We're a dedicated, diverse team. Together we transform lives.
World Vision is an international partnership of 37,000 staff, supporters, volunteers and partners in almost 100 countries.
We have more than 200 staff in the UK.
Meet a few people who are transforming the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable children, starting with our senior leadership team.
World Vision UK currently employs more than 200 people in our Milton Keynes and London offices.
Led by CEO Fola Komolafe, we have passionate and talented staff from all over the world.
Fola has been Chief Executive since October 2023. She brings to the role a breadth of skills, knowledge and experience from both within the charity sector and the world of business.
Fola’s extensive portfolio includes senior roles for large multinationals including HSBC, IBM and Mazars, where she was a UK partner and Global Lead for International Development.
As CEO of Indisys Business Solutions, she provided strategic direction and philanthropy advice to several large UK Christian charities, and directed a portfolio of award-winning development projects across multiple countries for the Open University.
Her deep connection to World Vision UK includes previously serving as vice-chair on our Board of Trustees.
Fola is a passionate and committed Christian who has served pastorally and in church leadership for more than thirty years. She is married to Kay and they are blessed with three wonderful children.
Helen joined World Vision UK in January 2021. She brings a passion for creating meaningful partnerships with philanthropists and corporates, to achieve impact for the world’s most vulnerable children.
She has a Masters in Developments Studies from SOAS and 15 years of experience working with the private sector, philanthropists, and trusts and foundations on the major issues facing children all over the world. She's previously worked at Save the Children, Crown Agents and UNICEF.
Helen lives in Milton Keynes with her husband, Jarryl and children, who keep her permanently on her toes. She attends the Apostolic Faith Church of Oxford.
David has worked in international development for over twenty years, working for World Vision in the UK, Angola, Switzerland and Costa Rica.
He has a Bachelor of Economic and Social Studies from the University of Wales and a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.
David lives near Northampton with his wife Felicia and has three children, Sofia, Daniel and Emma. Raised the son of a Baptist minister, David has had a multi-denominational faith journey and attends Central Vineyard Church in Northampton.
Jonathan has been working with World Vision UK for a number of years across the marketing, advocacy and business excellence teams. He’s passionate about releasing the potential in people and organisations to serve vulnerable children and does so through his work at World Vision UK and through voluntary work in his local community.
He has a Bachelor of Marketing, is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and has studied personality profiling and organisation design and development, which he uses in leading change.
Jonathan lives in Milton Keynes with his family and attends the churches in his local Benefice of St George the Martyr and Holy Trinity.
Ann joined World Vision in 2022. She brings over 30 years’ experience in the people and organisational development field to World Vision. Her experience spans the university sector, the public sector and she has worked in the charity sector for the last 10 years.
Ann has an undergraduate degree in employee relations and psychology and a Master's degree in Human Resource Management as well as being a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Ann believes that an organisation’s success is driven by its people and is working to ensure that World Vision UK’s employees can continually be their very best, to deliver our important mission.
Ann was raised in the Roman Catholic faith and lives in Milton Keynes with her husband and two daughters; she has more recently followed the Church of England.
In her personal life, Ann volunteers with British Cycling and in her local community.
Sneha was appointed as Interim CFO in 2023, having previously worked for World Vision and the YMCA in finance leadership, change and advisory roles in the UK and Mongolia.
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sneha began her career at PwC and subsequently made the switch to the social benefit sector, compelled by her passion for matters of justice and mercy.
Sneha spent her childhood in India and Botswana, and now lives in Newport Pagnell with her husband and young daughter. They attend Grace Church, Milton Keynes.
To give you a sense of us, here are just a few stories of our incredible staff team based in Milton Keynes and London.
I started off as a volunteer in my community back in 2001. Then I worked at World Vision Kenya and now I’m at World Vision UK!
It is a privilege to be a part of a Christian organisation that is making an incredible impact in the world. We serve the most vulnerable children in different regions and their communities. It's incredible to be part of children's transformation journey - and we are all transformed as we serve.
Watch Lydia talk about her experiences as a child in rural Kenya - and how things have changed.
I came to World Vision from a career as a manager in retail. I was disillusioned with my job and wanted to feel like I was using my skills to do something positive.
I joined the finance team at first but then I volunteered to help at events and realised that my retail experience might translate to this type of fundraising work. So I joined our Public Engagement team soon after. Now I lead our teams working in Church Engagement and Legacies – engaging supporters to fund our incredible work. It’s a lot of fun, and really rewarding.
I've had many roles at World Vision. I joined to manage projects in West Africa, then oversaw our work in three regions across the world. I consequently worked in the strategy and philanthropy teams. Now I work with our Chief Executive and Strategic Leadership Team, as well as leading our performance management processes. I was apprehensive at first: I had two young children and hadn’t lived in the UK for 12 years. But I’ve found I can bring my whole self to work. I’ve been encouraged to constantly learn and develop, and recently completed a Level 4 Project Management apprenticeship.
Our trustees are volunteers with a wealth of experience in business, communications, international development and faith. They are responsible for key strategic decisions.
Douglas was appointed Chair of the World Vision UK Board in March 2022. He joined the Board in March 2017 and was Vice Chair from March 2019. Douglas is a member of the Board Development Committee.
Douglas was Chief Executive of Scottish Water for over 10 years until stepping down in May 2023. He was previously Scottish Water's finance and regulation director and has worked in the water sector in Scotland for 27 years.
Douglas is a Court Member and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee of the University of Edinburgh, a Lay Member of the General Medical Council and a Board Member of the Scottish Government’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation Delivery Board.
Douglas has been a member of St Paul’s & St George’s Church, Edinburgh for over 30 years and is a former Chair of the church Vestry.
Mark Parsons leads on enterprise partnerships for the Commercial Banking Division of NatWest. Previous roles include Head of Customer Experience in NatWest Business Banking, and Head of Community Finance and Social Enterprise.
Mark began his career in politics as an international development policy specialist before moving on to public affairs roles at RBS and the London Stock Exchange. Mark currently serves on the Business in the Community (BITC) Small Business Taskforce, ensuring local businesses across the UK have access to knowledge and support they need to be more successful.
Mark served on the Board from February 2012 to March 2021 and re-joined the Board in March 2022 for a fourth term of service and is a member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee and Board Development Committee. In September 2023, Mark was appointed as Vice Chair of World Vision UK.
Jude joined the Board of World Vision UK in September 2021.
Jude is the Managing Principal of JA Group & Co, an investment and advisory firm in London, having previously served in senior coverage roles at J.P. Morgan and Standard Chartered. He’s also a venture capitalist with Cornerstone Partners, an angel syndicate he co-founded to back unrepresented founders. Jude’s board experience spans finance, insurance, fintech, and charitable organisations.
Simon joined the Board of World Vision UK in March 2016 and is a member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee.
Simon is a retired fundraising and marketing specialist. Recent roles included Fundraising Director at Kidney Research UK and a Sue Ryder Hospice and consultancy work with MHA. Prior to that Simon was Director of Fundraising at The Children’s Society, NCH and Acorns Children’s Hospice. He’s also been a Senior Consultant with THINK Consulting Solutions and involved in voluntary sector management and marketing for over 26 years.
Andrew joined the Board of World Vision UK in 2021 and was appointed Chair of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee in March 2022.
Andrew currently serves as a board director of Cranfield School of Management (UK), Independent Non-Executive Director at Navigators Underwriting Agency Limited (a subsidiary of the Hartford Insurance Group) and Senior Advisor at Helios Investment Partners LLP.
Andrew was previously Group CEO for Alexander Forbes Group; Chairman of Lane, Clark and Peacock (LCP) specialising in UK pensions, investment and insurance consultancy; CEO, Sun Life Financial International and CEO, Old Mutual Bermuda. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School with a Master of Business Administration degree from Cranfield School of Management.
Marcus joined World Vision International in February 2017 following a career in marketing and communications, working for global brands such as Ford Motor Company, Cable and Wireless, Motorola, Google and Lenovo. Marcus joined World Vision International’s Executive Team in 2019 and is now World Vision International’s Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. He has responsibility for fundraising, global product innovation, global brand, content-driven storytelling and public engagement.
Marcus joined the Board of World Vision UK in June 2018 and is a member of the Board Development Committee and is also a member of World Vision Singapore’s Advisory Council.
David has been Rector of St Paul’s and St George’s (known as Ps and Gs) Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh since 2000, having joined the Church as Associate Rector in 1996. He is a member of the UK Council for the Evangelical Alliance, the Scottish Executive for the Evangelical Alliance and Chair of Alpha Scotland. In 2019, David’s church was the pilot for the launch of World Vision UK’s Chosen child sponsorship experience, as over 200 children in northern Uganda chose Ps and Gs’ members to be their sponsors.
David joined the Board of World Vision in September 2015. Alongside his usual Trustee duties, David is responsible for helping the organisation network through the Christian community, expressing our Christian identity in word and action and living out our faith with boldness and humility.
Nicolette joined World Vision UK in September 2023. Following a career in marketing advertising and brand strategy.
She is a Global Marketing, Customer & Innovation Leader with extensive Brand and Agency experience, her formative career was spent at Unilever, integrating and growing market share for flagship beauty brands, after which she joined IDV / Diageo as its youngest ever female board member, presiding over a period of significant growth.
Her agency experience spans global strategy, communications, and innovation roles for top companies, including Ogilvy, DDB, WCRS and Grey, where she delivered award-winning work for brands such as Dove, Volvic, P&G, Nestle Purina, Homebase, ao.com, Marks and Spencer, Starbucks and PepsiCo.
Catherine joined the Board of World Vision UK in October 2020 and is a member of the Board Development Committee.
Catherine was Chief Commercial and Legal Officer for Jack Nadel International Limited until February 2022 following a career in local government in London as a solicitor for over 20 years. Catherine is passionate about seeing transformation in people’s lives. She supports a ministry in Kenya and has served on the board of Directors for CAPE, a mental health charity in West London, since 2008.
We have staff in almost 100 countries and are led by President and CEO of World Vision, Andrew Morley.
Andrew became President in early 2019, but had been working for World Vision for many years before.
He joined World Vision after leading and building successful international organisations. He has worked for brands such as Google Mobility Motorola Mobile, Sky Television, Harrods Group and Ford Motor Company and was the CEO of Clear Channel UK.
Andrew has a BA Honours degrees in Marketing and Theology. He is a member of a long-distance cycling team and enjoys running. Andrew is married to Vanessa and they have two teenage children, Lewis and James.
I know the importance of our mission, and the more I witness our global impact, the prouder I am of our approach to development and relief.
Andrew Morley
President of World Vision International
