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Media Defence is managed by a professional secretariat based in London.

Carlos Gaio

Chief Executive Officer

Pádraig Hughes

Legal Director

Nicola Mwase-Vuma

Finance and Operations Director

Dorothee Archambault

Development Director

Sabah A

Senior Legal Officer

Wiebke Hangst

Legal Officer

Hannah Stoate

Capacity Building Manager

Hanna Uihlein

Training Officer
Lauren Martin

Lauren Martin

Grants Officer

Saara Honkanen

Senior Grants Officer

Laura McCartan

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Elisabeth Witchel

Network Coordinator

Jeannette Smith

Fundraising and Communications Officer

Julie Reintjes

Communications Assistant

Luxsiya Sivakumar

Human Resources & Operations Manager

Helen Robinson Povey

Finance Manager

Ludilson Manuel

Senior Finance Officer

Makuta Kamara

Programme Finance and Compliance Officer

The trustees believe board diversity is an imperative. They believe gender parity is a priority, alongside ethnic and geographic diversity, as well as the lived experiences of board members, with regard to the issues that Media Defence seeks to tackle.

The Board pledges to take the necessary measures to achieve this, and to support diverse participation.

Sarah Bull (Chair)

Partner, Birketts

Catherine Anite

Executive Director, Freedom of Expression Hub (Uganda)

Steven Finizio

Partner, WilmerHale

Matt Francis

Assistant Director, Head of Finance (Interim) at The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Caroline Frost

Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster

David Jones

Head of Transformation and Systems, Science Museum Group

Maria Teresa Ronderos

Colombian Investigative Journalist
Galina Arapova

Galina Arapova

Director and Senior Media Lawyer, Mass Media Defence Centre (Russia)

Peter Hyde

Chief Operating Officer, ICNARC

Chivonne Preston

Interim CEO, British Dyslexia Association

Victoria Dean

Chief Executive, Portland
Elizabeth Rivera

Elizabeth Rivera Rivas

Communications Director, IFEX

Governance Documents

Articles of Association

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Certificate of Incorporation

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Charity Registration

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Audited Accounts

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2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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2019

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2020

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Media Defence Audited Accounts
2021

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