Akwasi Aidoo (Ghana/Senegal) Chair
Akwasi Aidoo is the founding Executive Director of TrustAfrica, a grant making foundation dedicated to securing democratic governance and equitable development in Africa. Akwasi has extensive experience in philanthropy in Africa. His previous positions include Regional Program Officer for West and Central Africa at IDRC, Head of the Ford Foundation’s offices in Senegal and Nigeria, and Director of the Ford Foundation’s Special Initiative for Africa. Dr. Aidoo serves as a Director on boards of several non-profit organizations, including the Global Greengrants Fund, International Beliefs and Values Institute, International Committee of the Council on Foundations, the Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group, and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa. Dr. Aidoo has taught at universities in Ghana, Tanzania, and the United States. He was educated in Ghana and the United States and received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Connecticut in 1985. Dr. Aidoo writes poetry and short stories in his spare time.

In 1982 Jan founded PSI Direct, an agency for consumer direct marketing and direct mail production in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. PSI worked in several countries throughout Europe and specialised in direct marketing for charities and other non-profit organisations. In November 2005 Jan stepped down as CEO of PSI and later that year was one of the founding members of Stichting DierenLot (a national charity for the protection of animals in The Netherlands). Jan is now MD of Vakblad Fondsenwerving (Funds Magazine). In addition to the magazine and website on fundraising, Funds Magazine developed an educational programme with fundraising Workshops, the annual Congress and exhibition on fundraising in The Netherlands and several other gatherings for fundraisers. Since July 2012, Jan has focused his attention on the Animal Care Foundation which he and his friends began in 2005, as well as the educational programme which holds over 50 Workshops and Fundraising Clinics each year.

Jennie Thompson (USA)
Throughout her thirty year career in fundraising, Jennie has guided the fundraising of many of the largest membership organisations in the United States, She was a founder and Managing Director of Craver, Mathews, Smith & Company, (CMS), the progressive fundraising and membership development agency in Washington, DC.  For twenty years, Jennie guided CMS’s pioneering work in using direct response media to raise money to effect social and political change.  Since 1995, Jennie has worked as an independent advisor to nonprofit organisations throughout the sector.

Jennie is past chair of the board of directors of the Resource Alliance (1997-2000); and was re-elected to the board in 2009.

Jennie is an independent development consultant, working with an array of international and U.S. nonprofit organizations.  She is a frequent speaker and trainer on fundraising, organisational development, and communications strategies affecting the non-profit sector.

She is also an experienced presenter and trainer. Kitty is a Fellow of the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand and CFRE accredited.

Marcos Kisil (Brazil)
Dr. Kisil is a well-known expert in private social investment in Latin America having spent more than 15 years as Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. He is currently President of the Institute for the Development of Social Investment, a member of Charity Aid Foundation International Network, and CEO of Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Foundation, a family foundation created in 1965. He is also a professor at the University of São Paulo’s School of Public Health and is a board member of the Brazilian branch of BirdLife International.

Marc van den Tweel (The Netherlands)
Marc is CEO of Natuurmonumenten (the Society for Nature Conservation Netherlands) and has a great passion for the preservation of the environment. Natuurmonumenten works to manage and protect the unique character of the Dutch landscape across 100,000 hectares, 355 nature reserves and in association with more than 730,000 members. Prior to joining Natuurmonumenten Marc was the CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities - RMHC (The Netherlands) Marc also worked with the World Wildlife Fund for 10 years, of which 8 years were as Director of Marketing. During this period he was also president of a global investment of WWF and member of the Supervisory Board of PAN Parks. 

Per Westberg (Sweden)
Per Westberg is Fundraising Manager, Country Office Fundraising, for UNICEF; the world’s leading organisation focusing on children and child rights. UNICEF work with local communities, partners and governments to ensure every child’s rights to survive and thrive are upheld. Prior to this role Per was Deputy Executive Director for UNICEF Sweden and also worked as Fundraising Manager for the Swedish society of Nature conservation (SSNC) which is a voluntary organisation of 180 thousand members working for conservation and sustainable development in Sweden and internationally. The Society’s interests are broad to include climate, the oceans, forests, environmental toxins, and agriculture.

Safi Rahman Khan (Bangladesh)
Safi Khan was most recently the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Freedom Foundation, an indigenous grant-making organisation. Before that he was the Bangladesh Country Representative of Ashoka Innovators for the Public. Safi has taught courses on NGOs and Social Entrepreneurship at BRAC University and has conducted workshops on corporate governance for NGO Board members. He is the Treasurer of Nagorik Uddyog (a human rights and legal aid organisation), and Honorary Secretary of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium (APPC) based in Manila.

Rory Francisco-Tolentino (Philippines) 
Based in the Philippines, Rory serves as a consultant to non-profit organisations on fundraising, setting up and managing non-profit organisations and foundations. Prior to that she held the post of Chief Executive of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium (APPC); a network of organisations dedicated to promoting the flow and effectiveness of philanthropy in the Asia-Pacific region.  Between 1999-2002 Rory was the Executive Director of Ayala Foundation in the Philippines and before that was the Executive Director of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the country's largest grant-making and project-implementing foundation supported by contributions from some 172 member corporations.

Vicky Annis (UK)
Vicky joined England Netball in 2011 as the Director of Finance, building on over 20 years’ experience in various not-for-profit organisations including the NHS, local and central government, Trinity College London and most recently as Director of Finance at Merlin. Vicky is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a graduate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA).