VSO International Board
The International Board governs the work of VSO International in fulfilment of its purpose and values, and to safeguard its resources.
The membership of the Board reflects the international structure of VSO International, with the inclusion of representatives from VSO Federation members in Canada/US (CUSO-VSO), Kenya (VSO Jitolee), the Netherlands (VSO Netherlands), the Philippines (VSO Bahaginan) and the UK (VSO UK).
To this end the Board is involved in the following areas of decision making in VSO International:
constitutional and legal
defining and achieving objectives
resources management
Trustees
Trustees are elected on to the Board and serve a tenure of three years before standing for re-election. The current members of the International Board of Trustees are:
Sir Suma Chakrabarti (Chair)
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, UK government
Hilary Armstrong MP
Member of Parliament for North West Durham, retired minister, VSO UK returned volunteer
Mark Astarita
Director of Fundraising, British Red Cross
Cameron Charlebois
General manager, Viger DMC International Inc
Dr Andrew Cubie
Consultant (finance)
Dr Grace Aguiling Dalisay
Vice-president for Academic Affairs, Miriam College, Quezon City, Philippines (Representative of VSO Bahaginan Board, Philippines)
David Dinkin
Consultant (strategic planning, business, management)
Superna Khosla
Senior manager, Audit and Business Advisory Service, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Enrique Alvarez
Significant development experience in Latin America and the Caribbean
Kibaya Laibuta
Chair, VSO Jitolee (Kenya), lawyer
James Lawrie (Treasurer)
The Treasurer, Christ Church, Oxford
Jean Penders
Chair to Board of Trustees, VSO Netherlands consultant
