Governance
Twins is a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) with three unpaid Trustees who are responsible for its governance.
The Twins Policy for Child Protection can be read here.
William Oswald
Trustee
William has been involved as CEO or in board roles in companies and charities across multiple sectors in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, specialising in creating sector first-movers. His numerous non-executive roles have included an Ofqual regulated awarding body, a US fintech bank, one of the UK’s ten largest annual sporting events and a charity with a diverse portfolio of property, extractives, retail and events. He has lectured in Business Financial Modelling for several UK universities and he was previously a Captain in The British Army. William and co-Trustee Ashley Gray founded Twins in 2005, with the help of tsunami relief organisation Adopt Sri Lanka and the UK charity Children in Crisis.
Bryony Croft
Trustee
Bryony Croft is a Director of a UK accounting and administration outsourcing firm providing services to a wide range of businesses and organisations. She trained as a teacher and was involved in education, and also had a career in retail, before establishing her current business. Bryony has been a Trustee of Twins since it became a registered charity.
Ashley Gray
Trustee
Ashley Gray is Director of Gray MCA a leading Fine Art Dealership specialising in Fashion, Textiles, Modern & Contemporary Art. Formally a Public Affairs professional he led communications and media projects in the UK and overseas including Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe & the USA. His work following the Asian Tsunami in 2004 led to him co-founding Twins in 2005 and chairing the UKOWLA Sri Lanka Conference at the Eden Project in June 2007. He is a strong advocate of Education through the Global Gateway and believes the building of links through schools as enshrined in the ‘Twins Constitution’ is the most positive way of providing sustainable support at times of crisis.