Philip Goodwin

Chief executive

VSO

Dr Philip Goodwin joined VSO as chief executive in March 2015.

Prior to taking up this position, he was chief executive of TREE AID from June 2010, where he led the expansion of programme work into Ethiopia and Niger, doubling the overall number of beneficiaries the organisation reaches.

He was also with the British Council for more than a decade, conducted research into poverty issues with the Overseas Development Institute and was a community development volunteer in Mali.

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