Personnel Overview

Ngwarato Mashonga - Operations Director
Ngwarati was programme director for Riders’ largest programme in Zimbabwe before transferring to the UK resource centre to oversee Riders’ replication work. He saw the programme grow to manage over 600 vehicles. Ngwarati joined Riders as an apprentice technician before working his way up through the organisation and studying for and achieving a degree (BCom) in Business Management.

Emma Howard - Global Health Co-ordinator
Emma has been at Riders for Health since 2004, working in a range of roles. She started as Communications Manager and was promoted to Executive Assistant in 2005. In 2006 Emma was made Fundraising Manager, before being promoted in 2008 to Global Health Coordinator. Her responsibilities include leveraging funds from global health organisations and coordinating monitoring and evaluation.

Kayode Ajayi - Performance Director
From 1999 to 2002, Kadoye was Riders' Technical Development Manager and Deputy Programme Director, Riders for Health Nigeria. Based in Lagos, Kayode was responsible for the setting up, development and managing of a technical support system across the country. Since 2002, Kayode was made Deputy Operations Director, responsible for the supervision and auditing of Riders systems across Africa.

Personnel Statistics

Andrea Coleman, Chief Executive Officer
Founded in 1989
Employees: 180
Volunteers: 100

Financial Statistics

Other funding sources: Income is self-generated from fees charged for fleet management/fees charged for training (both at a non-for-profit rate), from fundraising events, institutional donors, individuals and corporations.
Religious Affiliation: None