Concern Board of Directors

Zamila Bunglawala is an international public policy expert, currently on sabbatical from her role in the Cabinet Office (UK). She is the former International Director at the UK Department for Education and has previously worked with the Open Society Foundation, the Brookings Institution and the United Nations in Sudan and Nepal.

Zamila is a member of the sub-committee on Workplace Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and has previously served on the Remuneration and Succession committee and as a Trustee of Concern Worldwide (UK). The key expertise that Zamila brings to the Board is her knowledge and experience of working with other organisation in the sector and her expertise in the area of HR/Diversity/Equality.

Colin has served on the Board of Concern Worldwide since 2012 and on the Board of Trustees of Concern Worldwide (UK) since 2021. He has also served on the Remuneration and Succession Committee of the Board in Dublin and a number of other Board sub-committees and ad hoc committees over his tenure to date.

In the past, Colin has served on the Consumer Foods Board of Bord Bia and, to December 2018, was CEO of Glanbia Consumer Foods – Ireland’s largest consumer food company. He served for several years on the Board of the Marketing Institute of Ireland and as Chair of Ibec’s Food Drink Ireland trade association.

Colin has worked on a number of government and non-government advisory groups looking at the role of industry, agriculture and food in a wider context. He has served on the advisory panel of Amnesty International Ireland’s report “In Plain Sight: Responding to the Ferns, Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports”.

Colin is an alumnus of Trinity College Dublin and UCD, is a Fellow of the Marketing Institute of Ireland, and holds a Financial Times Diploma in Non-Executive Directorship.

Vincent Murphy is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Director and has worked as a senior professional leader in publicly listed and private companies operating in Ireland and internationally. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and a Masters of Accountancy Degree with University College Dublin. He is the Finance Director and Company Secretary with Aviva Stadium and is the Company Secretary and a member of the Finance Committee with Concern Worldwide.

David Ritchie is Chief Officer of the Representative Church Body (RCB) and Secretary General of the Church of Ireland. The RCB is a charity and trustee body, providing governance, communications, payroll, pension, safeguarding, property, and fund management services for the Church of Ireland. David is a former Director of the financial services company De Lage Landen, part of the Rabobank Group, and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, holds an MBA from University College Dublin and is a qualified Civil Engineer. David worked for Concern in Cambodia and Rwanda, is a trustee of Concern Worldwide (UK) and has previously chaired the Concern Worldwide Finance Committee.

Kevin Doris is a broadcast journalist from Uganda. She has worked extensively on radio and television in Uganda and with the BBC and Norwegian Broadcasting services. She covered COP 15 and its preparations in Denmark. She was the first journalist to interview war criminal Joseph Kony in his hideout in South Sudan. Kevin also presented an award-winning documentary “Kevin: Will my people find peace” which examined how victims of Kony’s so-called Lord’s Resistance Army managed their trauma on their return to their homes.

Kevin also consulted with Creative Associates International, a Washington DC based development organisation. Kevin Doris has a strong interest in development and has been involved in media and development activities in Uganda. She has a degree in Development Studies. During a stay of four years in Thailand, she worked on several development projects in Bangkok, the Thai-Myanmar border ant the Thai-Laos border.

She assisted the Good Shepard Sisters, NoBoh Academy and Hands of Hope respectively. She also worked with the Thai Red Cross and the Thai YWCA. Kevin Doris was requested to become the President of the Thai YWCA in the last year of her stay in Thailand. In Ireland, Kevin worked with bigO media and on a number of film projects. She is interested in all aspects of digital media.

Cormac Staunton is Senior Manager, EU and International Policy at the Central Bank of Ireland. In this role, he leads the Central Bank’s strategic engagement with key European and international authorities, and the development of domestic and European policy and regulatory frameworks.

From 2003 to 2013, Cormac worked with Concern Worldwide in a variety of roles across fundraising, communications and overseas programmes, including two years as Area Manager in Karamoja, Uganda, and a secondment to Concern Worldwide US in New York.

Cormac holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Statistics and an M.Sc. in Economic Policy, both from Trinity College Dublin. He completed his Masters thesis on the comparative economic impact of Concern’s food aid and cash transfer programmes in rural Zimbabwe.

Bernadette is the Vice-Chair of Concern Worldwide (UK) and a member of its Audit and Finance Committee. She sits on the Board of Directors of Concern Worldwide

Bernadette has supported development agencies and governments on a wide range of economic and social development topics. For this, she has been recognised by DevEx as one of London's top 40 international development leaders under 40 years of age, recognised for shaping and impacting on aid and development. She has a deep interest in development aid effectiveness, poverty alleviation and inclusion of marginalised groups.

Yvonne Slattery is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland with extensive experience in finance, operational and governance roles in the global and domestic (re)insurance sector. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting & Finance degree and a Masters of Business Studies from Dublin City University. Following her initial training with KPMG, she moved to KPMG in Bermuda and gained international exposure.

During her career she has held a number of different roles, including Executive Director, Company Secretary and Chief Operations Officer to a multi-national reinsurer with branches throughout Europe and Asia. She has experience in engaging with financial and prudential regulators in Ireland, England, Bermuda and Australia. Most recently she is acting as a consultant in the regulatory and financial systems area within the Insurance industry. 

Yvonne was co-opted to Concern's Audit and Risk Committee in 2021 and appointed to the Board of Directors in 2022.

Christine is a highly motivated Director of Digital Sales for Microsoft Germany with over 25 years’ international experience working in major multinational organisations. Christine is a results-focused leader with a proven track record in driving sales, increasing customer satisfaction, operational transformation, people development against commercial imperatives and passionate about diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

She holds a degree in languages and international marketing, speaks fluent French and has a high proficiency in German. She has a qualification in executive and business coaching and is passionate about coaching the future generations especially women in technology.

Christine is recognised in Ireland for her work on diversity and inclusion, holds a Women Mean Business (Women Empowering Women) award and is ranked one of the top 1000 women of influence in Ireland. Christine was elected to Concern's Board of Directors in 2019 and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

Rachel is a Partner in Walkers Ireland LLP and practices in the area of property and property related banking finance.

She advises clients in the charitable sector, as well as banks, blue-chip companies, and state bodies.

Rachel joined the Board of Concern in May 2016 and is a member of Concerns Audit and Risk Committee.

A resident of Edinburgh, Donald was previously Chair of Concern Worldwide (UK). Donald retired after serving his term limit of six years and, throughout this time, served as a member of the Board of Concern Worldwide also.

Donald is a Trustee of Robertson Trust, Scotland’s largest grant giving charity, and has previously worked for RBS, latterly in Asia, and continues to Chair an investment trust that invests in this region. Donald’s expertise in finance and banking, governance and strategy and managing large international operations are the key skills he brings to the Board.

Catherine Corcoran’s academic and practitioner career focuses on the management, implementation and design of humanitarian and development programmes in a variety of contexts. She has led and advised development organisations and students on strategic and community-led planning and has been involved in various consortia and partnerships on rural issues at an international level.

Her involvement with Concern goes back over 30 years and she has served the organisation at staff, volunteer and Board membership levels, most recently as Country Director in Ethiopia 2013-2016 and as member of the Programme, Monitoring and Evaluation committee.

She currently leads on the BA in Social and Community Studies at LIT Tipperary and is pursuing a PhD with Newcastle University on the theme of Resilience and Community-led planning.

Dr. Rosalyn Tamming is the Head of Policy, Research and Public Affairs in the National Disability Authority in Ireland.  Dr. Tamming joined Concern in 1996, initially as a volunteer working in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. She joined again in 2009 as Head of the Health Unit and latterly as the Health and Research Specialist.

Rosalyn is a Vice-Chair of Concern Worldwide, Chair of the Programme Monitoring and Evaluation committee and a member of the Remuneration and Succession committee. Her specialist sector expertise is one of the key skills she brings to the Board.

Cormac is a Partner with EY Chartered Accountants and is their Head of Banking and Capital Markets for Ireland. He is a long-time supporter of Concern and an advocate for global citizenship as well as the eradication of extreme poverty.

He has three birth children and has adopted children from both Asia and Africa. Cormac was born and raised in Dublin and is the second youngest of seven children. He is married to Lucy O’Mullane.

Since joining the Board of Concern, Cormac has been a member of the Programme Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, has participated in a field trip to Concern’s operations in Ethiopia and has helped establish both the Annual Women of Concern fundraiser and a Global Citizens Group that is working to engage major private sector organisations and leaders in supporting the work of Concern.

Youngshin Lee is the CEO of the Korea Research-based Pharma Industry Association (KRPIA) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Concern Worldwide Korea Foundation. The key expertise that Youngshin Lee brings to the Board is her knowledge and experience in Governance/Strategy, and her expertise in the area of Marketing and Risk Management.

Mark Devlin is the Chair of Concern Worldwide (UK). An experienced Board-level leader, Mark has held CEO, COO, Chair and Trustee responsibilities in a range of public and charity sector organisations, with causes reflecting his interests in health, education, social advocacy, international development and humanitarian action.

He is CEO of Young Epilepsy, the UK charity working to improve support for children and young adults living with the condition. Prior to this he was COO with UNICEF UK, the leading international development/child rights charity and national committee of UNICEF, the UN children’s agency.

His current trustee roles include being the Chair of St Martin-In-The-Fields Charity, which funds frontline homelessness work across the UK. He sits on the Council of the University of Sussex and is a former Trustee of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Previous leadership positions have included NHS Trust Chief Executive roles.

Mark is originally from Northern Ireland and is a graduate of Queen’s University Belfast.