Our Board
Meet the board that governs Population Matters!
Their responsibilities include developing and reviewing strategy; monitoring performance; setting values, policies, and standards; ensuring adherence to aims, good governance, proper risk management; and compliance with legal requirements and obligations to stakeholders.
The Board
Chair, Sara Parkin
Sara is the principal associate at the Sustainability Literacy Project, and has campaigned and taught on sustainability for more than 40 years. She was a founder-director of Forum for the Future, alongside PM President Jonathon Porritt.
Zainab Aliyu
Zainab has over 13 years of experience working at the intersection of climate action, policy, and philanthropy. She has been instrumental in designing and implementing vital climate justice initiatives, managing various programs aimed at empowering grassroots organisations and global climate movements, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Zainab serves on the Advisory Board of the Water Justice Fund and is a 2023 Fellow of Women for the Environment Africa (WE Africa). Additionally, she is the co-founder of ReImagine Change, a non-profit organisation that supports grassroots organisations, movement teams, and philanthropic actors globally.
Simone Filippini
As a senior Dutch diplomat, Ambassador Filippini served as Head of the Gender, SRHR and Women’s Rights department in the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consul-General for the Southeastern United States and Dutch Caribbean, and Ambassador to North Macedonia. In January 2023, she started a new role as Chairperson of the Dutch International Commission for social and environmental Impact Assessment.
Iain Heaton
Iain is a qualified accountant. He spent the first nine years of his career working at Deloitte. He then moved into the charity sector and currently is Deputy CEO & CFO for Blue Cross, the animal welfare charity. Before going into finance he studied biology at Imperial college and is passionate about the natural world and the need for people to find a sustainable way of living alongside all the other species on earth.
Lisa Mitchell
Lisa is a qualified accountant and managing director with responsibility for finance and operations at a niche consultancy business. She has previously been a non-executive director in the charity sector and has led finance operations teams for over 20 years in professional services firms, PWC and Arthur Andersen.
Simon Moore
Simon is passionate about communications for social change. Over the past 20 years he has worked with organisations focused on HIV, sexual health, and wider global health; conflict prevention, peace-building and democracy; and broader international development issues. He also has experience as a strategic communications consultant for a range of third sector organisations. Simon has a MSc in Behaviour Change and an MA in International Policy and Diplomacy.
Vicky Poll
Vicky has always been passionate about creating environments for life to thrive and studied genetics at UCL to better understand our foundations and the interplay between nature and nurture. Since then, her career has been focussed on people and organisation development (OD), with roles in talent, learning and OD across a number of different sectors including not for profit, defence, energy and healthcare. She’s always loved the outdoor environment and is an enthusiastic gardener, as well as a keen sailor, climber, skier and walker.
Stacy N. Taylor
Stacy is the Director of Income for Global Canopy. Over her 25-year career, she has worked with organisations focussed on addressing the climate crisis, protecting human rights, improving health, and championing animal welfare. Stacy’s dedication to these causes includes senior development roles at Founders Pledge, World Animal Protection, Global Witness, Physicians for Human Rights, and The Carter Center.
Anup Tiwari
Anup is the Chief Community Health Officer at DocOnline Consulting, an Indo-Swedish digital health organisation. With over two decades in the development sector, Anup has extensive experience in collaborating with stakeholders in retail, institutions, CSR, HNIs, and multi & bi-lateral agencies. His expertise spans healthcare, livelihood, education, early childhood development, and disaster response. Anup previously led Fund Development & Communications at SOS Children’s Villages International, overseeing the 15 countries in Asia region. He also served on SOS Children’s Villages boards in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Anup honed his skills at HelpAge, Charities Aid Foundation, and CRY-Child Rights & You before taking pivotal roles at UNICEF in Indonesia and India and ActionAid Indonesia. Beginning with marketing divisions at Macmillan and Reed Elsevier, Anup holds an MBA and a diploma in Public Relations from the London School of PR.
