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	Valid Nutrition manufactures a range of highly fortified nutritional pastes for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition. These products are made in the countries in which they are needed, thereby stimulating the local economy as well as providing life-saving products at affordable prices.

	Management Team
	Valid Nutrition’s management team consists of a group of individuals with extensive experience and a wide range of skills across both the humanitarian and business spheres. Although we have a small management team, we are fortunate to be able to draw on a number of highly qualified specialists (as Members and Advisors of our Board of Management) who support us in a voluntary, pro-bono capacity. We strive for the highest standards of governance and our corporate officers are ultimately accountable to a group of Trustees. The following list comprises Valid Nutrition’s Trustees: Steve Collins, Alistair Hallam, Howard Dalzell, Olly Willans, Roger Yates, Claire Martin and Jo Collins. Valid Nutrition’s Board of Management is responsible for developing and approving strategy while also ensuring that delivery happens in accordance with plans; the execution of which is delegated to the core management team. The members of the BOARD OF MANAGEMENT are as follows:

Steve Collins – Founder and Chairman

Steve Collins is a medical doctor with a doctorate in nutrition. He developed the Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) model in 1998 and has been the central figure behind the development and expansion of CTC using ready-to-use foods (RUFs), and the recent acceptance of these innovations by the World Health Organization. In 2001, he received an MBE for his services to humanitarianism. He is a respected academic, has published widely in major international journals, including the Lancet, is a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Child Health in London and sits on the council of the Commonwealth Association of Paediatrics and Gastroenterology. Steve is one of the two founders and an executive director of both Valid International Ltd and Valid Nutrition.

Alistair Hallam – Co-Founder and Non-Executive Director

Alistair Hallam is a medical doctor who has been working in the area of humanitarian aid for 24 years, including a number of years managing relief programs throughout the world. He has worked as a research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, the UK’s highly-regarded research establishment that focuses on development issues. He is an expert in evaluating humanitarian aid programs and has worked for many of the worlds’ leading donor governments and aid organisations. He is a qualified economist who has worked for the Central Bank in Mozambique. Alistair is one of the two founders of Valid Nutrition and a director of both Valid International Ltd and Valid Nutrition.

Howard Dalzell – Advisor and Non-Executive Director


	Howard Dalzell has recently retired as Concern Worldwide’s Policy Director; he has over 30 years practical experience in development and humanitarian assistance and, as well as being a director for VN, he has recently joined VN's Executive Committee as an advisor. Howard holds a degree in Agricultural Science and a Masters in Animal Nutrition.

Philip Halpenny – Advisor and Non Executive Member

Philip graduated with a business degree from Trinity College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Appointed Finance Director of Blackrock International Land plc, the Irish quoted property company, on 1 September 2006, Philip had previously been a non-executive director of that company from the date of its demerger from Fyffes plc in May 2006. Prior to joining Blackrock, he had spent a lengthy career with Fyffes, the international fresh produce importer and distributor, and was managing director corporate affairs from 1996 until his appointment as Company Secretary in 1998, a position which he held until his move to Blackrock.

Bernd Olejak – Advisor and Non Executive Member


	Bernd Olejak has a degree in Business Administration and a 34 year history in Unilever in senior marketing and sales roles in Western Europe, Brazil, Russia and Eastern Europe. He was a former board member of Unilever’s food business in South Africa, where as dairy director he was head of a business with four factories producing food products.

Derek Staveley – Chief Executive Officer

Derek Staveley has spent 31 years with Unilever, and has an extensive background in general management, finance and internal audit. He was Finance Director/Vice Chairperson of Unilever companies in Zaire (4 years), Turkey (4 years) and Ireland (5 years) and Group Chief Accountant/Deputy Controller of Unilever for 6 years based in London HQ. He has a degree in Commerce from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

Paul Murphy – Chief Operating Officer

Formerly Chairman and Chief Executive of Unilever Ireland, in all Paul spent some 27 years with Unilever in a variety of different roles and countries. Following graduation from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Economics and Business Administration, he joined Unilever as a Management Trainee. Prior to evolving to General Management responsibilities, initial experience was gained in Marketing and Sales. He has worked in both Spain and Portugal, as well as shorter assignments in Belgium and the UK.


	The CORE MANAGEMENT TEAM comprises full time executives, responsible for the day to day running of the business and co-ordination of all our international operations. They are as follows:.

Victor Owino – Research & Development Manager

Victor Owino has both a BSc and an MSc in Food Science and Technology and holds a PhD in Child Health (Nutrition) from the Institute of Child Health, University College London. He has extensive experience in multi-sectoral approaches in the design of fortified complementary foods based on locally-available, already in use foodstuffs for improvement of infant nutritional status and has publications to his credit in this and other areas.

Penjani Mkambula – Business Support Manager


	Penjani Mkambula has extensive experience in marketing, supply chain and business management. He has had an international career covering Sub Saharan Africa, the Middle East and the UK working for a diversity of organizations including Unilever, BOC Gases and the University of Derby. Penjani earned an MBA from the University of Liverpool. He also holds a BSc in Economics.

Dave Morgan – Food Technology Manager

David Morgan is a food technologist with more than twenty years experience in the food manufacturing industry across a wide range of product types, packaging formats and processes. He is an established technical manager having worked throughout the UK in a technical, quality and development capacity. David manages food safety, quality and the regulatory aspects of production and is working with our manufacturing partners in Africa to establish new production facilities.

Mary Doyle – Administration & HR Manager

Mary has a broad level of administration experience from various positions held in Ireland, the UK and Australia, including working as a Senior Administrator in the higher education sector, as a Treasury Analyst with a leading blue chip multinational and as the General Manager of a start-up community childcare project. She holds a BA in Politics and Social Policy and an MA in Child and Youth Care.

David Scott – Finance Manager

David has almost twenty years financial experience. He has held positions as Finance Manager, Financial Controller and Finance Director in a number of organisations and industries as diverse as advertising, telecoms, market research, communications and education. As Finance Director he specialised in turning around loss making companies. He has an MBA from the Smurfit Business School and is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

“For the first time in history we have the potential to combat starvation…” Dr. Steve Collins, Valid Nutrition