About the Trustees  

Six Trustees run IPP. Four are based in England, one in Nigeria and one in the United States of America. One new Trustee is currently being sought. IPP’s governing document is its Declaration of Trust dated 2 November 2002.

The three key tasks of the Trustees are:

1. To continually enhance the quality of the Briefings;
2. To evaluate the analyses against future events;
3. To develop a Code of Conduct relating to the Trust and its activities.

All contributors to IPP Briefings will be obliged to accept this Code as a condition of participation to encourage fair treatment by all concerned and to prevent discrimination

IPP Trustees (as at February 2024)

Yvonne Kuimba

MBA Business Finance, MA in Global Political Economy (1996-98)

Currently Head of AI and Data at the TM Forum, based in the UK. This follows 23 years leading functions delivering Digital Innovations, Enterprise Business start-ups, Network Modernisations, Business Operations Management, Service Delivery and Transformation programmes for Econet Wireless, T-Systems Ltd, HP – Enterprise Services Ltd and Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Ltd.

She has been involved in supporting the aftercare of Rape victims, agro-forestry and development projects, focused on Africa, and has acted on the Boards of Partnership on Rape Aftercare (PoRA) supports the Adult Rape Clinic in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Growth (ZG) Club and Zimbabwe Diaspora Development Interface, a fundraising and skills network community organisation.

Dr Tony Lemon

Emeritus Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford and retired University Lecturer in Geography.

Political geographer specialising in South and southern Africa, with publications spanning the geography of apartheid and post-apartheid reconstruction, school education in South Africa and Zimbabwe, elections and democratic consolidation, urban (de)segregation, small states and regional integration.

Leslie Maruziva

The Brunel/Henley MBA – Brunel Business School, UK

Currently Strategic Accounts Lead (Regions) in BAM Nuttall Ltd, a leading civil engineering and construction firm, with a responsibility for key relationships with clients across the UK and in international markets. His speciality is project finance and business development with a specific focus on bridging the relationship between his company and the UK Government to pursue international projects.

Previous roles included private sector management consultancy and, before that, four years at the London Mayor’s economic development department in a range of roles including innovation and knowledge transfer management.

Dr Edward Mogire

PhD in Peace Studies, University of Bradford                                      
Thesis: Refugee Flows and Security in East Africa: Implications for Host States’ Security.

Previously Visiting Professor, Nagoya University, Japan; and post-doctoral Research Fellow at Bonn International Centre for Conversion. Then Research Fellow in international conflict at Kingston University, England.

Currently a civil servant in a UK government department.

PhD in Economics, University of Vienna

Senior Lecturer and Head of Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Management of Development Projects, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya. Currently on sabbatical in the USA where he is an Adjunct Professor at the Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 

 
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Chairman

Fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers

Served the Nigerian Air Force for over 30 years in Engineering, Training and Logistics Units rising to become Air Officer Logistics HQ NAF and Air Officer Commanding Logistics Command before voluntarily retiring. He is presently a consultant on defence policy issues.

 Updated: 6 February 2024