Board
Role
The Board is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of HAP including budgeting, membership applications and management of the Executive. The Board normally meets twice a year - in April to review the HAP Annual Report and Audit, and in October to review the budget for the following financial year. Special meetings are convened at the request of members of the Board or the Secretariat as required.
Once the minutes of the Board meetings have been approved they are made publicly available on our website. To read past minutes, please click here.
Composition
The Board comprises a maximum of twelve members. Two thirds represent agencies that are Full Members of HAP and the remaining one third are independent. HAP’s constitution further requires that at least two Board members be drawn from beneficiary communities. The Executive Director of HAP is an ex officio member of the Board.
Current members
As at January 2009, the HAP’s Board comprised of:
Executive Officers:
Board Members:
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Dr. Ivone Atar Adaha - Samaritan's Purse, Sudan (Independent)
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Mary B. Anderson, former Director of CDA Collaborative Learning Projects (Independent)
- Agyedho Othwonh Bwogo, Copenhagen Business School (Independent)
- Reza Chowdhury, Director, COAST Trust
- Matthew Frost, Chief Executive Officer, Tearfund
- Manu Gupta, Director, SEEDS, India
- Lisa Henry, Humanitarian Response Director, DanChurchAid
- Rien Pauslen, Quality, Strategy and Humanitarian Policy Director, World Vision International
- Jenny Wells, Conflict and Disasters Programme Coordinator, Act for Peace, Australia
