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Board of Ace Africa UK

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Fiona Hammond
Anne-Gabrielle Starkloff
David Montgomery
Delia Appelt
Fiona Murray
Kennedy Wanyonyi
Simon Butt

Fiona Hammond

Chair
F HammondFiona is a General Counsel and company director with 20 years cross-sector legal experience in marketing, advertising, public relations, publishing, sports, food & beverage and gambling regulation. Formerly Chair of Trustees of PhotoVoice, Fiona has had a consistent commitment to and involvement in the third sector for over ten years including fundraising for the British Heart Foundation, Unicef UK, and The Refugee Council, and pro-bono volunteering in her professional capacity for several charitable foundations and non-profit organisations.

David Montgomery

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After a childhood in Kenya and a History degree from Exeter University, David Montgomery has added a decent track record as a businessman and entrepreneur to a successful career as a soldier. During his Army service David filled some critical staff and training appointments world-wide and enjoyed key commands at every level culminating with 7th Armoured Brigade – the Desert Rats. With further diversification as MD of a training company he founded in 2005 – sold last year – he provided award winning leadership and communications training to some 55,000 students. David’s pro bono work includes advice to retiring service personnel, sponsorship of schoolchildren in Africa, and trusteeship of the Royal British Legion Industries.

Anne-Gabrielle Starkloff

Starkloff_Anne-Gabrielle_v_highAnne-Gabrielle is a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where she supports organisations on questions of strategy, with an emphasis on Digital and Analytics projects. She has been involved as a volunteer in several charities creating opportunities for children in the UK, Madagascar and France. Before moving to Consulting, Anne-Gabrielle had a career in Financial Markets in London. She holds a Masters in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris, an MSc in Finance & Economics from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from INSEAD. She is also a CFA Charterholder.

Delia Appelt

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Delia is an Analyst in the eDiscovery team at Allen & Overy, where she supports lawyers in using data analytics and data management tools for large scale review exercises. Delia holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of London and a Masters in Innovation, Technology and the Law from the University of Edinburgh. She has been involved in various pro bono initiatives with charities focusing on housing and benefits issues as well as creating education opportunities for children.

Kennedy Wanyonyi

IMG-20200815-WA0031 Kennedy was Born and schooled (primary/secondary) in rural western Kenya. He was a beneficiary of Ace Africa bursary program for secondary school education.
Holds an undergraduate degree in Statistics and Programming from Kenyatta University and Masters in Biostatistics from University of Nairobi, both in Nairobi. At the start of his career, Kennedy worked with Ace both Kenya and TZ, in the research department where he Involved and baseline surveys, development of research tools and trained staff. Currently works as a statistician at Phastar, a contract research organisation in the Pharma industry.

Simon Butt

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Simon is a senior B2B marketing leader with 21+ years’ experience of delivering marketing strategies and demand generation initiatives to drive growth. He is currently a marketing director at Reuters. Outside of work, he has supported PhotoVoice as a trustee (4 years) and taught a module on ‘Mastering Metrics’ for the CIM Diploma in Professional Marketing (one year). He has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.