Who are you?

AETUK works closely with partner NGOs to deliver real change in the lives of Africans. At the moment, we are working very closely with AET (Zambia). More about the trustees is below.

AET (UK)

Tom Adams is Chair of AET, and is a civil servant based in London, England. He is married to Hilary. This year, Tom is running the London Marathon for the first time to raise money for AET. His original target of a new world record now looks a little ambitious, and he will be aiming to complete the course in 4:30 or less. You can follow Tom's progress on his marathon blog.

Tim Blake is a trustee of AET. He is a Church Minister and part-time Teacher of Technology. Tim is married to Sue and has three children. Tim has particularly enjoyed his role in helping set up the Computer Training Suite in Zambia, training Mark Mukanda and seeing that facility strengthen.

Richard Bartrop is one of the founders of both AET UK and the Zambian trust, AETZ. He continues to serve as a trustee on both boards. Richard first worked in Africa as a missionary in the 1970's and has over 35 years of missionary and church pastoral ministry experience in both the UK and Africa. He has lived in Zambia since 2000 and for 4 years was the CEO of AETZ. He also founded Hope College in Zambia and continues as Principal of this church leadership training college.

Janet Bartrop is a Special Education Needs teacher and for a number of years managed a Local Education Authority provision for Peterborough, supporting children with speech and language disorders. As well as teaching Janet has worked alongside her husband in ministry. Since 2003 she has lived in Zambia where she has served as book-keeper for AETZ, assisted with the Kid's Aid Zambia project as well as playing a key role in the development of Hope College.

David Brown has been a trustee of AETUK since it started in the late 90’s. He is based in London and married to Sonia with three grown up children. A chartered management accountant by training, and with experience of working with one of the world’s largest banks, he is particularly interested in helping develop AET’s microcredit loan schemes. He is currently researching into the management of non-profit organisations, with particular focus on the microcredit industry.

AET (Zambia)

Francis Ngonga is chair of the trustees of AETZ. He is a Training Manager for Zambia National Commercial Bank in Lusaka (Zanaco).

Hudson Luwi is a trustee of AETZ. He leads a network of churches in Zambia known as Fountain of Life, and is the Dean of Students at Hope College (a church leadership training college). He is married to Brenda, and as well as looking after their own children, they care for a number of other relatives.

Annette Musamba is a trustee of AETZ. She works for the Zambian government.

Martha Lumemba is a trustee of AETZ. She also works for the Zambian government.

Andy Cumming is a trustee of AETZ and co-founder with Richard Bartrop. Andrew's background is in business in the UK. He is keen to work with young people to help them grow sustainable enterprises.