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Rift Valley Research Limited
Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Awak BiorDirector · since 2026
- Professor Munzoul Abdalla Munzoul AssalDirector · since 2025
- Professor Terrence Patrick LyonsDirector · since 2025
- Professor Laura Christine HammondDirector · since 2025
- Paul MurphyDirector · since 2025
- Lillian Wairimu GithukaDirector · since 2024
- Joanna Oyediran AdenineDirector · since 2024
- Timothy James WoodwardDirector · since 2024
- Dr Kenneth John MenkhausDirector · since 2024
- Dr Sharath SrinivasanDirector · since 2023
- Mary Walker HarperDirector · since 2022
- Haile MenkeriosDirector · since 2021
- Margie Buchanan SmithDirector · since 2019
Previous officers 13
- Hala Yassin Elkarib 2022-2025 View profile
- Andrew Douglas Carl 2018-2021 View profile
- Ali Hersi 2018-2023 View profile
- Dr Leben Nelson Moro 2018-2026 View profile
- Christopher Roland Maynard 2017-2024 View profile
- Dr Comfort Ekhuase Ero 2016-2023 View profile
- Ann Grant 2011-2019 View profile
- Mohamed Osman 2009-2018 View profile
- Lindsey Margaret Hilsum 2009-2018 View profile
- Professor Justin Willis 2006-2016 View profile
- Alan Craigie Lamb 2004-2010 View profile
- John Rowland Ryle 2001-2017 View profile
- Sarah Marian Olney 2001-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities; Cultural education; Archives activities
- Incorporated
- 16/08/2001
- Registered office
- Oxford
- Also a registered charity
- Rift Valley Research Limited
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
13 directors on the board
- Dr Sharath Srinivasan Director · appointed 2023
- Awak Bior Director · appointed 2026
- Margie Buchanan Smith Director · appointed 2019
- Lillian Wairimu Githuka Director · appointed 2024
- Joanna Oyediran Adenine Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Munzoul Abdalla Munzoul Assal Director · appointed 2025
- Professor Laura Christine Hammond Director · appointed 2025
- Mary Walker Harper Director · appointed 2022
- Paul Murphy Director · appointed 2025
- Timothy James Woodward Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Kenneth John Menkhaus Director · appointed 2024
- Haile Menkerios Director · appointed 2021
- Professor Terrence Patrick Lyons Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Margie Buchanan Smith Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Awak Bior Director · appointed 2026
- Margie Buchanan Smith Director · appointed 2019
- Lillian Wairimu Githuka Director · appointed 2024
- Joanna Oyediran Adenine Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Munzoul Abdalla Munzoul Assal Director · appointed 2025
- Mary Walker Harper Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Kenneth John Menkhaus Director · appointed 2024
- Haile Menkerios Director · appointed 2021
- Professor Terrence Patrick Lyons Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Sharath Srinivasan Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Laura Christine Hammond Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Murphy Director · appointed 2025
- Timothy James Woodward Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Leben Nelson Moro Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04271537
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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