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 and Alia Malik.
Afshan Sufyan
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Ahtisham Uddin
Membership Coordinator (Pakistan)
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)
Asif Mehmood
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Carina Garcia
Supply Chain Coordinator (Switzerland)
Carlos Silva
Programme Officer (US)
Chelsea Reinhardt
Senior Assurance Manager (London)
Claudia Busch
Head of Development (UK)
Corin Wood Jones
Head of Partnerships (Switzerland)
Cristina Martin
Programme Coordinator (Switzerland)
Damien Sanfilippo
Director of Standards and Assurance (Switzerland)
Daren Abney
Membership Engagement and Marketing Manager (US)
Devika Sheopuri
Programme Officer (India)
Djiba Kaba
Programme Officer (Mozambique)
Ellie Gaffney
Senior Member Communications Coordinator (Switzerland)
Emma Upton
Communications Officer (UK)
John Hue
Regional Programme Officer (China)
Eva Benavidez Clayton
Communications Manager (Switzerland)
Faisal Ashfaq
Senior Administration and Finance Officer (Pakistan)
Fanny Udin
Office 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
Regional Programme Officer (China)
Hayley Morgan
Programme Coordinator (UK)
Hemant Rajput
Programme Officer (India)
Jerome Kerouedan
Account Payable Officer (Switzerland)
Joy Chen
Supply Chain Officer (China)
Joyce Liu
Senior Membership Officer (China)
Kamal Jagaty
Administration and Finance Officer (India)
Kathryn Driscoll
Assurance Manager (UK)
Kendra Park Pasztor
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (Switzerland)
Kerem Saral
Senior Supply Chain Manager (Switzerland)
Laurent Glin
Programme Manager (West Africa)
Lea Michalczik
IT System Coordinator (Switzerland)
Lena Staafgard
Chief Operating Officer (UK)
Li Bo
Membership Coordinator (China)
Liffi Wang
Administration and Finance Officer (China)
Linda Menchi
Standards and Assurance Coordinator (Switzerland)
Linus Hammarberg
Senior Coordinator (Switzerland)
Manish Gupta
Supply Chain Coordinator (India)
Manish Neupane
Membership Engagement Coordinator (UK)
Marguerite Lançon
Programme Coordinator (Switzerland)
Marie Le Guillouzic
Monitoring and Evaluation Intern (Switzerland)
Matteo Beccaria
Membership Coordinator (UK)
Morgan Ferrar
PR and Media Coordinator (UK)
Muhammad Ishtiaq
Programme and Supply Chain Officer (Pakistan)
Muhammad Shuaib
Senior Supply Chain Coordinator (Pakistan)
Muhammad Zahid Bhatti
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
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
Grant Officer (Switzerland)
Scott Exo
Country Manager (US)
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
International Finance Manager (Switzerland)
Stephanie Hold
IT Manager (UK)
Vinay Kumar
Membership Coordinator (India)
Yasir Khan
Supply Chain Officer (Pakistan)
Yolanda Yu
Programme Officer (China)
