Daleep Mukarji, Director
Daleep Mukarji trained as a doctor in Vellore, India, before working in a leprosy hospital in Andhra Pradesh. He also ran a rural community health and development programme funded by Christian Aid near Vellore. In 1985 he became general secretary of the health agency of the National Christian Council of Churches in India. In 1994 he was appointed executive secretary for health, community and justice at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.
He joined Christian Aid in 1998, is on the board of Aprodev (the group of 17 European church-related development agencies) and the Disaster Emergency Committee.
Maria Standingford, human resources
Maria Standingford worked for the National Health Service, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Care International UK and the Alzheimer’s Society before joining Christian Aid in 1999 as head of human resources. She leads the department as it plays a central role in moving more staff and greater decision-making authority to the countries in which we work.
Martin Birch, finance and information systems
Martin Birch worked in financial services for several years before joining the voluntary sector in 1992, first working with ActionAid before joining Christian Aid in 2002. He helps the trustees govern the charity in line with best practice, works to determine who we target for funds in the corporate sector and looks for ways to reduce our carbon footprint.
He is also a non-executive director of The Climate Movement (Stop Climate Chaos).
Martin Kyndt, corporate affairs
Martin Kyndt has been involved in development for more than 20 years. He worked in Papua New Guinea as a teacher and later in Nigeria managing a volunteer programme, before returning to UK to do an MBA. He managed programmes in south Asia, Africa and Caribbean at Sight Savers International. He joined Christian Aid in 2002 as deputy international director.
He oversees our corporate strategies, leads on major organisational change and sets standards for our accountability, transparency and impact assessment.
Matthew Reed, marketing and supporter care
Matthew Reed became marketing and supporter care director in 2008, after joining Christian Aid in 2002. He is responsible for Christian Aid's voluntary income, the care of our superb supporters, and the relationship with the 41 Christian denominations that sponsor Christian Aid. He also oversees our websites, new marketing developments, the work of Christian Aid Ireland and Christian Aid in Scotland and Wales.
Matthew 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.
Paul Valentin, international director
Paul Valentin has worked in development for nearly three decades. He spent three years working with farmers in Kenya and eleven years in the Philippines, six of which he spent working with indigenous people. He moved to UK to manage Oxfam’s east Asia programme and then to the US in 2001 to head up Oxfam America’s worldwide programme.
He joined Christian Aid in 2004, helping to move the management of our development work to more than 25 devolved offices, giving us greater international presence.
Advocacy and communications director
We are currently recruiting for this senior-level position.