Meet the staff - part 1

A small secretariat supports the Trustees, Steering Committee and National Chapters, raises funds and works with other stakeholders in the West and in Muslim countries/communities. Meet James Shaw-Hamilton and Shahira Maarouf:

James Shaw-Hamilton, Director 
(james@humanitarianforum.org)

Before joining The Humanitarian Forum, James was the head of the Charity Commissions International Programme, which works with Governments and NGOs in several countries to a build healthy, independent and accountable sector, and was previously Legal Counsel at the International Save the Children Alliance. James has a MA in International Relations and is a qualified lawyer.

                                   
Shahira Maarouf, Programme Manager 
(shahira@humanitarianforum.org)

Shahira assists the national Humanitarian Forums in our pilot countries to develop national forums, and acts as their first point of contact with the other parts of the Humanitarian Forum.Shahira was a Senior Researcher at the World Food Programme in Cairo,conducting joint research projects and monitoring programmes.She has also worked at the Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation,where she carried out macroeconomic studies and designed impact evaluations of foreign funded programmes.