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The Arthur McDougall Fund

Who We Are: The Board


The Board of ERIS is appointed by the Electoral Reform Society to meld their experience of the the Electoral world with business and project management, so as to maintain ERIS in a sustainable, long-term position as the credible leading provider of Electoral Assistance and Democratisation.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Angus Cameron

Director

Associate Partner with IBM's Global Business Services division.

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Angus Cameron

Kaye Oliver, CMG, OBE

Director

Former Ambassador to Rwanda & Burundi, and High Commissioner to Lesotho.

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Kaye Oliver, CMG, OBE

Dr Garth Glentworth

Director

Dr. Glentworth retired from the Department for International Development in February 2005 after 27 years with that organisation and its predecessors. He played a major role at DFID in the build-up of the priority sector now known as "Governance."

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David Mathieson

Director/Treasurer

Engineer and information systems technologist, specializing in administrative systems, business processes, planning, and operations.  Also a consultant, interim manager, and IT Director.

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David Mathieson

Sam Younger

Director

Currently interim Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society. Will take up the role of Chief Executive of the Charity Commission in September.

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Sam Younger

Keith Best

Chairman

Chairman of ERIS since 2007, and Chief Executive of the Immigration Advisory Service since 1993.

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Keith Best

Eric Syddique

Secretary

Former chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society

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James Blair

Director

Head of international resourcing at Crown Agents and former Director of Programmes

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James Blair

Derek MacLeod

Director

International Officer for the Middle East and Africa, University of Edinburgh

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Derek MacLeod

Dame Audrey Glover DBE CMG

Director

Human rights lawyer, former Legal Counsellor at the FCO, Director of ODIHR from 1994 to 1997, and Head of the UK Delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission.

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Dame Audrey Glover DBE CMG