General Board

	Fazle Abed, Asia Regional Representative Fazle Hasan Abed is the Founder and Chairperson of BRAC, one of the largest non-government development organisations in the world. After the Liberation War of Bangladesh Abed returned to the newly independent Bangladesh to find the economy of his country in ruins. Abed decided to initiate his own organisation by setting up BRAC (formerly Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) to rehabilitate returning refugees in a remote area in a northeastern district of Bangladesh. This work led him and his organisation BRAC into dealing with the long-term task of improving the living conditions of the rural poor. The process of social mobilisation, he feels, must be accompanied by measures to overcome the handicaps facing the poor. Hence, his policy was directed to help the poor develop their capacity to manage and control their own destiny.
	Rob Becker, Treasurer Rob Becker is a former partner of McKinsey & Company (1990-2005). While at McKinsey, he was the lead partner on a pro-bono client engagement with Child Helpline International. Jeroo subsequently invited Rob to join the Board of Aflatoun as treasurer.
	Jose Martin De La Riva, Americas Regional Representative Jose Martin is from Lima. He decided 12 years ago to undertake a social transformation initiative. He founded a volunteer and participation organization that aimed at engaging university students in looking for solutions to the problems around them. After the last 12 years this initiative has its own life. It was the beginning of Vision Solidaria and Gestionarse, two organizations that follow the same line, social transformation, in an educative field of citizenship and the other in corporate Social Responsibility. His background is in business administration. He is Avina's leader and an active partner of Save the Children and EQPAT network.
	Jaap Doek, Chairman Professor Jaap Doek is a global authority in the field of Child Rights and is the Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. While Prof Doek does not sit on the board of any other organization around the world, he has made an exception for Aflatoun due to his conviction of its potential.
	Herman Hulst, Secretary Herman Hulst is the CEO of Ernst and Young for both the Netherlands and for the Central Europe Area. Herman’s path to Aflatoun began with a lecture by David Bornstein at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Herman is committing his firm’s resources to ensure that Aflatoun, even in its early years, has the most professional internal practices possible.
	Minister Moushira Khattab, MEFA Regional Representative Minister Moushira Khattab holds the position of Minister of State for Family and Population in Egypt, and is the former Secretary General of Aflatoun's implementing partner organization in Egypt-The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM). She has been a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child since 2002, and is the Chair of the Middle East and Africa Steering Committee on Violence against Children.
	Irene Mutumba, Africa Regional Representative Irene is a teacher by profession, a social and business entrepreneur whose vision is to create an entrepreneurial society in Uganda by integrating and promoting entrepreneurship skills, business and financial education in the formal and informal education system. She is the executive director of The Private Education Development Network in Uganda.
	Ljiljana Vasic, Europe Regional Representative Ljiljana Vasic is Director of Aflatoun's implementing partner organization in Serbia-Promoc Deci/CCF. She is a journalist by profession and has been active in humanitarian and development programmes in Serbia for the last four years.