International Young Campaigner
Alistair Clay
Alistair is currently senior press officer at international children's charirty Plan.
Before joining Plan Alistair spent ten years working as a journalist for the Daily Mirror and ITV Teletext.
During his time as a reporter he worked on a number of succesful campaigns and covered many high profile news stories.
Connie Wessels
Connie Wessels has worked in the youth sector for four years, encouraging young people to take positive action for change. Connie recently moved from a Policy and Advocacy role at Girlguiding UK to the Youth Team at UNICEF UK, where she will support young people's advocacy and campaigning on issues such as HIV and AIDS, sex and relationships education, and child trafficking. Connie has a Masters in Gender and Politics from Birkbeck College and a Bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations from the LSE. She is passionate about action for gender equity, action against gender violence, sex and relationships education, poverty eradication, and environmental sustainability.
Lyndall Stein (Chair)
Lyndall Stein is a leading authority in campaigning, income generation and communications.
She has been Executive Director of Concern UK since 2004. She was responsible for launching the new UK Charity, whose HQ is based in Dublin, and developing the founding Board of Trustees.
Prior to that she was recruited to ActionAid as International Marketing Director, to lead a major change process to raise profile, develop campaigning, and create new income.
She was Interim Director of Marketing at the Terrence Higgins Trust 97-99 and Head of Fundraising from '92-'95. She was the first Fundraising Director for the Big Issue Foundation from '95-'97.
Lyndall developed the first individual fundraising program for the African National Congress in the 80's and Chaired Votes for Freedom, the initiative that raised several million for South Africa's first democratic election.
She is founder Editor of Positive Lives, a ten year photographic project showing the global human response to HIV/AIDS, an exhibition seen worldwide by over two million people worldwide - and Co Founder of HIVI International, a volunteer group committed to raising support for the HIV crisis in the developing world.
