Worldwide Associates

Sylvana Lakkis

President, Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union

Sylvana Lakkis, president of the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union (LPHU), has long experience in designing, promoting policies and programs for inclusive employment. read more

Widely respected for his many achievements in disability in all three sectors, corporate, government and non-profit. Kemp has served on the Medicaid Commission as well as the U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on Persons with Disabilities which guided the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (USAID) in the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy and assistance with respect to people with disabilities. read more

Caroline Casey

Associate

Caroline Casey is a social entrepreneur and experienced motivational speaker. She is the Founding CEO of The Aisling Foundation and O2 Ability Awards. She established The Aisling Foundation in June 2000 and first came to public attention when she embarked upon a 1000 km trek in India on elephant back. read more

Roger B Jones

International Associate, World Accessibility

Often referred to as “The Ability Guy”, Roger B. Jones, President and CEO of World Accessibility, is a consultant, trainer, facilitator and professional speaker. He has been a prominent Canadian voice on disability and diversity issues for more than 20 years.

Dr. Ajith Chrysantha Stephen Perera

EFD Associate

Dr. Ajith Chrysantha Stephen Perera, JP, CChem., FRSC is a Chartered Chemist by Profession, a scholar, a former senior manager in industry, a qualified training instructor and also a former test-match-panel Cricket Umpire.

Safak Pavey

Head of Secretariat for the CRPD Committee, UN Human Rights

Safak Pavey is a specialist in minority rights, communications,accessibility and philanthropy witha background embracing diplomacy,journalism, peace activism and humanitarian work. Safak is acommunications professional with policy background. Her academicspecialisation is on nationalism & minority rights, while holdinganother degree in arts, film and media field. Up to date, Pavey haspublished three books including a legal one as the editorial managerwith 2003 Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi. read more

Fernando Riano

Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Barclays, Spain

Fernando joined Barclays’ human resource department in January 2006and was appointed Head of Diversity and Inclusion in December 2009.Prior to that, he had been working as a Lawyer, Consultant, andCollaborator in the University of Navarra.

Baroness Jane Campbell of Surbiton, DBE

UK Ambassador to EFD's Worldwide Associates

Baroness Campbell is an active Independent Crossbench Peer, currently working on 21st Century Welfare and implementation of integrated personal budgets. She has been a member of the House of Lords Appointments Commission since 2008, and was recently appointed to the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Human Rights. She is also Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Disability Group with Anne McGuire MP.
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John Little

Founder and CEO of Successful Resumes

John Little has been a business builder, entrepreneur, mentor, facilitator and motivator for the last 30 years. He is also passionate about ensuring equal access to opportunity for people with a disability so they may share in the financial prosperity of the nations in which we all live. read more

Graham Innes

Worldwide Associate

Graeme Innes has been a Human Rights Practitioner in New South Wales (NSW) and across Australia for 25 years, and active in the disability field for thirty years. He is a Human Rights Commissioner, responsible for Disability Discrimination, with the Commonwealth Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. read more

Guy Davies

Worldwide associate

Guy Davies was born in Scotland and educated in England. For 10 years he farmed in England, consulted across Europe, and set up HorseHage Marketing, a highly successful international horse-feed sales & marketing company. read more

Yves Veulliet

IBM Europe Middle East Africa Diversity team , IBM

Yves was born in Belgium in 1966. After a motorbike accident in 1987 left him paraplegic when he was still studying to be a teacher in History and French literature, Yves started his professional life as computer administrator in a school in Brussels. read more

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