Baroness Lynda Chalker of Wallasey

Founder and Chairman of Africa Matters Ltd. Between 1986 and 1997 she was Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. She is a Trustee of the Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF), she is also an Executive Trustee of the Global Leadership Foundation, a member of the international advisory board of Lafarge et Cie and advised the World Bank for over 8 years. She is Vice-President of WaterAid, Honorary Vice-President of the British Red Cross and Patron of a number of charities working in Africa.