OUR VOICES ARE STRONGER TOGETHER
We are passionate about facilitating connections and collaborations across cultural and geographic borders that support communities affected by conflict.
TEAM
GILES DULEY
Founder & CEO
Duley is a photographer, writer and campaigner. He is a UN Global Advocate for those living with disability caused by conflict.
In 2011, whilst working in Afghanistan, Duley was severely injured by an IED. As a result of his injuries he is a triple-amputee. In 2012 he returned to Afghanistan to continue his work as a photographer.
In 2017 the Sunday Times included him in their Alternative Rich List, for those who are ‘rich in experience, rich is spirit, rich in life….’ In the list Natasha Kaplinsky said of Duley “Even catastrophic injury has not stopped him doing what he feels he should be doing with his life.”
TASH WALKER
Operations Director
Tash leads our Ukraine Crisis Response and provides operational support across our projects.
Alongside her work, she is completing an MSc in NGO Management at the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Bayes Business School with a focus on equity in the humanitarian sector.
MIRI HEATHERWICK
Project Manager
Miri is undertaking research for Legacy of War Foundation’s work in Rwanda and helping to run the Land for Women programme.
Previously she worked at the Meridian Trust preserving endangered Tibetan Buddhist traditions on film, she ran the International Peacemakers Fund at the Fellowship of Reconciliation and has an MSc from SOAS in the Political Economy of Violence Conflict and Development.
ANNA MCANDREWS
Office Manager
Anna brings her 20+ years of office management and executive assistance experience and is helping to grow the organisational capacity and fundraising potential of the Foundation.
She is the first point of contact and manages the virtual office for the team as well as supporting the founder, Giles.
YEVHENIIA MIKHNOVSKA
Project Coordinator
Yevheniia supports operational and research activities across our Ukraine Crisis Response.
Coming from Ukraine, Yevheniia brings both personal investment and professional expertise to her work. Alongside her role, she writes political analyses and leads Unissued Diplomas, a worldwide project honouring students lost to the war.
OLENA ONUFRIV
Project Coordinator
Olena supports day-to-day programming in Ukraine.
She holds a Master’s degree in Sociology from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and has extensive experience in project management within the non-profit sector. Previously Olena has worked with several international development and humanitarian organizations.
PRIZE MAGEZI
Head of Land For Women Project
Prize is a management consultant, community nutrition facilitator and a passionate urban farmer. Her background in the healthcare industry, championing for global health equity.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations at Stellenbosch University and a course in Dietetics from the same university. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership & Management at Uganda Christian University.
DAVID NIYONSABA
Office Manager & Senior Agronomist for our Land for Women Project
David Niyonsaba has a growing career with over 10 years of experience in program management and civil society organisation. He has a background in crop sciences from university of Rwanda and for the past 3 years he is part of Rwanda’s team negotiator on climate change( SBs with a focus on agriculture. Currently he is also the Executive Director of Prime Biodiversity Conservation, a Rwandan Local Non profit organization that works on Biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
TRUSTEES
NICK STAINTHORPE
Chair
Nick is a solicitor and a partner at the law firm Reed Smith. He has been involved with LOWF from the beginning, assisting with its formation and approval by the Charity Commission.
SALVATORE PETRONE
Treasurer
Salvatore is a chartered accountant with over 20 years' experience in finance and international tax. Before joining Legacy of War Foundation, he was a School Governor and Chair of the Finance Committee at a multicultural and diverse primary school in North West London.
Salvatore is also the Treasurer of the Queen's Park Sharks, a grassroots community football club in NW London.
LESLIE KNOTT
Leslie is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer. Her first film, Out of the Ashes, won a 2011 Grierson Award. Her films have been broadcast on Netflix, BBC, ARTE, PBS, ITV, ABC, NBC, Channel 4 and CBC. In 2013 Leslie was nominated for an Academy Award for “Buzkashi Boys” which was co-produced by the Afghan Film Project, a non-profit NGO that Leslie co-founded in 2010 to help train Afghan filmmakers and foster Afghanistan’s film industry.
SHEHAN HETTIARATCHY
Shehan Hettiaratchy is a triple fellowship trained Consultant Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgeon who specialises in all aspects hand surgery and complex extremity reconstruction. He is the Lead Surgeon and Director of Major Trauma at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London UK. He is also National Clinical Lead for the Veterans Trauma Network, England's only military veteran physical health pathway. He has been selected as one of the Most Influential Londoners (Evening Standard 2017) and a National Health Hero (Daily Mail 2017).
Shehan studied medicine at Trinity College, Oxford University, graduating in 1994 with prizes in both medicine and surgery. He underwent surgical training in London, USA and Australia. He has been deployed to Afghanistan twice and has also worked with civilian organisations in other war and disaster zones.
VIVIENNE GUINNESS
Viv is the co-founder, director and curator of the Festival of Writing and Ideas, which was started in 2011. She has been a director and editor at The Lilliput Press publishers in Dublin for 30 years.
Vivienne studied Art History at UCL and the Courtauld Institute followed by Psychoanalytic Theory (MA) and Therapeutic Care for Refugees at the Tavistock Clinic.
IAIN OVERTON
Iain is the Executive Director of Action on Armed Violence and a former BBC and ITN journalist. He has reported from more than 20 conflict zones, documenting the human impact of armed violence and the global arms trade. He is the author of Gun Baby Gun and The Price of Paradise, and his reporting has won a Peabody, two Amnesty Media Awards and a BAFTA Scotland.
PETE FLYNN
Pete runs a private capital fund raising boutique business after a ‘City career’ based in USA and UK with NM Rothschild & Sons, Flemings and Pantheon.
Pete has always been involved outside in work in societal activities. He has been a governor of primary school; a governor of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance; a Director of the North Yorkshire Credit Union. He chaired Big Issue Investment Fund Management for 4 years and has been a Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate though is now not political.
Pete is father of two children, one an academic in the USA and one a London-based musician. Do not mention rugby, cinema or Olympic lifting if you only want a short conversation!