The team

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	Dr Susan Marango Monitoring and Evaluation Officer	Grace Osul-Ochieng  Student Wellbeing Advisor	Dr Sara Serradas O'Holleran Head of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Robert Foster-Jones Programme Administrator Mastercard Foundation Collaborative	Iain Fossey Communications Coordinator	Parinaz Hariri Senior Research Coordinator	Tracy Ahumuza 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
• Michael Akintunde, 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
• Dr Judith Bunbury, Senior Tutor at Wolfson College
• Dr Myfanwy Hill, Senior Tutor at Kings College
• Girish Menon, President of Lucy Cavendish College