Josephine A. Apira

Josephine A. Apira, born and raised in Uganda, is currently a refugee living in the UK. She is a human rights activist and is the present Chair of the Ugandan Sustainable Development Initiative (USDI). In 1986, Josephine was running the World Bank’s regional reconstruction programme in Northern Uganda, when President Museveni came to power. After witnessing numerous atrocities being committed in Northern Uganda by Museveni’s National Resistance Army (NRA), she fled firstly to Southern Sudan, then to Kenya, before being granted a visa to enter the UK.

Anik Asad

Anik Asad is an Anthropologist and at the same time he is a devoted Social Worker and Human Rights Activist working for the advancement for the most marginalized people of Bangladesh. He started his career as an academician in a public university as an Anthropologists but ultimately he changed his career and became a social worker and a human rights activist to pursue his commitments towards the most marginalized people of Bangladesh as he sees the advancement of society in the lanes of an anthropological world view.

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CDLS Steering Group

  • Chris Evans
  • Rhamis Kent
  • Alan Channer
  • Alan Laubsch
  • Benjamin Callison
  • Chris Evans
  • Jonathan Dudding
  • Meera Shah
  • Nicholas Foster
  • Olivia Lazard
  • Peter Rundell
  • Tom Duncan
  • Patrick Worms
  • Rishab Khanna
  • Dr. Bremley W.B. Lyngdoh

Lisa Yasko

Lisa Yasko is the Founder of the NGO Yellow Blue Strategy, and a producer of documentary films about Crimea and the history of the KGB for Aljazeera, ZDF, ARTE. She holds a Master of Public Policy Degree from Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and was the first Ukrainian to graduate from the School. Lisa also has expertise in music as a tool for social impact.

Bremley W.B. Lyngdoh

Dr. Bremley W.B. Lyngdoh has 20 years of experience working with governments, IGOs, NGOs and the private sector on the development of a range of innovative projects in Asia, Africa and South America. One of the main aims of the projects was to produce ecologically sound and economically viable activities that contribute directly to reducing rural poverty. The other was to generate productive sustainable livelihoods for vulnerable local communities. He is the CEO and Founder of Worldview Impact, an NGO based in London.

Rishab Khanna

Rishabh Khanna is the Chief Impact Officer at Earthbanc, and on the Executive Committee of Initiatives for Land, Lives and Peace (ILLP). He  is driven by his calling to strike a balance between social and ecological systems. For over 10 years he has focused on applying new economic and business models that are in accordance with the planet and all its creatures. He founded the Indian Youth Climate Network.

Pinaki Dasgupta

Pinaki Dasgupta is a certified environmental, safety and risk management expert working on process engineering, environmental and sustainability projects across India. His experience spans 15 years in scientific research, policy interventions, capacity building and project implementation. His vision is to have a socially, culturally and scientifically enriched global community. He is particularly interested in innovation, science and culture.

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