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Executive Committee


An Executive Committee
oversees the work of CHRI London and is actively engaged in policy making, profile building, fund raising and networking in support of the organisation. The Committee is made up of nine members who are either co-opted, or who are representatives of the following Commonwealth associations: Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA), Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA), Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA), Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Commonwealth Press Union (CPU), and Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA). The Committee members are listed below:

Dr. Neville Linton, Chair of the Executive Committee is a Consultant in Politcal Affairs, specialises in Democratisation and Human Rights issues in transitional societies. Previously he was a political scientist at the University of the West Indies before serving as a senior official at the Commonwealth Secretariat. Currently he is a Senior Adviser with Transparency International and works on corruption issues in Africa and the Caribbean.

Dr. Neville Linton – Chair of the Executive Committee
Ms. Lindsay Ross (CPU) – Vice Chair
Mr. Austin Davis (CLEA)
Ms. Meenakshi Dhar (CPA)
Baroness Francis D’Souza CMG (co-opted)
Mr. Derek Ingram OBE (CJA)
Ms. Claire Martin (CLA)
Mr. Syed Sharfuddin (co-opted)
Ms. Elizabeth Smith OBE (CBA)