As Chief Programme Officer, Richard is accountable for the effective deployment of Shell Foundation’s resources to achieve its10-year impact targets – via the creation and growth of inclusive business and financial solutions that improve income, health and education outcomes for people earning less than a living wage. Richard leads SF’s programme team to build investment…
Rachel is SF CFO and heads up all aspects of our corporate resources whilst sponsoring key parts of our impact strategy and sitting as a permanent member of our funding approvals committee. Rachel has looked after SF’s social investment strategy for some years, taking us from our first steps in non-grant funding to overseeing our…
Meera Shah is Head of the Smallholder Farmer Portfolio at SF, where she is responsible for identifying and scaling solutions that enable smallholder farmers in Africa and South Asia to earn a sustainable living income. Previously Meera headed SF’s Household Energy and Off Grid Utilities Portfolio. Meera currently serves on the board of Persistent (African…
Kwaku Owusu-Achaw is the Business Development Director for east and west Africa. In this role, he is responsible for SF’s footprint and strategic activities in the region. Kwaku joined SF in April 2017 and has been working across the Access to Energy and Sustainable Mobility portfolios. He supports a range of partners in various aspects…
Jo Chandler originally joined SF as Grants and Contracts Coordinator, supporting the programme team to manage their portfolio of projects and administration of grants and contracts. For the last few years she has split her job between the two roles of Grants and Contracts and Communications Adviser – assisting the Head of Communications with output…
Heidi leads SF’s DE&I strategy across the organisation and serves as a permanent member of our investment committee. As part of SF’s 2023-2027 strategy, Heidi transformed the level of our ambition and commitment to impact women and marginalised groups. She is now responsible for; building SF’s organisational capacity to deliver against our targets; embedding a…
Gary Almond leads SF’s strategic and tactical communications and marketing. Gary coordinates SF’s communications activity to provide timely and relevant content and insights to the energy access and transport development sectors, engage aligned social investment organisations across global markets, and protect the brand and market reputation of SF. He also works with SF’s portfolio partners…
Fiona joined Shell Foundation in 2008 as a Business Support and Events Manager. She is responsible for all event management and also supports the Foundation’s Director and Deputy Directors. Before joining Shell Foundation, Fiona worked within the Shell Group for eight years in various businesses including Chemicals, International Directorate, General Affairs and Corporate Affairs.
Clive Baldwin is the Finance & Operations Business Partner at Shell Foundation where he is responsible for finding optimal ways of working to deliver projects, solutions and organisational performance across key processes. Previously, Clive was Shell Foundation’s Senior Partnership Accountant and for over seven managed our project reporting and financial aspects of SF’s major funding…