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OUR TEAM

Our Executive Committees

CDI prides itself on being student-run. Our committee works closely throughout the year with the Kite Dar es Salaam committee, before combining forces in the summer in Tanzania. Each team has a parallel structure, so that all our members can work alongside their international counterparts.
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Here are our 2020/21 executive committees:
Cambridge Development Initiative
Director: Gerard Kuenning
Deputy Director: Rachel Beck
Education Project Director: Lorena Chiran
Entrepreneurship Co-Project Director: Nathan Burstow
Entrepreneurship Co-Project Director: Tianyi Wu
Health Project Director: Ryan Sutherland
WaSH Project Director (Final 100m): Pip Knight
WaSH Project Director (SWaSH): Vishal Narula
Student Innovation Director: Felicity Garvey
Access Officer: Michael Lau
Publicity Director: Erica Yan
Fundraising Director: Isadora Morgan
Volunteer Training Director: Mia Nguyen
Volunteer Training Director: Bhavi Shah
Committee Support Officer: Muhammed Tobiloba Alakitan
Alumni Officer: Tadeusz Ciecierski-Holmes
Deputy Director: Alice Williams
Finance Director: Katie Ramsey
MEL Director: Hassan Razzaq

Kite Dar es Salaam (2019/20)
Director: David Leonce Ndika
Deputy Director: Glory Adrian Nyengella
WaSH Director: Elisante Julius
Education Director: Lilian Joseph
Health Director: Nasma Aboubakary
Entrepreneurship Director: Neema Daudi Mbaga
Publicity Officer: Neema Igogo
Treasurer: Albert Chacha
Fundraising Officer: Happiness Steven Semwenda
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer: Irene Michael Meta
Alumni Officer: Fortunata Buchera
Crucially, our student teams are supported by an exciting mix of academics, professionals and entrepreneurs. They make up the Board of Trustees and Board of Advisors, experts in a wide range of sectors, who use their wealth of experience to ensure that the two  organisations continue their impressive growth.

Our Trustees

The CDI Board of Trustees was formed in 2014 as a means of oversight for the student committee. Our Board members meet quarterly, and provide advice on important organisational matters. 
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Patron

The Right Honourable Lord Alton of Liverpool
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Jason Thorpe

Managing Director, Infomedia Europe
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Kelvin Wong

Co-founder of CDI
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Sir Gregory Winter

The Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
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Kate Dyer

Director, Accountability in Tanzania​
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Rajan Bhopal

CDI Education Project Director, 2014/15
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Prof Jaideep Prabhu

Holding the Jawaharlal Nehru Chair in Indian Business
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Georgia Ware

CDI Entrepreneurship Project Director, 2015/16​
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Gillian Secrett

CEO at  The Moller Centre for Continuing Education Ltd
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Dr Pauline Essah

Manager of the Cambridge-Africa Programme
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Patrick Hoffmann

Co-founder of CDI​

Our Advisors

Our Advisors are from both the UK and Tanzania, and work closely with each of our projects to ensure that they continue their positive sustainable impact upon Tanzanian society.
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Dr. Faustine Ndugulile

Member of Parliament in Dar es Salaam

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Francis Kuriakose

Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Simon Anholt

Independent Policy Advisor
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Dr. Shailendra Vyakarnam

Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL)
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Dr. Solava Ibrahim

Affiliated Lecturer, Centre of Development Studies, Cambridge
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Health
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    • Health
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