{"id":5254,"date":"2016-07-05T15:45:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T14:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=5254"},"modified":"2016-12-21T14:43:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:43:48","slug":"new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/","title":{"rendered":"New directors elected at organisation&#8217;s AGM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four new members were formally elected to the Board of Directors of Gorta-Self Help Africa (GSHA), at the organisation\u2019s annual general meeting in Dublin, this week.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment of new directors brings to 12 the membership of the GSHA board. The new board consists of six men and six women.<\/p>\n<p>The new directors, who were voted to the board by membership are: Claire Fourel, a senior associate and international pro bono manager at law firm Ashurst LLP; Marion Byrne, a qualified social worker who works with ADM\/Pobal, an organisation that manages Irish Government and EU development programmes in Ireland; Eimear Kenny, an executive vice-president of Human Resources at UDG Healthcare (formerly United Drug); and Mairead Carey, a former journalist and agriculture correspondent who is a practicing barrister.<\/p>\n<p>Carmel Fox, a rural development executive and outgoing Director was also re-elected. Two directors who had been co-opted to the Board of Gorta-Self Help Africa in the past year were elected at the AGM, Rowena Dwyer, who is the chief economist at the Irish Farmers Association, and David Governey, a chartered accountant and former Chief Operations Officer at the Institutional Food Policy Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>Five of the charity\u2019s directors who were not up for re-election at the 2016 AGM were: Messrs. Tom Kitt, Tom Kirley, Michael Hoevel, Pat Murphy and Paul Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Tom Kitt paid tribute to two outgoing board members who did not wish to seek re-election at the AGM, Messrs. Jeremy Woolwich and Sean Gaule for the contributions that they had made to Gorta-Self Help Africa during their service as directors. A full biography of all of the new board of directors can be found by<a href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/board-of-directors\/\" target=\"_blank\"> CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gorta-Self Help Africa elected four new directors to its board, at it&#8217;s annual general meeting in Dublin.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/\"> Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[661,652,637],"tags":[68,624,566,72,70,741],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New directors elected at organisation&#039;s AGM - Self Help Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gorta-Self Help Africa elected new directors at its AGM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New directors elected at organisation&#039;s AGM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gorta-Self Help Africa elected new directors at its AGM.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Self Help Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SelfHelpAfrica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-05T14:45:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-12-21T14:43:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Self Help Africa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@comms\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@selfhelpafrica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Self Help Africa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Self Help Africa\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#\/schema\/person\/ef27df5dc9e961797418d7a8bf315404\"},\"headline\":\"New directors elected at organisation&#8217;s AGM\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-05T14:45:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-21T14:43:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Agriculture\",\"award\",\"cooperative\",\"Ethiopia\",\"Farming\",\"prize\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cooperatives\",\"Ethiopia\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/\",\"name\":\"New directors elected at organisation's AGM - Self Help Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-05T14:45:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-21T14:43:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Gorta-Self Help Africa elected new directors at its AGM.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New directors elected at organisation&#8217;s AGM\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/\",\"name\":\"Self Help Africa\",\"description\":\"Farming for Africa&#039;s Future\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Self Help Africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/SHA_Logo_high-res.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/SHA_Logo_high-res.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":435,\"caption\":\"Self Help Africa\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SelfHelpAfrica\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/selfhelpafrica\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/selfhelpafrica\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/selfhelpafrica\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SelfHelpAfricaTV\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#\/schema\/person\/ef27df5dc9e961797418d7a8bf315404\",\"name\":\"Self Help Africa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c742dba76c6de21edf4e4b342eb2790?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c742dba76c6de21edf4e4b342eb2790?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Self Help Africa\"},\"sameAs\":[\"Eoghan Carroll\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/comms\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/author\/comms\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New directors elected at organisation's AGM - Self Help Africa","description":"Gorta-Self Help Africa elected new directors at its AGM.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"New directors elected at organisation's AGM","og_description":"Gorta-Self Help Africa elected new directors at its AGM.","og_url":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/","og_site_name":"Self Help Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SelfHelpAfrica\/","article_published_time":"2016-07-05T14:45:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-12-21T14:43:48+00:00","author":"Self Help Africa","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@comms","twitter_site":"@selfhelpafrica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Self Help Africa","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/"},"author":{"name":"Self Help Africa","@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#\/schema\/person\/ef27df5dc9e961797418d7a8bf315404"},"headline":"New directors elected at organisation&#8217;s AGM","datePublished":"2016-07-05T14:45:40+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-21T14:43:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/"},"wordCount":288,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#organization"},"keywords":["Agriculture","award","cooperative","Ethiopia","Farming","prize"],"articleSection":["Cooperatives","Ethiopia","News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/","url":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/","name":"New directors elected at organisation's AGM - Self Help Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-07-05T14:45:40+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-21T14:43:48+00:00","description":"Gorta-Self Help Africa elected new directors at its AGM.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/new-directors-elected-at-organisations-agm\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New directors elected at organisation&#8217;s AGM"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/","name":"Self Help Africa","description":"Farming for Africa&#039;s Future","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#organization","name":"Self Help Africa","url":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/SHA_Logo_high-res.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/SHA_Logo_high-res.jpg","width":1200,"height":435,"caption":"Self Help Africa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SelfHelpAfrica\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/selfhelpafrica","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/selfhelpafrica\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/selfhelpafrica\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SelfHelpAfricaTV"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#\/schema\/person\/ef27df5dc9e961797418d7a8bf315404","name":"Self Help Africa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c742dba76c6de21edf4e4b342eb2790?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c742dba76c6de21edf4e4b342eb2790?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Self Help Africa"},"sameAs":["Eoghan Carroll","https:\/\/twitter.com\/comms"],"url":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/author\/comms\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-05-09 19:17:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}