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Dr Monique Andersson – Founder
Monique is a medical doctor who specialised in virology and HIV medicine in the UK and is now working back in South Africa. Born and raised in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, she has seen the devastating impact of the HIV and AIDS pandemic on her native continent. Monique founded EngageHIV Foundation as a Christian organisation seeking excellence in integral HIV care and prevention.
Simon Wilsher – Chairman
Simon was born and raised in Zimbabwe. His career started in law, then banking and then change management. He set up The Wilsher Group 20 years ago to specialise in helping fast-changing organisations to transform themselves. He has worked with business leaders from Virgin, Visa and Cambridge University Press. He is also Chairman of Governors for a Christian school, Monkton Combe School, and Chairman of PACT and START. Simon acts as Chairman of EngageHIV Foundation.
Andrew Davisson – Treasurer
Having graduated with BSc First Class Honours in Statistics from The University of Bath, Andrew started his career with the global investment bank Salomon Brothers. He spent 17 years in the world’s financial markets as a trader and investor and co-founded Strategic Asset Management Ltd, (“SAM”), a Bermuda-based investment management company. In 1995 Andrew left SAM to pursue personal interests. He is the Founder and Chairman of Entrust Foundation, a registered charity dedicated to equipping pastors in economically developing countries to build the local church. Andrew is the Treasurer of EngageHIV Foundation. He has been married to Monique since 1994 and they have two daughters.
Trevor Finlay
Trevor was brought up and lives in Northern Ireland. Having graduated from Queen’s University with a BEng Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering, he spent 9 years working in the manufacturing sector before founding his own company Vision Asset Finance in 1999. In 2006, Trevor travelled to Kenya to see the work of EngageHIV in action, and has been an advocate and supporter ever since. He is also a board member of New Irish Arts, a Christian charity seeking to present the gospel through music and the arts. Trevor is active within his local church at Causeway Coast Vineyard, is married to Sonya and has two teenage daughters.
Richard Meryon
After 30 years in the Royal Navy, in the early years of which he became a Christian, Richard was then called in 1999 to leave the Navy and head up Christian Vision for Men (CVM), encouraging and modelling outreach to men across Britain. In the years that followed, his experience and expertise enabled this charity to grow twenty-fold. After ten years, Richard felt it was time to move on from CVM, and with his wife, Rosalind, he is living in Jerusalem where he directs the work at the Garden Tomb, a really exciting and inspirational spiritual site in Jerusalem. It employs nearly 20 local believers and has a team of international volunteers, all of whom present the Gospel in person to the quarter of a million visitors who come each year. They have three twenty-something children.
Andrew Davisson
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James Dilworth
James is the President and CEO of Dilworth Capital a Florida-based fund management company. Prior to this, he was the CEO and managing director of the MCP Chess Group Ltd, the holding company managing investments for the Charles Schwab family. Previously, James was the European Director (based in London) of Winter Capital International and started his career with First Options Corporation/ First National Bank of Chicago before moving to Reuters Group where he worked in various senior roles in both London and the United States. James is American and received his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and completed the Masters program at the Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management in Germany, focusing on international business management. Jim and his wife Margo have four children.
Dr Suzanne Bash
Suzie graduated from the University of Illinois in 1993 with a BS and a Major in Psychology. She went on to graduate with Honors as a James Scholar from the University of Illinois Medical School in 1998. Suzie completed a 4-year Radiology residency program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), following a one-year internship in Internal Medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. She then completed a 2-year fellowship in Neuroradiology at UCLA in 2004 with additional training in Pediatric Neuroradiology. She is currently the Medical Director of Neuroimaging at Tarzana Advanced Imaging Center in Los Angeles. Suzie has been married to Peter-Brian since 2000 and has two sons, Atticus and Hayden. She is an active member of Calvary Church of the Pacific Palisades.
Dr Elisabeth Ling
Liz is the Field Director for EngageHIV and oversees all the work on the ground. Having worked as a doctor in the UK for 15 years, Liz moved to South Africa in 2004 to head up EngageHIV's Africa office. Much of her time is spent travelling, supporting EngageHIV’s current partners and identifying new churches/organisations to work with. She has also recently joined the faculty of a local Bible college, teaching a module on Theology and Community Development.
Tre Sheppard
As the frontman and leader of well know Christian rock band onehundredhours, Tre founded EngageHIVAIDS.com in partnership with iThemba AIDS Foundation in 2004. That partnership became the EngageHIV Foundation. Tre serves as Director of EngageHIV and as one of the primary communicators/recruiters for the work on the ground and raising support. He also helps with strategic and visionary input to EngageHIV projects, campaigns, and overall direction. With more than 25 years in missions, Tre has travelled to over 50 nations with a message of hope and action, and is a well known speaker at events such as Soul Survivor, Summer Madness, New Wine and more. He graduated with honours from Samford University with a BA in Literature and also has an Associates Degree with Honours from Oxford College, Emory University. Now based in Northern Ireland, Tre helps to lead Causeway Coast Vineyard and works as a producer/songwriter from his studio 'zero hour'. He also works as a strategist and consultant for various clients in the music industry and business sector. Tre is married to Tori and they have a son named after a Celtic saint and a daughter named after Buddy Holly's wife.
Sarah Smith
Sarah works part-time for EngageHIV, developing our marketing and web-based activities. After studying International Business with French at Aston University, she worked in Marketing at Bible Society, and has since also worked for Redcliffe College and Habitat for Humanity. Sarah has a passion for making a difference through her work and specialises in charity marketing. She is actively involved in her local church and is a Traidcraft distributor. She is married to Matt and they have a baby son called Jonah, who keeps them very busy!
Lord David Alton
Dr Hartley Booth
Dr Patrick Dixon
Mr Lynn Green
Lord Ian McColl
Prof Eldryd Parry
Revd Vaughan Roberts
Mr Laurence Singlehurst
Dr Kim Tan
