General enquiries
Meet the team
Directors Group
The Directors Group is responsible for reviewing the strategic direction and aims of the Volunteer Zambia project.
The group is comprised of the individual Directors of Sport from the seven universities, or a representative thereof, plus a group of external persons appointed by the Wallace Group, who each hold an interest in, or are associated with the delivery of, the Volunteer Zambia project.
Directors of Sport
Stephen Stewart MBE
Director of Sport
Daryl Dixon
Head of Sport
Ross Simpson
Assistant Director and Head of Sport
Cath Harvey
Executive Director of Sport
Cathy Gallagher
Director of Sport
Mark Brian
Head of Sport & Physical Activity
Ben O’Connell
Director of Sport
External Directors
Frankson Mushindu
Executive Director, Sport in Action
Clare Barrell
Senior International Relations Advisor, UK Sport
Dr Davies Banda
Lecturer in Sport Policy & Management
Lisa Wainwright MBE
CEO Sport and Recreation Alliance
Operational Leads
The Operational Leads are the group of individual points of contact within each University, responsible for managing and delivering the Volunteer Zambia project.
Andy Barton
Student and Staff Development Manager
andy.barton@northumbria.ac.uk
Kirsten Mullen
Student Sport Development Officer
kirsten.mullen@stir.ac.uk
The Volunteer Zambia Foundation is the official charity of the Wallace Group and the Volunteer Zambia project.
The Board that runs the charity consists of nine alumni of the original UK Sport IDEALS Project (rebranded Volunteer Zambia in 2018) ranging from 2006-2011.
The Foundation is supported by the founder of the Wallace Group Dr. Peter Warburton OBE, who is a tireless devotee of sport in Zambia and former Dean of Experience at Durham University.
Paul Williams
Laura Williamson
Rob Day
Richard Saunders
Caroline Chilton
Mollie Pearse
