The INF UK Team
We are passionate about demonstrating the love of God to Nepalis through the life-changing work of INF.
Matthew Hanning is CEO of the INF UK office. He works with a team of staff: Lata Shrestha (Programmes Manager), Olly Du Croz (Head of Fundraising and Communications & Deputy CEO), Emma White (Trusts and Philanthropy Manager), Phil Smith (Trusts and Programmes Funding Officer), and Peixin Liu (known as Percy, Finance Manager).
INF UK has an office in Birmingham, and is part of the global INF family.
Matthew Hanning (Chief Executive)
Matthew Hanning brings over 25 years of development experience to his role as Chief Executive of INF UK. He joins from global disability inclusion charity CBM and has a passion for living out his Christian faith through working with some of the world’s most disadvantaged communities as they break the barriers caused by poverty, disability and marginalisation.
``Since my first role as a gap year volunteer in Jordan, I have had a passion for bringing different organisations together with a shared vision of truly inclusive development for the rights of people most marginalised by society. Building strong relationships is of paramount importance to me, so I look forward to forming strong bonds with INF and our other partners in Nepal for the benefit of the people we are called to serve.``
Meet Our Board Members
Ian Smith (Chair)
Ian and his wife, Sally, worked in Nepal for 16 years with the United Mission to Nepal and the World Health Organisation, and subsequently at WHO HQ in Geneva for 18 years. They now live in the Yorkshire Dales and have two adult children, both adopted in Nepal. Ian continues to work with WHO on global health issues.
Andy Lymer (Treasurer)
Andy is an academic and has worked at the University of Birmingham for approaching 30 years. He teaches and researches in the areas of tax and personal finance in the UK and internationally. He is an ex-Dean of the Birmingham Business School and currently is Director of the Research Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM).
Diane Norton
Diane qualified as a general nurse, children’s nurse and midwife and following ten years working in the NHS went to Nepal with INF in 1988 until 1999. She worked in the leprosy and tuberculosis programmes, before becoming a lecturer in the nursing campus in Pokhara. On return to the UK, she has worked for 25 years as a senior lecturer teaching nurses, midwives and health professional in universities in London.
Rosie Hart (Vice-Chair)
Rosie worked as part of the INF/UK fundraising team for more than five years, including six months spent in Nepal. She lives in Warwickshire, is a former CEO of a women’s charity in Coventry and now works as a fundraising consultant.
Steve Collins
Steve worked for Tearfund from 2000 to 2020, including a 7 year period as Tearfund’s Nepal Country Director during which he lived in Kathmandu with his wife and two children. Steve then went on to lead Tearfund’s Asia Team for 5 years. Since 2021, he has worked with the Church of England and currently, motivated by the growing impacts of climate change he saw first hand in Nepal and many other countries, is Programme Manager for the Net Zero Carbon work covering the Dioceses of Guildford, Chichester and Portsmouth.
Andy Cordell
Andy and his wife, Judy, worked in Nepal for 5 years with INF in the 1990s. Following this Andy worked as a GP in Bristol for 25 years until retirement last year.
Deborah Angdembe
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