Mr Jan Krol (Netherlands) Co Chair
In 1982 Jan founded PSI Direct Response, an agency for consumer direct marketing and direct mail production, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Through the years PSI specialized in direct marketing for charities and other non-profit organisations like unions and charity lotteries. Today (2008) Jan is chair of PSI Group and publisher of Vakblad Fondsenwerving (Funds Magazine) with a magazine, websites, job-board, a programme with 40 workshops and masterclasses through the year and an annual congress and exhibition on fundraising in the Netherlands. Jan is also founder (in 2005) and director of the Animal Care Foundation (Stiching DierenLot) in the Netherlands.

Mr Steve Thomas (Canada) Co Chair
Steve is the founder of Canada’s first direct response fundraising agency, Stephen Thomas. He has been a fundraiser for almost 30 years and lectures worldwide. He is also one of the founders of the Canadian Fund Raising Congress.

Ms Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (Ghana)
Bisi is the Executive Director and one of the co-founders of African Women’s Development Fund, the first Africa-wide grant-making initiative for African women’s organisations. Prior to her current position, she was the Director of Akina Mama wa Africa (AMwA), an international development organisation for African women.

Akwasi Aidoo is the Executive Director of TrustAfrica, an African foundation that is dedicated to strengthening African initiatives for regional integration, peace and development. Akwasi serves on the boards and committees of several nonprofits, including Oxfam America, Global Fund for Community Foundations, Africa Grant-makers’ Affinity Group, and the international committee of the Council on Foundations. His current professional interest centers on the development of grant-making institutions in Africa.

MRS RATI FORBES (India) 

Rati is a graduate from the Bombay University in Psychology and Sociology. 

Rati has been Director at the Forbes Marshall Group of companies since 1992.  She has been responsible for the group’s Human Relations and Welfare activities.  She has been keenly involved in the community development projects of Kasarwadi, Morwadi and Bopkhel; all of which lie in the neighbourhood of the Forbes Marshall factories in Poona.  She has initiated several programmes for under-priveleged women and children from these communities; focusing mainly on health, education and women’s empowerment. She also assists with the administration and running of the Shehernaz Medicare center; a 35 bedded hospital providing heavily subsidized medical care to the local community; this is located on the factory’s campus. In 2004, Forbes Marshall began a partnership with Dr Reddys Foundation in Hyderabad, working on a training program to ensure employment for youth from underprivileged backgrounds. This has resulted in almost 90% of the youth who attended the programs gaining employment. In order to spread the program further in Poona, this program will now be supported as a Pune city corporate consortium.

Ms Rory Francisco-Tolentino (Philippines) 
Aurora (Rory) Tolentino is the Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium (APPC), A network of organisations dedicated to promoting the flow and effectiveness of philanthropy in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining APPC, she served from 1999-2002 as the Executive Director of Ayala Foundation in the Philippines. Until 1998 Ms Tolentino was the executive director of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the country's largest grantmaking and project-implementing foundation supported by contributions from some 172 member corporations.

Ms Norma Galafassi (Argentina)
Norma is the Director of "in2action", a full service fundraising firm based in Buenos Aires and London serving local and international organisations worldwide. She is an experienced consultant and internationally recognised trainer. Norma was the first Fundraising Manager for UNICEF in Argentina and is one of the founders and a board member of the Argentinean Fundraisers Association.

Ms Petra Ingram (UK)
Petra Ingram joined Sightsavers International in October 2003 and has responsibility for finance, IT and corporate Governance. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and an active member of the UK Charity Finance Directors Group.

Mr Marcos Kisil (Brazil)

Dr. Kisil is a well-known expert in private social investment in Latin America having spent more than 15 years as Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan. He is currently President of the Institute for the Development of Social Investment, a leading institution in promoting philanthropy in Latin America – a member of Charity Aid Foundation International Network, and CEO of Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Foundation, a family foundation created in 1965 focused in health, child development and environment. Besides, he is a professor at the University of São Paulo’s School of Public Health. He serves as Board member of several organizations including the Brazilian branch of the BirdLife International and Resource Alliance. He is a founder member of WINGS – Worldwide Initiative in Grantmaking Support. Dr. Kisil has a Medical Degree from the University of São Paulo and received a PhD in Public Administration from George Washington University (SGBA). He is a senior fellow of Synergos Institute and a member of the editorial board of the Alliance Magazine. 

Mr Bernard Ross (UK) 
Bernard Ross is director of The Management Centre (=mc) =mc is the international training and consultancy organisation which exists to transform the effectiveness of not-for-profit organisations worldwide. Bernard is one of Europe's leading authorities on fundraising and management in the not-for-profit sector. For over 18 years he has advised NGO's, public sector and cultural organisations on fundraising issues. He has written and published widely on strategy and leadership.

Mr Zoltan Valcsicsak (Hungary)
Zoltan is Senior Manager of Community Affairs at Levi Strauss Europe. He is responsible for allocating a Community Investment budget to non-profits; cultivating the employee volunteer programme; developing branded philanthropy projects and raising awareness of the company´s values and social responsibility programmes.