Susie Weldon

Background

About Susie Weldon

Senior media/communications experience and NGO leadership • Head of Communications for FaithInvest, a global non-profit that empowers faith groups to invest in line with their values • Co-founder of Faith in Water, which focuses on water, sanitation and hygiene, and has a particular expertise in keeping girls in school by helping them to manage their periods with confidence and dignity. • Nine years' experience in international development, specialising in working with faith groups, in particular Christian, Muslim and Hindu communities in sub-Saharan Africa, on environmental issues such as water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and sustainable agriculture • Award-winning journalist with 20 years' experience in journalism, writing and communications, in the UK and Hong Kong. • Books include:'Faith in Food: Changing the world one meal at a time'(shortlisted for The Guild of Food Writers' 2015 Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing); Islamic Farming (produced in English and Luganda);'Kyrgyz Republic' • Formerly Faithful Farming programme manager for the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), a UK-based international charity that helps the world's major faiths develop environmental programmes and partner with secular organisations, including the World Bank, UN, USAID and national governments