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Gender and Development Network

Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 39

  1. Awino Okech 2023–2025 Director View profile
  2. Leila Medina Billing 2021–2025 Director View profile
  3. Maria Varela-Garrido 2021–2021 Director View profile
  4. Chiara Capraro 2019–2026 Director View profile
  5. Saranel Benjamin 2019–2021 Director View profile
  6. Naana Maria Otoo-Oyortey 2019–2022 Director View profile
  7. Bryony Hannah Timms 2018–2025 Director View profile
  8. Disha Sughand 2018–2025 Director View profile
  9. Cristiana Conte 2016–2018 Director View profile
  10. Lee Margaret Webster 2016–2023 Director View profile
  11. Radha Chinnappa Wickremasinghe 2016–2019 Director View profile
  12. Daphne Jaysinghe 2014–2021 Director View profile
  13. Hawah Nyambay Bunduka 2014–2016 Director View profile
  14. Antonella Elizabeth Mancini 2014–2021 Director View profile
  15. Beverley Susan Duckworth 2014–2021 Director View profile
  16. Catherine Klirodotakou-Luscombe 2012–2019 Director View profile
  17. Anne Renee Brigitte Quesney 2012–2018 Director View profile
  18. Kathy Peach 2010–2011 Director View profile
  19. Helen Derbyshire 2010–2012 Director View profile
  20. Samantha Louise Diouf 2010–2015 Director View profile
  21. Rachel Lucy Carter 2010–2014 Director View profile
  22. Alexandra Nadja Dolata 2010–2013 Director View profile
  23. Jessica Lyndall Woodroffe 2010–2012 Director View profile
  24. Zohra Moosa 2010–2012 Director View profile
  25. Kanwaljeet Ahluwalia 2010–2018 Director View profile
  26. Emily Esplen 2010–2012 Director View profile
  27. Zohra Khan 2009–2009 Director View profile
  28. Dr Ines Alessandra Smyth 2009–2012 Director View profile
  29. Carolina Gottardo 2009–2010 Director View profile
  30. Kate Eleanor Bishop 2009–2009 Director View profile
  31. Dr Alyson Elizabeth Brody 2009–2012 Director View profile
  32. Ceri Elizabeth Hayes 2009–2009 Director View profile
  33. Catherine Sarah Frank 2022–2024 Secretary View profile
  34. Katherine Alice Herta Dean 2021–2022 Secretary View profile
  35. Samantha Jayne Streibl 2019–2021 Secretary View profile
  36. Natasha Piette Basheer 2018–2019 Secretary View profile
  37. Francesca Rhodes 2012–2015 Secretary View profile
  38. Lauren Donaldson 2010–2012 Secretary View profile
  39. Polly Trenow 2009–2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
28/07/2009
Also a registered charity
Gender and Development Network
Board analysis for researchers

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.

9 directors on the board

3.1y median 2.7y
average tenure
5.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Education 1

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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
06975360
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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