Meet The People
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VTT Management Commitee and Trustees
MR MOKHTAR HUSSAIN
Chair 2023 – present; Trustee 2007 – presentHe is a British Bangladeshi who has lived in Leicester since 1972; member of the Executive Committee of the Leicester Racial Equality Committee; supporter of CRP for 25 years: last visited CRP Centres in 2023.
MR SAYADUL KHALED
Treasurer 2019 – present, Trustee 2019 – presentHe is a Management Accountant and also a Trustee of the Fenchugonj Education Trust. Has visited CRP several times, most recently in 2023.
MR ZAHIRUL HAQUE
Secretary 2021 – present, Trustee 2021 – present
Zahir is a qualified chartered accountant working as a Senior audit manager at an International Bank in London. He is also the Treasurer of a local community organisation and Board member of a regional Voluntary sector body.
MS AYSHA AKHTER
Trustee 2023 – presentShe is a Fleet Accountant, working in the Shipping Industry. Supporter of CRP since 2021. Visited CRP-Moulvibazar in 2022.
MR BEN CLACKSON
Trustee 2007 – presentHe was resident in Dhaka 1980 – 1982 when serving with the British High Commission; supporter of CRP from that time; last visited CRP in 2019.
MRS MARGARET HAKIM
Trustee 2010 – presentShe has had a long association with Bangladesh since 1964 through her late husband; lived in Dhaka 1967-1971; speaks Bengali and Urdu; regular visitor to Bangladesh; last visited CRP in 2012.
MS HELEN MORTIMER
Trustee 2012 – 2017 and 2020 – present; Editor of Spring Newsletter since 2015Qualified as Physiotherapist and Volunteered at CRP in 2009 and 2012. Works for NHS with a specialist interest in Neurology and Spinal Cord Injury.
MR GLEN MCGHEE
Trustee 2019 – presentHe is an orthotist who worked in disability for about 40 years. In the late 1980′s he worked in Bangladesh on a project through CRP for 2½ years, and he has visited CRP about 5 times in the last 10 years.
MR JAHANGIR ALAM
Trustee 2018 – presentJahangir graduated from CRP and worked in Bangladesh as an Occupational Therapist before he moved in London. Currently he works in the NHS and liaises with academics & students for their placement at CRP.
DR MOHAMED SAKEL
Trustee 2021 – presentHe is Director / Consultant Neurorehab physician at East Kent Neurorehab service. He delivered invited lectures at CRP & led research projects with collaboration of UK & Bangladesh, including CRP. As a dual citizen, he is active in professional & charity works in UK & Bangladesh.
VTT Administration
MR BRIAN WOODGATE
VTT Administrator 2009 – presentHe has held senior appointments in both the ambulance and police services; has been a supporter of CRP for over 20 years; has been a frequent visitor to Bangladesh in recent years; last visited CRP in 2011.
