About our executive director

Rose is a qualified chartered accountant with 14 years’ experience in the not-for-profit sector. She has a wealth of experience in business and operational planning, finance and management.

With Concern

Whilst with Concern, Rose has worked in the field as an accountant and as assistant country director in Zimbabwe. Other assignments have been in Kosovo, Angola, Burundi and Rwanda. In November 2008, Rose was appointed executive director of Concern Worldwide (UK).

Before Concern

Rose qualified as a chartered accountant in 1993 after training with KPMG.  After qualifying, she worked in the private sector as an internal auditor and then as a management consultant with BDO Stoy Hayward.

She was then appointed assistant director with Refugee Housing Association. There, she was responsible for business and operational planning, business improvement projects and performance management systems. Rose was previously director of finance for a Northern Irish charity which provided care and accommodation to people with mental illnesses and learning disabilities.

Growth in the UK

Rose is leading the organisation to increase its influence and size in the UK. Her other engagements include: 

• Trustee of Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)
• Vice chair of Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA)