Speaker Sanj Srikanthan - "Going the Last Mile as a Humanitarian"
Wed, Aug 25th 2021 at 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Robert will be having Mike show the Rotary Together Talk by the Chief Executive of ShelterBox. The meeting will be held by Zoom video conference.
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A former Captain in the British Army, Sanj has been leading teams in adversity over the last two decades; from peacekeeping operations on the Iran-Iraq border, to responding to Ebola outbreaks in Liberia.
Before joining the ShelterBox Team in December 2019, he worked at the International Rescue Committee for 10 years where he progressed to Senior Vice President for Europe and Executive Director for the UK. He was voted as one of the London Evening Standard’s ‘changemakers’ in 2018.
During his career, Sanj has had significant first-hand experience of humanitarian work. In a previous role at IRC, he worked as an Emergency Field Director, leading response teams supporting communities in many countries including Mali, South Sudan, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey.
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