Rosie Bishop
Co-Director
Rosie is the Co-Director of Caplor Horizons and The Commitment. She is proud to be a young change maker. She graduated with a 1st class degree from the University of Cambridge. As a Co-Director, Rosie works closely with the Advisors and representatives of organisations on activities to help bring about effective change. She is motivated to address issues relating to sustainability, poverty reduction and gender equality. Her previous experiences involve working with rural communities in East Africa to improve the quality of secondary education, and working in the UK not-for-profit sector in Trussell Trust foodbanks.
Ian Williams
Co-Director
Ian is the Co-Director of Caplor Horizons and The Commitment. He holds a BSc in Agriculture and a MSc in International Development, Economics and Marketing. He completed a PhD in Strategic Change in the not for profit sector. He has held Honorary positions at Cass and Worcester Business Schools. The NGO that he led for 16 years is called United Purpose. It grew to have a sfaff of over 600 and its income rose from £2 to £23 million p.a. whilst he was CEO. Ian has also been a non-executive Director of Haygrove, an international horticultural organisation, since it was founded. Ian is Chair of the Advisory Board of Caplor Energy, a leading renewable energy business. He’s facilitated and led programmes with a wide range of organisations in more than 15 countries.
Lorna Pearcey
Co-Director
Lorna is the Co-Director of Caplor Horizons and The Commitment. She has previously held leadership roles within the UK not-for-profit sector. Her first degree focused on anthropology and comparative religion. Her Masters is in Environmental Ethics. Lorna ran her own business - as a complementary healthcare practitioner - before concentrating on environmental and community development at local and national levels in the UK. Previously she also held responsibility for coordinating an umbrella organisation in the UK not for profit sector. Lorna has worked extensively in international development: this has involved facilitating and leading programmes, at strategic and other levels, with very diverse organisations and groups in over 15 countries.
Kemal Shaheen
Director of Collaboration
Kemal has over 20 years’ experience in the international development sector. He has worked for a number of non-profits and development organisations, from the very large Christian Aid, to the very small Village Aid. Kemal has pursued a career that has enabled him to challenge, exclusion and inequality in multiple forms. He holds a degree in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD exploring educational exclusion and caste discrimination. He has recently stepped down as Director of our long-term partner, Paper Boat.