Volunteer Services Overseas

Voluntary Service Overseas "was founded by the late Alec and Mora Dickson with backing from Inter Church Aid (now Christian Aid) and the late Bishop of Portsmouth, who sent a letter to the Sunday Times to support his vision. "

Senior Management
Accessed September 2008:


 * Mark Goldring 	Chief Executive
 * Richard Hawkes 	Director, International Programmes
 * Jo Knowles 	Director, Finance and IT
 * Brian Rockcliffe 	Director of the VSO Federation
 * Judith Brodie 	Director, VSO UK
 * Joan Howard 	Director, Human Resources and Organisation Development

International Board
Accessed September 2008:


 * Hilary Armstrong MP 	Member of Parliament for North West Durham, retired minister, VSO returned volunteer
 * Mark Astarita 	Director of Fundraising British Red Cross
 * Suma Chakrabarti 	Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice
 * Kibaya Laibuta 	Chair VSO Jitolee (Kenya), Lawyer
 * Grace Aguiling Dalisay 	Vice-president for Academic Affairs, Miriam College, Quezon City, Philippines (Representative of VSO Bahaginan Board, Philippines)
 * Stewart Butterfield 	Consultant (communications, media)
 * Andrew Cubie 	Consultant (finance)
 * David Dinkin 	Consultant (strategic planning, business, management)
 * Arvinda Gohil 	The National Housing Federation
 * James Lawrie (Treasurer) 	The Treasurer, Christ Church, Oxford
 * Superna Khosla 	Senior manager, Audit & Business Advisory Service, PricewaterhouseCoopers
 * Jean Penders 	Chair to Board of Trustees VSO Netherlands Consultant
 * Cameron Charlebois 	General Manager, Viger DMC International Inc.

Council (2010)
Accessed July 2010:


 * Jonathan Dimbleby (President) - VSO ambassador, journalist, TV presenter
 * Baroness Tessa Blackstone - Vice-chancellor, University of Greenwich
 * Earl Cairns - Former Secretary-General, NATO
 * Lord Carrington - Former Secretary-General, NATO
 * Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe - Chief executive, Universities UK
 * James Boyle - Media consultant
 * Tony Cunningham - MP, Workington, Labour
 * Dame Judi Dench - Actress
 * David Essex OBE - Musician (former VSO ambassador)
 * Mike Gapes - MP, Ilford South, Labour Party
 * Justine Greening - MP Putney, Roehampton and Southfields, Conservative
 * Sir Tim Lankester - President, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
 * Charles Sinclair - Chairman, Associated British Foods plc
 * Jon Snow - Journalist

Council (2008)
Accessed September 2008:


 * Jonathan Dimbleby 	VSO Ambassador, Journalist, TV Presenter (President)
 * Frank Almond 	Consultant (former-trustee)
 * Dame Judy Dench DBE, CH 	Actress
 * David Bryer 	former-Director, Oxfam
 * David Essex OBE 	Musician (former-Ambassador)
 * David Green KCMG 	Dir. Gen. British Council
 * Geoffrey Barnett OBE 	(former-trustee)
 * Hugh Richardson 	Eton College, Windsor
 * James Boyle 	Media
 * John Fowler 	Formerly The Prince’s Trust
 * Jon Snow 	Journalist
 * Mike Gapes MP 	MP, Ilford South, Labour Party
 * Nick Selbie 	retired Managing Partner, Actis
 * Tony Cunningham MP 	MP, Workington, Labour
 * Glenys Kinnock 	Member of the European Parliament
 * Brenda King 	Chair - African & Caribbean Finance Forum
 * Sarah Gilbert 	HR Consultant
 * Peter Mortimore 	(former-trustee)
 * Richard Feachem CBE 	Executive Director, the Global Fund
 * Tim Lankester 	President Corpus Christi College, Oxford
 * Bhupinder Sandhu 	Consultant, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Bristol (former-trustee)
 * Charles Sinclair 	Group Chief Executive of Daily Mail and General Trust plc
 * John Stuttard 	Lord Mayor Elect - City of London & Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
 * Justine Greening MP 	MP Putney, Roehampton & Southfields

UK Committee
Accessed September 2008:


 * Andrew Cubie (Chair) 	Consultant (/legal/finance/charity governance)
 * David Dinkin 	Consultant (Strategic Planning, Business, Management)
 * Stewart Butterfield 	Consultant (Communications, Media)
 * George Cox 	Consultant (business/strategy)
 * Superna Khosla 	Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Audit & Business Advisory Service
 * Nick Selbie 	retired Managing Partner, Actis
 * Charles Sinclair 	Chief Executive, Daily Mail and General Trust, Returned Volunteer and 50th Anniversary Chair
 * Kerry Davies 	Trainee Doctor and former Health Services Manager, Returned Volunteer, Volunteer liaison group member
 * Derrick Anderson 	Chief Executive, London Borough of Lambeth
 * Victoria Anderson 	Head of Grantmaking, Charities Aid Foundation
 * Rowena Young 	Programme Director of Social Innovation and Finance at NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)

Contact

 * Web: http://www.vso.org.uk

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Diana Villiers Negroponte
 * Lord Cairns - former chair