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Suresh Lalvani has joined IHEU as Director of Operations from 1 January, 2004, having been involved with IHEU since October 2003 as a volunteer.

Suresh is qualified as a chartered company secretary and accountant. His role at IHEU will be as Company Secretary, taking responsibility for financial management, fundraising, and servicing the membership, supporters, and Executive Committee. He will be responsible for managing the IHEU office and staff. He will be directly accountable to the Executive Committee via the First Vice President.

Suresh’s early career was in financial management with international corporations. For the past 20 years, he has worked as finance and administrative director with a number of international NGOs. He has visited and reviewed programmes in over twenty countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. He maintained contact and relations with government and non-government officials, agencies, and sources of funding.