Partners, Supporters and Personnel

Our Personnel...

(in alphabetical order by surname)

Katie Allen UK Event Manager

Katie works as a Logistics Manager for a company specialising in offshore surveys in the oil and gas sector.

Michael Breen Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

Wapatwa Chipalo Zambia Treasurer

Sean Donnelly USA Country Manager / Pilot Recruit Training

Gary Hemmings Chairman of the UK Board / UK Trustee

A project management consultant for National Grid who has worked in the oil and gas industry for the past 35 years. Gary joined Mercy Flyers as a founding trustee after 10 years experience setting up and working for a local charity.

Sylvia Hemmings UK Country Manager / UK Trustee

Married to Gary and working as Accounts Manager with QLS Ltd. Sylvia oversees the general running of the UK office and UK finances.

Mike Hidden UK Trustee

Mike has held various senior positions in business, national and local politics, the armed forces and local church life. He ran his own management consulting business for twelve years and has lectured on Business Policy and Strategy in a business school environment.

Rich Jones IT Consultant

Rich is a computer programmer/analyst with thirty years experience in IT working for companies such as Aviva, BT, Ford Motor Group and latterly QLS. Rich takes care of the charity's web wite, mailing lists and newsletters.

Amy Kuhn Volunteer Book-Keeper

Amy recently joined Mercy Flyers as an accountant and administrator. She has considerable experience in Pastel accounting which is the software we use. Amy has been processing our financial data and remedying any errors.

Chandi Lungu Zambia Administrator

Chandi is the administrator for the Zambia office, with several years experience working in the Zambian mining sector and education sector in China. She has been involved with charity work in Zambia since 2009.

David Njovu Zambian Trustee

Alan Norrish UK Trustee

Alan is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Cambridge University Hospital's NHS Foundation Trust in the UK. He has been deeply active in charity work for many years and has spent four years doing full-time work in Malawi, Zambia, the Middle East and Afghanistan.

Craig Oranmore-Brown Founding Chairman / CEO / Anaesthesiologist / Pilot

Craig is a consultant anaesthetist with special interests in intensive care, trauma and emergency medicine. Born in South Africa and trained in both South Africa and the UK, Craig is also a qualified pilot.

Rae Oranmore-Brown Founding Director / Surgeon

Rae is a doctor with an interest in anaethesia and rural heath care. Like Craig, Rae was born in South Africa and has trained in the UK.

Jonathan Phiri Zambia Office Groundsman

Bruno Peek LVO OBE OPR UK Trustee

Helen Powell Anaesthetic Nurse

Helen is a Division 2 Enrolled Nurse from Australia, with almost 20 years’ experience working as an Anaesthetic Nurse.

Phil Sinclair UK Trustee & Group Treasurer

Phil spent the first thirty plus years of his working life with Barclays Bank and the last ten years as Finance Director of QLS - Automotive, a Mercy Flyers sponsor.

Anna Winters Epidemiologist / Grant Writer / Project Manager

Ben Winters Economist / Grant Writer / Zambian Management Team