International Board

The role of the International Board of Trustees is to supervise the formulation of policy and strategy and to monitor organisational performance. The International Board (IB) consists of 12 trustees, each of whom is appointed for a period of up to three years.

Because of their role within VSO International, the International Board members are independent of the individual federation members, all of whom are instead represented on the Federation Council.

The International Board typically meets three times a year.

For further information on the roles and responsibilities of the International Board of Trustees, of any of the IB sub-committees, or to contact any of our trustees with respect to their involvement with VSO, please contact the VSO Company Secretary.

The current members of the International Board of Trustees are:

• Mari Simonen – Chair of the Board of Trustees
  Deputy Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA)

• Sir Andrew Cubie
  Financial Consultant (UK)

• Anjali Sen
  Regional Director for South Asia, International Planned Parenthood Federation (India)

• Dr Grace Aguiling Dalisay
  Professor, University of the Philippines

• John Bason – Honorary Treasurer 
  Finance Director, Associated British Foods plc (UK)

• Kibaya Laibuta
  Member of Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (Kenya)

• Mark Astarita
  Director of Fundraising, British Red Cross (UK)

• Nthobi Angel
  Director, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (South Africa)

• Pamela Culpepper
  Senior Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion, PepsiCo (US)

• Rasheda Choudhury
  Executive Director, Campaign for Popular Education (Bangladesh)

• Tom Carver
  Director of Communications and Strategy, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (US)

• Wayan Vota
  Senior Director, Inveneo (US)