Trustees

Kirsty is the Chair of the Trustee Board. Kirsty has several years’ experience working on African and UK groundwater research as a hydrogeologist at the British Geological Survey.

Kirsty’s research is focused on groundwater resource assessment and management, particularly assessing borehole sustainability, and improving the availability of groundwater information for Africa.

Kirsty was one of the main developers of the Africa Groundwater Atlas and Literature Archive.

Andy Bastable is the head of Water and Sanitation for Oxfam. He has over 20 years of emergency and development field experience in the water and sanitation sector.

Amongst his many achievements Andy was responsible for the second version of the WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion) Chapter in Sphere (the manual of agreed standards in emergencies) and has spent considerable time promoting new innovations in the field of water and sanitation.

Andy's vast experience will ensure that Groundwater Relief provides practical and purposeful support to charities that are developing water supplies in a wide variety of different contexts.

Emma is a qualified CIMA management accountant with over 15 years of experience working in the private sector, public sector, and volunteering for various charities.

Emma brings a broad range of experience in all accounting matters including: monthly reporting, commercial analysis, short-term forecasting, long term budgeting and strategic planning, optimising value and offering financial advice on all operational activities.