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Humphrey Barclay, Chairman of the Board of Trustees / Founder

After a long career as a TV comedy producer (biography) Humphrey was made Nkosuohene or Development Chief of Kwahu-Tafo in September 2001, with the stool name of Kwadwo Ameyaw Gyearbuor Yiadom I. Enthused by this responsibility, Humphrey has been the driving force in setting up the UK charity "Friends of Tafo" and is the President of the Kwahu-Tafo Development Committee (KTDC) in Ghana. He has now taken semi-retirement from TV to spend two or three six-week periods in Tafo each year.
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Benjamin Ntim, Treasurer / Trustee

Benjamin is a Kwahuman from the distinguished ambassadorial Ntim family in Abetifi, and he is resident in the UK. He is a qualified accountant with an MSc in Business Economics. Formerly the senior accountant at HMV Card Services Ltd., he is now an Oil Trader with Elan Oil Ltd.
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Georgina Owen, Secretary / Trustee
Georgina is a management consultant, specialising in adult social care and local government.  She currently works at iMPOWER where she is supporting UK local authorities to transform how they deliver care and support to those in need to improve people's lives.  She has previously worked with Serco and Accenture, and is also Treasurer of a not-for-profit organisation with a turnover of around GBP100,000.
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Crispin Leyser, Trustee.

Crispin was until recently Senior Vice President Programming & Development for September Films in the USA. His previous employment includes many TV Producing Credits as well as working at Channel 4 as Commissioning Editor. Crispin was Creative Consultant for Comic Relief for Red Nose Day 3 and is a Trustee of The Hysteria Trust where he has helped raise large sums of money for AIDS charities through live and televised comedy shows.
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Jules Leyser, Trustee.
Jules is an actress and writer living in Los Angeles. After reading English at Trinity College, Oxford, she became an Account Director in advertising and worked on a wide range of accounts including British Airways, ITV and T Mobile as well as Barnardos and Breakthrough for Breast Cancer. In Los Angeles, she is active in a local charitable enterprise, The Giving Tea, which brings women together once a month to raise awareness and funds for a variety of causes.
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Daisy East, Trustee.

Daisy is a solicitor at Milbank, specialising in project finance. Currently she also works for a homeless shelter and has been involved in a reading scheme in Tower Hamlets. She has been to Chile with Raleigh International where she was involved in glacial exploration and building a community centre.
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Lizzie Pomeroy, Trustee.

Lizzie is an engineer, specialising in environmental design in buildings and infrastructure. She is currently advising the UK Government on sustainable buildings. Lizzie has previously been involved in environmental and social development projects in Africa, Asia and the Balkans. Lizzie's role in Friends of Tafo includes running website and newsletter communications. 
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Robert Taylor, Trustee.
Robert is a portrait photographer. He has work in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery the V&A and the Royal Society, as well as multiple publications. He served in the RAF, and is a trained as a barrister. Robert has also worked for many years in publishing, including working in educational publishing in Nigeria. He has served on multiple charity committees covering HIV, dance, visual arts and rehabilitating prisoners.
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Dr John Ofori Committee Member. 
John was brought up in Kwahu-Tafo, attending the Senior Secondary School. He is now an international financier based in USA and South Africa. He is passionate about his home town and the need to improve the environment there, particularly with regard to improving education. He is already a significant benefactor of charitable works in Tafo. His dream is to retire to Kwahu-Tafo and teach in the Senior Secondary School.
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Colena Abbosh, Committee Member. 
Colena is a management consultant with over 14 years experience in blue chip firms. She specialises in the project management of large IT transformation programs. She also has a background in accounting and finance. Colena has worked in each of Price Waterhouse, Oracle and Accenture, across a variety of industries including Utilities, Retail and Media & Entertainment. After leaving Accenture, Colena was the Sales & Marketing Director of a small Utilities consulting firm. She is now starting her own business. During her 6 years with Accenture Colena contributed to the "Making a Difference Campaign". She also served on a charity committee for the Process Division.
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Peggy Rose Cradduck, Committee Member.
Peggy Rose is a Change Management, Communications and Learning Consultant, with over 14 years' experience in top-four professional services firms, working in the UK/Europe, USA and Australia. She is qualified with TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) teacher. Peggy Rose also volunteers with a local garden charity.
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Dr Tristram Wyatt, Committee Member.
Tristram is a zoologist at the University of Oxford. For almost 20 years he was at the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education as University Lecturer in Biological Sciences and latterly as Director of Online Learning in Public Programmes. He is an emeritus fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. Tristram is a keen cyclist and supports proejects to develop cycling in Oxford.
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Michael Menash, Committee Member. 
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Danny Wilson, Committee Member.
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