Ros Davies (Chief Executive)
Ros has more than twenty years experience of maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health in the international development field. She has managed and provided technical support to developing country programmes across Africa, Asia and Latin America and is an experienced advocate. Immediately before joining Women and Children First in 2007 Ros was a freelance management consultant for UNAIDS, prior to which she was Chief Executive at Interact Worldwide, a UK-based sexual and reproductive health and rights NGO, for five and a half years. Previous roles include Consultancy Services Director and External Relations Director at International Family Health and Director of Latin America Programmes for Marie Stopes International. Ros holds an MA in Area Studies (Latin America) from the University of London’s Institute for Latin American Studies and is Vice Chair of the Child-to-Child Trust.
Cassie Williams (Programmes Manager)
Cassie has worked in international development for six years. She spent two years in Rwanda working with OVC and one in Ethiopia working with vulnerable families before returning to the UK where she worked for three years with a London based INGO whose geographical focus is Sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Union. She has previously focused on vulnerable children and their families, including maternal and child health. Participatory approaches to development are particularly important to Cassie and she has worked closely with a number of communities to ensure that programme interventions have been timely and a direct response to the needs of communities. In her previous role she was responsible for new programme design and development, M&E and organisational direction and growth. Cassie holds a BA (Hons) from Oxford and an MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS – University of London) and very much enjoys taking evening courses in relevant topics.
Geeta Bandi-Phillips (Policy and Advocacy Manager)
Geeta has 17 years of international development experience with a record of achievement in policy, advocacy, communications and campaigns in leading roles with the UN and major NGOs in three continents. She returned to the UK recently, after six years in Asia, where she was working as Senior Advocacy and Communications Consultant for Unicef on children, adolescents and young people’s health, education and protection. Geeta’s previous work experience in the UK includes stints at Landmine Action, Dalit Solidarity Network, Christian Aid and One World Action. Geeta also has programme management and coordination experience from working at Integrated Rural Development Society and Catholic Health Association, both in Andhra Pradesh, India. Geeta has a Masters of Arts in Development Studies (ISS, The Hague) and another in Social Work (Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, India). She is fluent in English, Hindi and Telugu.
Caroline Rogers (Administrator Part Time)
Caroline has a degree in Psychology and is half-way through studying part-time at St Martin’s for a degree in Fine Art. She has over 12 years solid experience in both the voluntary and private sectors including setting up office systems, administration, management and training. She has worked in a variety of environments, including some time in Tanzania as a volunteer for Health Projects Abroad, building health centres in remote villages.
