Margaret Cosens

Margaret was brought up on a West Australian wheat and sheep farm. Her pre-university gap year as a volunteer with IofC turned into a gap-30-years, mainly in India, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and UK. In 1997 she gained employment in the NHS, becoming Project and Programme Manager for the implementation and development of IT Integrated Patient Care Systems, and later moving to a company supplying IT systems to the NHS. She retired from paid employment in August 2018.

Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy

Lusa is an ordained Anglican priest who recently moved to be the first Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Mission and Ministry Enabler for Leicester Diocese. He was previously Vicar of St Aidan’s, Gravesend, Kent in the Diocese of Rochester. He is married and has a daughter. His involvement with IofC initially came as a result of participating in the Faith in Leadership programme. Lusa’s forebears come from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and he has Belgian citizenship.

Nathalie Chavanne

Nathalie has been part of IofC teams promoting dialogue and trust between people of different cultures and generations in French- speaking Africa and northern African Arab countries.

In France, with Tunisian colleagues, she developed the programme Initiative Dialogue. In the decade following September 11th, 2001, she was involved in a French programme, Education à la Paix and in 2017 she became a facilitator on a programme called Oui Act. Nathalie has been on the Board of Trustees for IofC UK since 2015.

Gerry Doherty

Gerry Doherty is a qualified Mechanical Engineer and Company Director, and a lifelong resident of Derry, Northern Ireland. He has over 36 years of post-qualification experience in the industry and has held commercial managerial roles at the board level, specialising in company growth development, acquisitions and divestitures. Gerry has extensive experience in the aerospace, automotive, energy, pharmaceutical and chemical sectors. He has a great passion for producing positive results for companies and currently provides strategic guidance in support of SME company development.

Gerry has been happily married for over 33 years to childhood sweetheart Siobhan, a highly dedicated primary school teacher. They have two children; Ethan, a specialist doctor, and Sophie, who is a chemical engineer.  In his spare time, Gerry is a keen long-distance runner, holds a life-long interest in music, and is a dedicated supporter of Derry’s Foyle Hospice.

Chetan Halai

Chetan is a Product Director at multi award-winning diversity specialist, Rare Recruitment. His role involves conceptualizing and building new software products to help employers to identify, hire and retain diverse talent. Chetan believes that we all have incredible potential that, if unlocked, can result in positive change in the world. Outside of work, Chetan is a Trustee for Yog Foundation – a Kent based charity that brings the community together to do good. He joined Initiatives of Change UK as a Trustee in early 2022.

Mike Kane

A former primary school teacher, Mike began his political career as a Councillor on Manchester City Council in 1991 where he oversaw the investment strategy which led to the transformation of Central Library. He was the national Chair of Movement for Change 2010-13 and Acting Chief Executive of the rganization from July 2013 –February 2014. In February 2014, Mike was elected as the Member of Parliament for his home constituency, Wythenshawe and Sale East. He was Shadow Minister for International Development from September 2015 to October 2016, when he was appointed Shadow Minister for Schools. In April 2020 Mike became Shadow Minister for Aviation, Maritime, Space & Security. He is now also Chair of the Chagos APPG.

Archana Rao

Archana Rao is currently building community and programming for young leaders in over 100 countries as Director of Global Community Engagement, Global Citizen Year, USA. She facilitates intentional leadership development programmes as a part of Vaishvik Naagrik Varsh, a project founded by Archana which partners with UNICEF, India. Through her work with IofC Archana provides strategic direction for the team as Director of Grampari, a rural and ecological centre since October 2013 and is involved as part of the core team with Creators of Peace India.

Previously Archana led the internship programme at Asia Plateau, and led and organised several international dialogues including Just Governance in India and Caux and more. Previously Archana lived and worked in London for 15 years: 9 years with Faber and Faber, building markets across the globe, and prior to that with a social housing NGO Shaftesbury Housing, building low-cost housing for key workers. Archana has an MSc in Development Economics from SOAS, University of London, a BA in Economics from Ithaca College, NY, USA and St. Xavier’s College, Bombay.

Gordon Robinson

Gordon worked for The Timken Company for 36 years. He has worked in Sweden, France, Italy, India, China and the USA, along with business responsibilities in Africa and the Arabian Gulf.

At Timken, he worked in General Management, including as MD and then Chairman of a publicly traded company, listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange. He also worked in Trustee roles for the Timken Foundation, XLRI School Of Management and Junior Achievement. He joined IofC UK as a Trustee in June 2018.