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)
Akhil Dev
Programme Officer (India)
Alan McClay
Chief Executive Officer (Switzerland)
Alia Malik
Director of Implementation (UK)
Alice N'Deye Tall
EA and Office Coordinator (Switzerland)
Alisa Ardini
Membership Coordinator (UK)
Amelia Sidumo
Regional Coordinator (Southern Africa)
Amy Jackson
Director of Membership (UK)
Carina Garcia
Supply Chain Coordinator (Switzerland)
Carla Jauregui
Head of Fundraising (UK)
Carlos Silva
Programme Officer (US)
Chelsea Reinhardt
Senior Assurance Manager (UK)
Chi St Francis
Office Coordinator (UK)
Cristina Martin
Programme Coordinator (Switzerland)
Damien Sanfilippo
Director of Standards and Assurance (Switzerland)
Daren Abney
Membership Engagement and Marketing Manager (US)
Djiba Kaba
Programme Officer (Mozambique)
Eliane Augareils
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (Switzerland)
Ellie Gaffney
Senior Member Communications Coordinator (Switzerland)
Emma Upton
Communications Officer (UK)
Eva Benavidez Clayton
Communications Manager (Switzerland)
Faisal Ashfaq
Senior Administration and Finance Officer (Pakistan)
Fanny Udin
Human Resources Coordinator (Switzerland)
Franck Archinard
Accounting and Governance Manager (Switzerland)
Graham Bruford
Training and Assurance Manager (UK)
Gregory Jean
Standards and Learning Manager (Switzerland)
Haven Teng
Programme Officer (China)
Hayley Morgan
Programme Coordinator (UK)
Hemant Rajput
Programme Officer (India)
Jack Jennings
Global Programme Officer (UK)
Jerome Kerouedan
Accounts Payable Officer (Switzerland)
John Hue
Programme Officer (China)
Joy Chen
Supply Chain Officer (China)
Joyce Liu
Senior Membership Officer (China)
Kamal Jagaty
Administration and Finance Officer (India)
Karen Wynne
Programme Coordinator (US)
Kathryn Driscoll
Assurance Manager (UK)
Kendra Park Pasztor
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (Switzerland)
Kerem Saral
Senior Supply Chain Manager (Switzerland)
Kurtis Zhu
Membership and Supply Chain Officer (China)
Lea Michalczik
IT System Coordinator (Switzerland)
Lena Staafgard
Chief Operating Officer (UK)
Li Bo
Supply Chain Coordinator (China)
Liffi Wang
Administration and Finance Officer (China)
Linda Menchi
Standards and Assurance Coordinator (Switzerland)
Linus Hammarberg
Senior Membership Coordinator (Switzerland)
Lucy Frazer
Assurance Manager (UK)
Manish Gupta
Supply Chain Coordinator (India)
Manish Neupane
Senior Assurance Coordinator (UK)
Marguerite Lançon
Programme Coordinator (Switzerland)
Marie Le Guillouzic
Standard and Learning Officer (Switzerland)
Morgan Ferrar
Communications Coordinator (UK)
Muhammad Ishtiaq
Programme and Supply Chain Officer (Pakistan)
Muhammad Shuaib
Senior Supply Chain Coordinator (Pakistan)
Muhammad Zahid Bhatti
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Nikita Grabher-Meyer
Data Analysis Officer (Switzerland)
Olivia Ji
Events Officer (UK)
Padmini Raghav
Supply Chain Officer (India)
Paula Lum Young
Senior Membership Manager (Switzerland)
Rajeev Baruah
Country Manager (India)
Rebecca Aranha
Programme Coordinator (India)
Romain Deveze
Farm and Implementing Partner Performance Manager (Switzerland)
Saleena Pookunju
Senior Programme Officer (India)
Sandra Fong
Grants and Fundraising Coordinator (Switzerland)
Scott Exo
Head of Field Performance & Large Farm Countries (US)
Serena Chironna
Membership Coordinator (UK)
Seyma Karacay
Supply Chain and Membership Coordinator (Turkey)
Shafiq Ahmad
Country Manager (Pakistan)
Shannon Avison
Data Analysis and Learning Coordinator (Switzerland)
Sherry Wu
Country Manager (China)
Siobhain Coburn
Senior International Finance Manager (Switzerland)
Sonal Srivastava
Accounts Receivable Officer (Switzerland)
Theodora Panayides
Membership Coordinator (UK)
Vidyun Rathore
Programme Officer (India)
Vinay Kumar
Membership Coordinator (India)
Yasir Khan
Supply Chain Officer (Pakistan)
Yolanda Yu
Programme Officer (China)
Yasmin Zanini
Grants Officer (Switzerland)
