Governance

ACORD is a pan-African development organisation, consisting of:

  • Programme offices in 12 countries, run by around 300 local staff, who lead and implement the majority of ACORD's work.
  • Secretariat in Nairobi with a second office in London, run by 25 staff from across Africa and beyond. The secretariat coordinates implementation of pan-African programme work and provide technical backstopping and support to country offices.
  • Board of trustees which provides guidance and oversight.

This structure is supported by a consultative international decision making process. The main elements of this are the annual General Assembly and tri-annual Donors' Roundtable and Learning Forum.

Board of Trustees

With a majority African board, ACORD's governance is coherent and supportive of its identity as a Pan African Organisation working for social justice.

 

Mr Alioune Sall

(Chair)
Senegalese

Portrait of Richard Bennett

Ms Naana Otoo-Oyortey
British-Ghanaian

Portrait of Amanda Caine

Ms Bonnie Campbell
Canadian

Mr David Munthali
Malawian

Ms Ngoné Diop
Senegalese

Ms Hussainatu Jummai Adbullah

Sierra Leonan

Ms Jocelyne Vokouma

Burkina Faso

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Ms Jacqueline Williams
British

   

 

 

 

   

Management

Around 300 staff work for ACORD across the countries in which it is present. They are led by the senior management team who are based in ACORD's secretariat in Nairobi:

Ms Sophie
Havyarimana
Head of Programmes Operations &  Development

Ms Salina
Sanou
Head of Policy & Advocacy

Mr Elijah Lutwama
Head of Finance

Mr Ousainou Ngum
Executive Director

Ms Kristin Seljeflot
Director of Funding & Partnership Development
 

 

 

Annual reports and accounts

ACORD 2016 Annual Report  english
ACORD 2016 Audited Accounts  english

ACORD 2015 Annual Report

english

 ACORD 2015 Audited Accounts

english

ACORD 2014 Annual Report

english

 ACORD 2014 Audited Accounts

english

ACORD 2013 Annual Report

english

 ACORD 2013 Audited Accounts

english

ACORD 2012 Annual Report

english

 ACORD 2012 Audited Accounts

english

ACORD 2011 Annual Report

english | français | português

 ACORD 2011 Audited Accounts

english

ACORD 2010 Annual Report

english | français | português

 ACORD 2010 Audited Accounts

english

ACORD 2009 Annual Report

english | français | português

 ACORD 2009 Audited Accounts

english

ACORD 2008 Annual Report

english | français

 ACORD 2008 Audited Accounts

english

 

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Interested in joining a Pan-African organization working for social justice and one that puts citizens at the heart of the action for change? We are recruiting new members of the Assembly and the Board.

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ACORD Book Review

David Lewis, Professor of Social Policy and Development at the London School of Economics reviews ACORD's TRANSFORMATION: OVERCOMING UNCERTAINTY in the April-June 2013 edition of Bond's The Networker. Read the review here

The author Alan Fowler's exclusive interview can also be found here

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