About us
We provide emergency shelter to families who have lost their home to disaster, enabling them to rebuild their lives.
Our Executive team and Trustees share our determination for making this happen.
The Former Duchess of Cornwall was our Patron.
The Former Duchess of Cornwall and Prince of Wales were first introduced to ShelterBox in 2006.
While on an official visit to Pakistan, they learnt about our work supporting families who had lost their homes in the Kashmiri earthquake.
The Former Duchess of Cornwall has been a keen supporter of our work ever since and we have been proud to welcome her on a number of occasions to meet the team and to learn more about our work.
Sanj joined the ShelterBox team in December 2019. Sanj spent 10 years at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), where he was Senior Vice President, Europe and Executive Director, UK.
In a previous role at IRC as Emergency Field Director, Sanj managed responses in Mali, Syria, Liberia, Lebanon and Turkey. Earlier in his career, Sanj worked for UN OCHA (the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) and was previously a Captain in the British Army.
Euan Crawshaw is the Director of International Programmes at ShelterBox.
He has 15 years of experience in humanitarian programmes and emergency response, including as the former Humanitarian Lead at Oxfam, as a Country Director in the Philippines and as a member of Save the Children’s global emergency response team.
Euan has lived and worked in South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Iraq, Myanmar, Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, managing large emergency programmes and field and area offices. He has held regional leadership roles in responding to the Syria refugee crisis and the wider Middle East region, with a particular focus on Yemen and Gaza.
Lisa is responsible for setting and driving the income generation and communications strategy for ShelterBox.
She has 20 years experience of working in the non-profit sector. Lisa has experience working for medical, disability, and animal welfare charities and has worked as head of fundraising at the Donkey Sanctuary.
Michael provides leadership to our finance, facilities, IT and legal teams.
He has 30 years experience across corporate services, at home and abroad, in the Not for Profit and Commercial sectors with prior experience also gained at a global humanitarian NGO.
Ruth provides leadership to our HR, learning and development teams.
She has over 30 years’ experience in the NHS. As a former Macmillan Nurse, she changed her focus from care of patients to care of colleagues, Ruth joins ShelterBox from her most recent role in NHS England where she has been supporting organisations to develop leadership capabilities for compassionate and inclusive cultures.
James is a partner at Russell-cooke solicitors where he advises charities and not-for-profits on a range of governance regulatory and other issues.
James is personally involved with a range of charities and is Protector of NESTA and chair of a housing association.
Claire is a self-employed consultant focused on improving the impact of humanitarian aid on crisis-affected people and communities by supporting organisations at the strategic and programme management levels to continuously improve their practices.
Claire advises on accountability and quality management initiatives, applying the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) and how to ensure the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) in humanitarian aid. She is also an independent Senior Auditor for the Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative (HQAI) conducting third party certification and verification audits against the CHS. Claire has been interested in the work of ShelterBox for some time and did a short consultancy back in 2015.
Bill is a specialist in branding, strategy and risk and consultancy who has also previously held roles in government relations.
He is the co-founder of The Hub, a meeting and events space, based in Philadelphia.
Leo Skyner is Chief Financial Officer of Save the Children Denmark.
Prior to that, he was Head of Finance for Global Programmes at Save the Children UK, Head of Operations and Development for International Alert’s Africa Programme, and originally worked for Save the Children in various roles across Africa.
Before moving into the INGO world he was Finance Director of a global print, media and technology business – in which he remains a partner.
Michelle is Head of Communications and Engagement at Cornwall Council.
Before taking up this position, she worked in London as Global Director of Marketing and Communications for World Animal Protection, and was Head of Internal Communications for Save the Children.
With 25 years working in social justice, the international humanitarian sector and disaster management, coupled with a track record as a highly successful marketing, communications and fundraising director, Michelle is really looking forward to applying her skills, expertise and passion to help steer ShelterBox towards even greater success.
Rowan is currently employed as Head of Humanitarian Coordination & Change at Save the Children UK. Additionally, she supports as a psychosocial specialist for the British Red Cross & FCO.
In her spare time, Rowan is also a volunteer lifeboat crew on the Thames.
George manages Four Seasons Ventures, an early-stage investment firm. He has spent the past 20 years working with both entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs across a wide range of sectors, to help grow their operations.
He was previously a trustee at the Venture Partnership Foundation, one of ShelterBox’s early supporters and advisors.
Yinka is a new ShelterBox board member. Bio coming soon.
Steve is a ShelterBox board member. Bio coming soon.
We provide emergency shelter to families who have lost their home to disaster, enabling them to rebuild their lives.
Discover our annual reports, and learn more about our working supporting people displaced by disaster and conflict.
In 2022, we spent £14 million supporting disaster-hit families in their recovery with essential items like tents, tarpaulins, toolkits, solar lights, water filters and carriers, blankets, cooking sets and mosquito nets.