Our board

Susan McCaw

Susan is a former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Austria and, through The Craig and Susan McCaw Foundation, is an advocate for education and economic development in the developing world. She is a trustee emeritus of Stanford University and serves on Khan Academy’s Global Advisory Board as well as on the board of other non-profit organisations.

Akhter Mateen

Akhter is a former Chief Auditor of Unilever where he held many other high-level roles in Pakistan, the U.K., Latin America, South East Asia and elsewhere. He is Deputy Chairman and Audit Committee Chair of Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Trust, Non-Executive Director of CABI and on the board of DIL Trust U.K.

Françoise Kpeglo Moudouthe

Françoise is a women’s rights consultant and the founder of Eyala, a platform that amplifies the voices of African feminists. She was instrumental in the creation and growth of Girls Not Brides and its work in Africa. Prior to that, Françoise was a policy officer at The Elders, focusing on gender equality. She is a Women Deliver Young Leaders alumna and serves as a strategic advisor to Population Works Africa and WATHI.

Alaa Murabit

Alaa is the founder of The Voice of Libyan Women. She is a physician, a UN SDG Global Advocate, UN High-Level Commissioner on Health Employment and Economic Growth, MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow and an Ashoka Fellow. She also serves as a board trustee for International Alert and Keeping Children Safe.

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Fayeeza Naqvi

Fayeeza is the co-founder and chairman of the Aman Foundation, a private philanthropic trust addressing health and education needs for the underserved in Pakistan. She also serves as a Trustee of the British Asian Trust and a founding member of the Advisory Board of the LSE South Asia Centre.

Lynn Taliento

Lynn is a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company, where she co-founded the global philanthropy practice. She helps leading philanthropists, foundations and corporations design innovative approaches to address social challenges, and most recently worked with President Obama to design and launch the Obama Foundation. Lynn is also on the board of water.org.

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Mabel van Oranje

Mabel is the initiator and chair of Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, with over twenty years of experience in building partnerships for justice and social change. She is a board member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and the Open Society Foundations and serves on the advisory committees of various other organisations.

Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist, student, UN Messenger of Peace and the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. As co-founder, she is building a world where every girl can learn and lead without fear.

@Malala

Ziauddin Yousafzai

Ziauddin Yousafzai is an activist and educator. He is the father of Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai. Ziauddin served as a teacher and school administrator in his home country of Pakistan. As co-founder of Malala Fund, he advocates for every girl’s right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education.

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