MEET OUR TEAM
We are proud to work alongside our main office in the UK, international office in Germany, and members of our Programs team in Africa to create sustainable change for vulnerable children.
WeSeeHope USA is governed by a board of directors, which includes Steven Baert, Joe Francis, Julie Kae and Phil and Wendy Wall MBE.
Phil and Wendy, who are also our founders, have emigrated to the USA to develop our fundraising efforts and establish ourselves as an organization of choice for the generous philanthropy in the USA.
PHIL WALL MBE
CO-FOUNDER AND TRUSTEE
With over 20 years’ experience as a performance coach and change consultant, Phil provides the team with invaluable strategic and creative input. He was previously a London Police Officer and worked with The Salvation Army. The bulk of his working life now is spent coaching senior leaders in business. Using his strong networking skills, he is always looking for opportunities to engage with potential supporters and explore innovative new ways to raise money for WeSeeHope. He is Chair of the Hope Classic Rally and sits on the Board of WeSeeHope USA.
In 2022, Phil was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Years Honours List for his services to our work with vulnerable children.
WENDY WALL MBE
CO-FOUNDER AND TRUSTEE
Wendy’s passion for our cause was instrumental in launching WeSeeHope and creating the first ‘1010 Challenge’ which raised £2 million and led to our formation. She works as a Highly Specialist Speech Pathologist in the NHS, and also oversees the CSR agenda of Signify Ltd where she works alongside Phil. She is a member of our Projects Sub-Committee, and brings years of experience within this role to offer guidance to the team on the strategic planning and monitoring of our programs and partners.
In 2022, Wendy was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Years Honours List for her services to our work with vulnerable children.
UK & INTERNATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS
STEVE MURIGI
CEO
Having worked in communications, advocacy, partnerships and programs across the international development sector, Steve brings nearly two decades of experience and leadership to WeSeeHope. For much of his career, Steve worked at Africa’s leading health INGO, AMREF Health Africa, in Kenya, Uganda and the UK, and was more recently CEO at Primary Care International (PCI). He is passionate about nurturing localized, people-centered and collaborative ways of working, and looks forward to building on all that was achieved so far to further grow WeSeeHope’s impact and influence in the sector. Steve joined the team in 2024.
OSWALD MALUNDA
AFRICA DIRECTOR
Oswald has a masters in Development Administration, conducting his research on the impact of HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is a trained social worker, bringing extensive expertise and technical guidance to our programs and partnerships. He joined the WeSeeHope team in 2008 after managing and developing women and children focused projects with two of our in-country partners in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Blantyre, Malawi. Oswald enjoys seeing positive change in the lives of the children we support, their households and communities.
CERIE KENNEDY
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Cerie has a background as a Qualified Chartered Accountant working in both the corporate sector and the NHS. During her training, she specialized in dealing with small business and charity clients and wanted to work with an organization that focused on vulnerable children and entrepreneurship. After joining the team in 2014, she has enjoyed getting involved in WeSeeHope events and visiting our partners in Zimbabwe in 2016.
LIZZIE WINTER
HEAD OF PROGRAMS & STRATEGY
Spending time volunteering in Kenya and Tanzania helped cement Lizzie’s desire to work for a charity focused in those countries. She joined the WeSeeHope team in 2012, helping to grow our programs and partnerships, and was key in introducing our Village Investors Program (VIP) in 2014. In her role, Lizzie stays busy governing our program strategy whilst building relationships with our partners, problem solving and providing them with technical support.
SHEILA IMMACULATE KENGINGO
UGANDA COUNTRY MANAGER
Sheila has a masters degree in Human Rights, specializing in child rights, a degree in Social Work and Administration, and a Law diploma. She initially worked for our partner, RIDE, in Uganda for eight years as a manager for projects that promoted and protected child rights and social accountability. Sheila joined the WeSeeHope team in 2016, and her community empowerment and project planning skills help to guide and develop our partnerships in Uganda and our wider programs work.
SHADRACK MUTHAMA
KENYA COUNTRY MANAGER
Shadrack brings ten years’ experience implementing child rights projects in Nairobi, Kenya, and is a trained social worker. He was working with our partner, ANPPCAN, in Kenya developing child rights initiatives and supervising the introduction of village savings and loans groups when he found out about WeSeeHope, and joined the team in 2017. His favorite part of the role is building our partners’ capacity in Kenya and seeing the impact we have together on vulnerable children.
KEIDRA BIRNIE
PROGRAMS MANAGER
Having spent 10 years working within the national and international charity sectors, Keidra brings a variety of experiences to her role as Programmes Manager with WeSeeHope. Her previous roles have included project coordination, advocacy, partnership management and fundraising. Keidra has a Masters degree in Human Rights Law and a true passion for sustainable development which she is excited to bring to her role working alongside our partners, witnessing the impact of our work. Keidra joined the team in 2023.
DANI MCLEAN
PROGRAMS ASSISTANT
With a strong passion to help bring positive change to the world, Dani applied to University to study Criminology. However, during her foundation year she studied an International Development module and found her passion. After changing her degree to major in International Development she graduated in 2022. In early 2023, Dani volunteered at a school in Cambodia and decided she wanted to work for a charity that supported vulnerable children. Due to the sustainable and community focused aspect of our work, Dani was eager to join the team and joined in 2023. With a keen eye for detail, she enjoys working with data in programmes as she focuses on data collection, monitoring and evaluation. Here she gets to see first hand the positive impact of our work and support our partners progress.
ELLIE FARADAY
HEAD OF FUNDRAISING & COMMUNICATIONS
JAMIE BRIARS
COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE
Whilst he was studying for a masters in International Development, Jamie was involved in a research project in Botswana that highlighted to him the importance of community empowerment and inclusive development. After completing his studies, he built his experience in various roles in the international development sector before joining the WeSeeHope team in 2022. He is a firm believer in the power of storytelling and enjoys exploring new ways to communicate our message in engaging and accessible ways.
CRAIG CURRIE
SUPPORTER CARE & ADMIN ASSISTANT
After completing his degree in English Literature, Craig worked in a range of administrative and sales-based roles. During this time, he also studied various modules relating to economic sustainability, poverty, and conflict response. This, in conjunction with voluntary work and his own passions, led to Craig’s decision to transition into a professional career in the charity sector, joining WeSeeHope in 2023. He is committed to providing excellence in supporter care and exploring new and creative ways to fundraise in sustainable and ethical ways.
CHRISTOF MAJER
FOUNDER OF WESEEHOPE GERMANY
Christof met WeSeeHope when he took up the 1010 Challenge with 1,000 colleagues at his company’s annual conference. He was compelled to establish a fundraising arm for our work in Germany after visiting some of our partners on an epic cycling challenge across Malawi. He engaged Tobias Lowenthal and Gordon Salzmann to join his team, and they officially launched in 2015. Find out more by visiting www.WeSeeHope.de
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