Meet the Team
BCI’s head offices are based in Geneva, Switzerland, and London, UK. Additionally, we have regional offices around the world in China, India, Mozambique, and Pakistan, as well as staff based in the USA and Turkey. The BCI staff are a small and dedicated team working hard in pursuit of our end goal: developing Better Cotton as a sustainable, mainstream commodity. The executive group is headed by CEO Alan McClay, with COO Lena Staafgard and directors Damien Sanfilippo, Alia Malik and Amy Jackson.
Afshan Sufyan
Senior Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Ahtisham Uddin
Membership Coordinator (Pakistan)
Aisha Siddique
Senior Implementation Coordinator (Pakistan)
Akhil Dev
Senior Programme Officer (India)
Akshara Abhimanyu
Programme Officer (India)
Alan McClay
Chief Executive Officer (Switzerland)
Alia Malik
Director of Implementation (UK)
Alice N'Deye Tall
Global Operations Coordinator (Switzerland)
Alisa Ardini
Salesforce Coordinator (UK)
Amelia Sidumo
Senior Regional Coordinator (Mozambique)
Amna Bajwa
Senior Programme Officer (US)
Amy Jackson
Director of Membership (UK)
Andy Wilson
Digital Transformation Manager (UK)
Angela Russ
Senior Manager: Implementation (UK)
April Kappler
USA Operations Manager (US)
Ashley Barrington
Membership Manager (USA)
Asif Mehmood
Programme Coordinator (Pakistan)
Aziz Yanogo
Regional Manager West Africa (Burkina Faso)
Ben Verpaalen
Communications Officer (UK)
Blandine Filc
Project Manager (UK)
Carina Garcia
Supply Chain Coordinator (Switzerland)
Cecily Rooney
Global Programme Officer (UK)
Chelsea Reinhardt
Head of Standard & Assurance Programmes (UK)
Chi St Francis
IT Infrastructure Coordinator (UK)
Corin Wood Jones
Head of Special Projects (Switzerland)
Cremildo Chiconela
Programme Officer (Mozambique)
Cristina Martin
Programme Manager (Switzerland)
Damien Sanfilippo
Director of Standards and Assurance (Switzerland)
Disha Pande
Membership and Supply Chain Officer (India)
Djiba Kaba
Senior Programme Officer (Mozambique)
Eliane Augareils
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (Switzerland)
Ellie Gaffney
Member Communications Manager (Switzerland)
Emma Dennis
Senior Manager: Sustainable Agricultural Practice (UK)
Emma Upton
Senior Communications Officer (UK)
Eren Ozalay
Senior Coordinator - CEO Office (Switzerland)
Eva Benavidez Clayton
Senior Communications Manager (Switzerland)
Faisal Ashfaq
Senior Administration and Finance Officer (Pakistan)
Fanny Udin
Senior Human Resources Coordinator (UK)
Gnilane Ndiaye Sylla
General Accounting Manager (Switzerland)
Graham Bruford
Capacity Building Manager (UK)
Gregory Jean
Standards and Learning Manager (Switzerland)
Guillaume Favre
Supply Chain Coordinator (Switzerland)
Hannah MacVean
Membership Coordinator (UK)
Haven Teng
Senior MEL Officer (China)
Hayley Morgan
Senior Programme Coordinator (UK)
James Zhang
Programme Officer (China)
Jérôme Kérouedan
Accounts Payable Officer (Switzerland)
Joao Rocha
Membership and Suppy Chain Coordinator (Brazil)
Joe Woodruff
Communications Manager (UK)
John Hu
Programme Officer (China)
Joy Chen
Supply Chain Officer (China)
Joyce Lam
Supply Chain Integrity Manager (UK)
Joyce Liu
Senior Membership Officer (China)
Jyoti Kapoor
India Country Director (India)
Kamal Jagaty
Administration and Finance Coordinator (India)
Karen Wynne
Programme Coordinator (US)
Kendra Park Pasztor
Monitoring and Evaluation Senior Manager (Switzerland)
Kirin Zhu
Service Officer (China)
Lalit Sharma
Programme Officer (India)
Lea Michalczik
Senior IT System Coordinator (Switzerland)
Lena Staafgard
Chief Operating Officer (UK)
Leyla Shamchiyeva
Assurance Manager (UK)
Li Bo
Supply Chain Coordinator (China)
Liffi Wang
Administration and Finance Officer (China)
Lillian Manning
GIZ Accounting Senior Coordinator (UK)
Linda Menchi
Standards and Assurance Coordinator (Switzerland)
Linus Hammarberg
Membership Manager (Switzerland)
Lisa Barratt
Africa Operations Manager (Kenya)
Lucy Frazer
Assurance Manager (UK)
Mahum Naseer
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Mamta Kashyap
Bank Processing Officer (India)
Manish Gupta
Senior Supply Chain Coordinator (India)
Manish Neupane
Senior Assurance Coordinator (UK)
Marguerite Lançon
Senior Programme Coordinator (Switzerland)
Marie Le Guillouzic
Standard and Learning Officer (Switzerland)
Merel Swart
Better Cotton Platform Coordinator (The Netherlands)
Muhammad Ishtiaq
Programme and Supply Chain Officer (Pakistan)
Muhammad Shuaib
Supply Chain Manager (Pakistan)
Muhammad Zahid Bhatti
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Neha Parakh
Senior Programme Officer (India)
Olivia Anderson-Lynch
HR and Admin Officer (UK)
Olivia Ji
Engagement and Events Coordinator (UK)
Padmini Raghav
Senior Supply Chain Officer (India)
Pallavi Bhati
Programme Officer (India)
Paula Lum Young
Deputy Director, Membership and Supply Chain (Switzerland)
Piyush Mohapatra
Programme Officer (India)
Rachel Wall
Standards & Assurance Officer (Switzerland)
Rebecca Aranha
Senior Implementation Coordinator (India)
Rebecca Owen
Programme Manager (UK)
Sahar Abrar
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Saleena Pookunju
Senior Programme Coordinator (India)
Samba Barry
Programme Officer (Mali)
Sandra Fong
Grants and Fundraising Coordinator (Switzerland)
Schu Chun Mao
Policy & Agronomic Advisor (China)
Scott Exo
Head of Field Performance & Large Farm Countries (US)
Sena Ulusoy
Membership & Supply Chain Officer (Turkey)
Serena Chironna
Membership Coordinator (UK)
Seyma Karacay
Supply Chain and Membership Coordinator (Turkey)
Shafiq Ahmad
Pakistan and Central Asia Director (Pakistan)
Shannon Avison
Data Analysis Coordinator (Switzerland)
Shantanu Gaikwad
Implementation Coordinator (India)
Shawn Liu
Programme Officer (China)
Sherry Wu
East Asia Director (China)
Siobhain Coburn
Senior International Finance Manager (Switzerland)
Sonal Dhingra
Data Analysis Coordinator (India)
Sonal Srivastava
Accounts Receivable Coordinator (Switzerland)
Tatjana Guadalupe
Membership Coordinator (UK)
Umair Aslam
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Usama Tariq
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Vidyun Rathore
Senior MEL Officer (India)
Vinay Kumar
Membership Coordinator (India)
Yasir Ahmed Khan
Senior Supply Chain Officer (Pakistan)
Yasmin Zanini
Grants Officer (Switzerland)
Yolanda Yu
Senior Programme Coordinator (China)