The Governing Board
Lola Gostelow (Chair)
Carly Sheehan (Vice-Chair)
Accountability Advisor, Oxfam
Ugochi Cynthia Abazie Abang
LM International – Full Member Representative
Mansoor Ahmed
FRDP – Full Member Representative
Lina Alhaj
War Child Alliance – Full Member Representative
Lubna Alkanawati
Independent Board Member (Lived Experience)
Palwashay Arbab
Head of Communications, Community World Service Asia
Brian Beckett
Director of Programme Quality and Accountability, British Red Cross
Marie-Claire Dejean-Pannier
Head of International HR Partnering; Compensation and Benefits, Danish Refugee Council
Nancy Etté (independent)
Anani Ghida
Founder and Director, ABAAD -Resource Centre for Gender Equality
Peter Kidi Utong
Independent Board Member (Lived Experience)
Anna Karoliina Muinonen
Senior Quality and Accountability Advisor, Finn Church Aid
Catherine Skehan
Head of Evaluation, Learning and Accountability, Action Against Hunger
Find below the minutes of previous Board Meetings.
Board Subcommittee
Each individual Board member’s term of office will last three years, renewable once. The Board is supported by three committees: i) Membership and Nominations Committee; ii) Finance, Risk and Audit Committee; iii) People, Culture Committee, and Complaints Committee.
| Finance, Risk and Audit Committee (FRAC) |
| Nancy Etté (Committee Chair and Board member) |
| Brian Beckett (Board member) |
| Anna Karoliina Muinonen (Board member) |
| Mansoor Ahmed (Board member) |
| Lubna Alkanawati (Board member) |
| Lola Gostelow (standing invitee) |
| Membership and Nominations Committee (MNC) |
| Carly Sheehan (Committee Chair and Board member) |
| Catherine Skehan (Board member) |
| Brian Beckett (Board member) |
| Ugochi Cynthia Abazie Abang (Board member) |
| Peter Kidi Utong (Board member) |
| Shama Mall (Non-Board member) – Community World |
| People, Culture and Complaints Committee (PCCC) |
| Marie-Claire Dejean-Pannier (Committee Chair and Board member) |
| Sarah Pelicaric (Independent) |
| Palwashay Arbab (Board member) |
| Nancy Etté (Board member) |
| Anani Ghida (Board member) |
| John Beverley (Independent) |
| Lina Alhaj (Board member) |
| Lola Gostelow (standing invitee) |
Secretariat
The CHS Alliance Secretariat facilitates and promotes cooperation and coordination between the members. The Secretariat is managed by the Executive Director who is appointed by the Governing Board.
The General Assembly
The General Assembly (GA) of members is the Alliance’s supreme authority. The quorum for the General Assembly is 40 percent of the voting membership of the CHS Alliance. In between assemblies, the Governing Board is authorised to carry out all acts that further the purposes of the Alliance. Find below the minutes of previous General Assemblies.