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Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

 

Prof Bhaskar Vira
Programme Head,
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education 

Dr Tabitha Mwangi
Programme Director 
 

Awah Leonide
Scholarship Programme
Manager

Wallace Zimunya
Scholarship Programme
Administrator     

Kajal Chougala 
Finance Coordinator

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Student Wellbeing Advisor

Dr Sara Serradas O'Holleran
Head of Social Innovation
and Entrepreneurship   

Robert Foster-Jones
Programme Administrator
Mastercard Foundation Collaborative

Communications Coordinator
Senior Research Coordinator
Transitions Coordinator

Board members

The programme is overseen by the following board members, bringing expertise and experience from a wide range of faculties and specialisms across the University.

  • Prof Bhaskar Vira, Programme Head and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education (Chair)
  • Alison Traub, Head of Cambridge University Development and Alumni Relations Office
  • Prof Caroline Trotter, Director of Cambridge-Africa
  • Prof Chris Sandbrook,  Director of the MPhil in Conservation Leadership
  • Dr Micheal Glover, Academic Secretary
  • Dr Mike Finn, Senior Tutor, St Edmunds college
  • Dr Mike Rands, Master of Darwin College
  • Prof Neil Stott, Co-Director of Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation
  • Ololade Osifala, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program alumni
  • Prof Pauline Rose, Director of the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre
  • Prof Tollulah Oni, Clinical Professor of Global Public Health and Sustainable Urban Development
  • Prof Sir John Ashton, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research