Daleep Mukarji OBE, director of Christian Aid
As chief executive officer of the charity he is responsible for the strategic direction, plans and programmes.
He joined Christian Aid in 1998.
Daleep Mukarji is a doctor from Vellore, India where he ran a rural community health and development programme funded by Christian Aid.
He was then general secretary of the health agency of the National Christian Council of Churches in India and executive secretary for health, community and justice at the World Council of Churches. He has a Masters degree in Social Planning for Developing Countries.
He is on the board of Aprodev (a group of 17 European church-related development agencies) and the Disasters Emergency Committee. He chairs the Methodist Church Guy Chester Centre in London.
He holds honorary law doctorates (2006, 2009) and was awarded an OBE in 2008 for his dedication to poverty eradication.
Martin Birch, associate director finance and information systems
Martin Birch helps the trustees to govern the charity in line with best practice. He has responsibility for ensuring the effective allocation and management of financial resources, and he manages information systems, audit, risk and compliance with legal and other best practice standards.
He acts as company secretary to Christian Aid and its various subsidiaries and connected charities.
He joined Christian Aid in 2002.
He trained as a chartered management accountant while working in financial services for several years before joining the voluntary sector in 1992, first working with ActionAid. He holds an MBA.
He is a non-executive director of The Climate Movement (Stop Climate Chaos).
Martin Kyndt, associate director corporate affairs
Martin Kyndt oversees the development, implementation and performance of our corporate strategies, setting and monitoring standards for accountability, transparency and impact assessment. He leads on major organisational change-management initiatives.
He joined Christian Aid in 2002 as deputy international director and took on his current role in 2005.
He has worked in development for more than 25 years. Having worked in Papua New Guinea and later in Nigeria, managing a volunteer programme, he returned to the UK to do an MBA before moving on to Sightsavers International to manage programmes in Asia, Pacific and Caribbean.
He later took on the role of deputy international director leading the strategic development of Sightsavers� global programme.
He is the chair of ECLOF International; a board trustee of Health Unlimited; a member of finance and audit committee of Sightsavers International; and was a board trustee of BOND 1999-2005 (treasurer between 2001-05).
Jude Mackenzie, associate director advocacy and communications
Jude MacKenzie is responsible for Christian Aid�s public policy, advocacy, campaigning and communications work. Her role includes building relationships and understanding with the organisation�s key audiences while also engaging decision-makers in the UK, Ireland and Europe in the fight to eradicate poverty.
She joined Christian Aid in 2008.
She was previously at the Commission for Social Care Inspection, where she was director of communications and engagement. Previously her roles have included strategic communications adviser on public services at the Prime Minister�s Office and head of brand management at the NHS.
She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
Matthew Reed, associate director marketing and supporter care
Matthew Reed is responsible for Christian Aid's income, engagement and care of our supporters, and the relationship with the 41 Christian denominations that sponsor Christian Aid.
He oversees our theology, youth volunteering, websites, new marketing developments, the work of Christian Aid Ireland and Christian Aid in Scotland and Wales, and InspirAction (Christian Aid in Spain).
He became marketing and supporter care director in 2008, after joining Christian Aid in 2002.
Matthew Reed was ordained in 1993 and served as a curate in Merseyside and a vicar in Buckinghamshire. He has a degree in theology from Oxford, degrees in engineering and management, and a master�s degree in management.
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Maria Standingford, associate director human resources
Maria Standingford provides leadership for Christian Aid�s global human resources department, which works to increase the performance of both our people and business.
She joined Christian Aid in 1999.
She previously worked for the National Health Service, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Care International UK and the Alzheimer�s Society.
She is an adviser on the HR personnel committee for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
Paul Valentin, associate director international
Paul Valentin has overall responsibility for Christian Aid's programme strategy, implementation and quality in all its development and relief work worldwide, through a London-based senior management team and a global network of more than 40 devolved offices.
He has been with Christian Aid since 2004.
A tropical agriculturist by training, Paul Valentin has worked in international development for 30 years, starting as a volunteer agricultural extension worker in Kenya, then working for six years with indigenous people in the Philippines.
Previous positions include vice-president for programmes at Oxfam America and East Asia regional manager with Oxfam Great Britain. He is a Dutch national who has lived in the UK for more than 15 years.
He is active in promoting inter-agency coordination internationally through the ACT International alliance and was elected vice-chair of BOND. He is a member of his local (Anglican) parish council in Oxford.