previously lived in Jordan and travelled around South East Asia ,volunteering on conservation projects in Borneo.

Rhonwyn Cornell – Links Development Officer
rhonwyn@thet.org +44 (0) 20 7290 3880

Born and raised in South Africa, Rhonwyn joined THET in Sept 2009 as the Links Development Officer. She has an Honours degree in Gender and Transformation and a Masters in Social Development. Rhonwyn has worked in numerous development sectors, including education, food security, HIV/AIDS and enterprise development. She has experience in project development and evaluation, organisational capacity building and training. Rhonwyn works full time at THET.

Anna Downie – Learning and Evaluation Manager
anna@thet.org + 44 (0) 20 7290 3881

Anna joined THET in October 2009 after 9 years working in evaluation, research and planning roles at the Institute of Development Studies, for the NHS in Leeds and at Barnardo’s. She has worked on a range of issues including HIV/AIDS, health inequalities, children’s participation, child sexual exploitation, research communications and knowledge management.

She also spent two years as a VSO volunteer in Orissa, India (working for a small HIV/AIDS community organisation) and in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has a masters in social development and a BA in biological anthropology. Anna works part-time for THET on Mondays, Tuesdays and alternate Fridays.

Louise Cripps – Accountant
louise@thet.org + 44 (0) 20 7290 3882

Louise has an Accountancy Degree from the University of Exeter and has previous experience as an Accountant for a wide range of organisations both in the US as well as the UK. Louise works part-time at THET on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Sharon Horder – Charity Administrator
sharon@thet.org + 44 (0) 20 7290 3892

Sharon joined THET in August 2008. She has a Masters degree in Development Studies from SOAS, and subsequently spent a year working on HIV/AIDS programmes for a community-based organisation in Malawi, and leading volunteer groups in Malawi and Zambia. Before joining THET she spent a year living in Melbourne, where she worked for Oxfam Australia. Sharon works full-time at THET.

Dilys Kyeiwaa Winterkorn – Fundraiser
dilys@thet.org +44 (0) 20 7290 3889

Dilys joined THET in June 2009 as our Fundraiser. She has a degree in Geography & Development Studies from the University of London (SOAS & Kings College London). She subsequently worked as a National Secretariat intern in Ghana: teaching Social Studies; coordinating patronage support for HIV/AIDs prevention work; and working with the Ashanthene Education Foundation.

Dilys has since worked across the charity funding sector for national and international charities, including the Gorilla Organisation and the Samaritans. Dilys works full time at THET.

Professor John MacDermot
john@thet.org + 44 (0) 20 7290 3888

John MacDermot is a physician who spent most of his academic career at Imperial College, London. He was Head of Undergraduate Medicine there until he joined THET in October 2006, and applies his previous experience to develop, support and evaluate educational links between UK medical and nursing schools and those overseas. He has a longstanding interest in the design and development of medical courses and in the particular problems faced by new medical schools.

Dr. Sylvia Watkins – Postgraduate Development Officer
sylvia@thet.org +44 (0) 20 7290 3895

Sylvia is a retired physician/medical oncologist at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage. Before that, she worked at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, the Leicester Royal Infirmary, the University of Heidelberg Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital. A few months in “former Biafran territory” in 1970 sowed the seeds of her interest in medicine in Africa, an interest which continues to grow.

Overseas Staff

Phineas Amiani Ambagwa – Nurse Education Specialist /CPD Coordinator

Phineas joined THET in September 2008 as a Nurse Education Specialist / CPD Coordinator at the Somaliland Nursing and Midwifery Assocation (SLNMA). He is on secondment to the SLNMA for 18 months, delivering CPD programmes for nurse teachers, nurses and midwives.

Prior to joining THET, Phineas spent 3 years as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Nursing of Mogadishu University. He also spent several years working as a Lecturer at the Kenya Medical Training College Department of General Nursing. Phineas holds a Masters in Public Health and several diplomas in the nursing field.

Rosemary Munangatire – Clinical Nurse Instructor

Rosemary joined THET in January 2009, seconded to the Institute of Health Sciences in Hargeisa, Somaliland. She is working at the Institute as a Clinical Instructor to the Nurse Tutor Training Programme. She moved to Somaliland from Zimbabwe, where she worked as a Nurse Instructor in Harare Central Hospital for several years. Rosemary studied at the University of Zimbabwe, where she qualified with a Masters degree in Nursing Sciences and a Bachelors degree in Politics and Administration.