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 director Damien Sanfilippo.
Daren Abney
Membership Engagement and Marketing Manager (US)
Shafiq Ahmad
Country Manager (Pakistan)
Rebecca Aranha
Programme Coordinator (India)
Franck Archinard
Accounting and Governance Manager (Switzerland)
Alisa Ardini
Membership Coordinator (UK)
Faisal Ashfaq
Senior Administration and Finance Officer (Pakistan)
Shannon Avison
Data Analysis and Learning Coordinator (Switzerland)
Rajeev Baruah
Country Manager (India)
Matteo Beccaria
Membership Coordinator (UK)
Eva Benavidez Clayton
Communications Manager (Switzerland)
Li Bo
Membership Coordinator (China)
Graham Bruford
Training and Assurance Manager (UK)
Claudia Busch
Head of Development (UK)
Joy Chen
Supply Chain Officer (China)
Siobhain Coburn
International Finance Manager (Switzerland)
Romain Deveze
Farm and Implementing Partner Performance Manager (Switzerland)
Kathryn Driscoll
Assurance Manager (UK)
Scott Exo
Country Manager (US)
Morgan Ferrar
PR and Media Coordinator (UK)
Sandra Fong
Grant Officer (Switzerland)
Ellie Gaffney
Member Communications Senior Coordinator (Switzerland)
Carina Garcia
Supply Chain Coordinator (Switzerland)
Manish Gupta
Supply Chain Coordinator (India)
Linus Hammarberg
Senior Coordinator (Switzerland)
Stephanie Hold
IT Manager (UK)
Kamal Jagaty
Administration and Finance Officer (India)
Gregory Jean
Standards and Learning Manager (Switzerland)
Djiba Kaba
Programme Officer (Mozambique)
Seyma Karacay
Supply Chain and Membership Coordinator (Turkey)
Yasir Khan
Supply Chain Officer (Pakistan)
Vinay Kumar
Membership Coordinator (India)
Marguerite Lançon
Programme Coordinator (Switzerland)
Marie Le Guillouzic
Monitoring and Evaluation Intern (Switzerland)
Joyce Liu
Senior Membership Officer (China)
Paula Lum Young
Senior Membership Manager (Switzerland)
Alan McClay
Chief Executive Officer (Switzerland)
Asif Mehmood
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Linda Menchi
Standards and Assurance Coordinator (Switzerland)
Hayley Morgan
Programme Coordinator (UK)
Lea Michalczik
IT System Coordinator (Switzerland)
Manish Neupane
Membership Engagement Coordinator (UK)
Kendra Park Pasztor
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (Switzerland)
Saleena Pookunju
Senior Programme Officer (India)
Padmini Raghav
Supply Chain Officer (India)
Hemant Rajput
Programme Officer (India)
Chelsea Reinhardt
Senior Assurance Manager (London)
Damien Sanfilippo
Director of Standards and Assurance (Switzerland)
Kerem Saral
Senior Supply Chain Manager (Switzerland)
Devika Sheopuri
Programme Officer (India)
Muhammad Shuaib
Senior Supply Chain Coordinator (Pakistan)
Amelia Sidumo
Regional Coordinator (Southern Africa)
Carlos Silva
Programme Officer (US)
Lena Staafgard
Chief Operating Officer (UK)
Afshan Sufyan
Programme Officer (Pakistan)
Haven Teng
Regional Programme Officer (China)
Ahtisham Uddin
Membership Coordinator (Pakistan)
Fanny Udin
Office Coordinator (Switzerland)
Emma Upton
Communications Officer (UK)
Liffi Wang
Administration and Finance Officer (China)
Corin Wood Jones
Head of Partnerships (Switzerland)
Sherry Wu
Country Manager (China)
Yolanda Yu
Programme Officer (China)
