Richard Gomes is Acting Chief Executive Officer and Chair of SF’s Investment Committee. Richard has responsibility for strategy, investment decisions, team development and performance management of the Foundation. He leads SF’s ecosystem development programme and holds several board roles across the portfolio. Richard joined SF in 2009 and has supported over 50 social enterprises to…
Rachel joined the Foundation in 2014, following a number of years providing pro bono support to the Foundation’s partners. Now CFO, she previously worked across the Access to Energy programme and was also responsible for the Foundation’s Incubator partnerships in China, and Fellowship Programme with the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University’s Saïd…
Meera works across Shell Foundation’s Access to Energy portfolio, with a focus area on last mile distribution of products and services for the rural poor. Meera has worked with a number of Shell Foundation partners across Africa and India, supporting them to scale up their businesses. Meera is looking at disruptive and innovative market enablers…
Kwaku Owusu-Achaw is the West Africa Regional Manager for SF. In this role, he is responsible for SF’s footprint and strategic activities in the region. Kwaku joined SF in April 2017 and has been working across the Access to Energy and Sustainable Mobility portfolios. He supports a range of partners in various aspects of their…
Jordan works across Shell Foundation’s Access to Energy and Sustainable Mobility programmes. He is also responsible for driving Shell Foundation’s strategy in relation to energy enabled products and services. Jordan currently works across a range of partners spanning Africa, India and Latin America and enjoys the variety of collaborating with social enterprises at each stage…
Jo Chandler originally joined SF as Grants and Contracts Coordinator, supporting the programme team to manage their portfolio of projects and administration of grants and contracts. For the last few years she has split her job between the two roles of Grants and Contracts and Communications Adviser – assisting the Head of Communications with output…
Heidi works with the Foundation’s core partners providing strategic and tactical communications and marketing support. She is also responsible for our digital engagement and broad communication activities. Before joining Shell Foundation in 2013, Heidi worked in a wide range of business and marketing roles in not-for-profit and commercial organisations. Most recently she worked for a…
Gary Almond leads SF’s strategic and tactical communications and marketing. Gary coordinates SF’s communications activity to provide timely and relevant content and insights to the energy access and transport development sectors, engage aligned social investment organisations across global markets, and protect the brand and market reputation of SF. He also works with SF’s portfolio partners…
Gareth Zahir-Bill is Shell Foundation’s Operations Director. He is also a member of SF’s Investment Committee and Senior Management Team. Gareth is responsible for delivering SF’s largest strategic partnerships for accelerating the access to energy market with the UK Government’s FCDO and USAID. Prior to this role, Gareth spent three years leading SF’s Access to…
Fiona joined Shell Foundation in 2008 as a Business Support and Events Manager. She is responsible for all event management and also supports the Foundation’s Director and Deputy Directors. Before joining Shell Foundation, Fiona worked within the Shell Group for eight years in various businesses including Chemicals, International Directorate, General Affairs and Corporate Affairs.