Christian Aid has appointed Kamna Patel, a new race and diversity lead, who will take forward the international development agency’s strategic vision to become an anti-racist organisation. She will take over in July and joins on a two-year contract.
Patel is currently an associate professor of development studies and faculty vice dean for equality, diversity and inclusion at University College London. She has a breadth of development experience having consulted on small and large-scale projects in the UK, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, India, and many other places.
Patel said: “I’m very excited to join Christian Aid and to bring a different element to thinking about race and racism to the organisation, drawing on my own academic research and other studies of structural racism. Through this, I hope to enhance the depth and reach of the Race and Diversity plan to enable us to realise its full potential.”
