How We’re governed

We are a UK registered charity (SC041072) with the charitable objectives of reducing poverty, protecting the environment, and supporting sustainable development through effective and equitable management of water. 

We are committed to transparency, accountability, diversity, equity, inclusion, and safeguarding.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Our Board of Trustees is formed of specialists from legal, IT, academia, NGO, water management and community activism sectors, with international and UK expertise.

  • John Brett

    John Brett chairs the Water Witness Board. He is Chief Executive of Anderson Strathern Asset Management and has over 20 years of financial investment experience. He contributes expertise in the business, legal and finance sectors, senior leadership and board governance.

  • Dr Sahara Nankan

    Dr Sahara Nankan is Assistant Lecturer in the School of Law and Criminology/Scoil an Dlí agus na Coireolaíochta at the University of Maynooth.

    Her research interests and work comprise WASH and the human right to water and sanitation, strategic public interest litigation and judicial review, gender equality and non-discrimination and accountability and good governance.  

  • Dr. Yingru Li

    Dr. Yingru Li is a lecturer in Financial Accounting, Tax and Audit of Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. She is also co-convening the Glasgow Human Rights Network. Yingru has a strong interest in exploring how reporting initiatives and accountability practice could be improved to enable business to comprehend global challenges, such as sustainable development goals, business and human rights issues.

  • Laurence Rankin

    Laurence Rankin is a former Environment Manager with the Environment Agency, and was Head of Environment at the Government Office for the North West. He has experience in finance, including funding, project management, risk management and HR.

  • Morgan Rogers

    Morgan Rogers is an IT entrepreneur, and brings expertise in business development, strategy and IT to the Board.

  • Kenneth Amaeshi

    Kenneth Amaeshi is Chair in Business and Sustainable Development and Director of the Sustainable Business Initiative at the University of Edinburgh Business School.

    His research interest focuses on sector-level policies for sustainability and sustainability strategy in organisations.

Safeguarding

It is our duty to protect and safeguard staff, partners, vulnerable communities and all those that come into contact with our work. Safeguarding incidents are abuses of power and entrenched gender inequality. We promote an organisational culture where abuse is unacceptable, and everyone is safe and able to flourish, is integral to our values and our local partnerships.

Download our Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct here.

Complaints and Whistleblowing

Water Witness strives to be excellent in all that it does but recognises that this cannot always be the case. When we make a mistake we want and need to be informed. We will use all feedback to endeavour to put things right and to help us to become more effective. Ensuring that our stakeholders can hold us to account will improve the quality of our work

If you wish to make a complaint about a programme, activity or member of staff in any country, you are encouraged to contact our Deputy Director - dorcaspratt@waterwitness.org or Director - nickhepworth@waterwitness.org

3/2 Boroughloch Square, Edinburgh. EH8 9NJ.

0131 662 8546

Alternatively you can contact our Whistleblowing Officer- Dorcas Pratt directly – at whistleblowing@waterwitness.org

All complaints will be received, recorded and acknowledged by Water Witness, with information about what actions will be taken in response to the complaint. We aim to resolve all complaints within 14 days of receipt.

We seek and accept funding from organisations that share our objectives and that do not seek to compromise our core values.