Our Trustees

Marianne Johnson
Marianne is a retired teacher and is the Secretary of Building Schools for Africa. She was also a long-standing trustee of AidCamps International, the charity from which Building Schools for Africa evolved. Through her work with AidCamps International, Marianne has taken numerous groups of volunteers to work on rural village school building projects in India, Nepal and Cameroon.

Ian Johnson
Ian is a retired doctor who has also led groups of AidCamps International volunteers on projects in India. He has undertaken several medical electives in hospitals and rural clinics in South Africa, Malawi, Kenya and Cameroon and has recently been awarded a Diploma in Tropical Medicine from the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. He is Chair of Building Schools for Africa.

Nick Hayward
Nick Hayward retired having successfully run a family business for 25 years. He worked with a number of schools and training companies to enable young students, particularly those with special needs, to take part in Modern Apprenticeship schemes. He has also been a trustee of the Isle of Wight Youth Trust and was appointed High Sherrif of the Isle of Wight for 2012/13. Nick is our Treasurer, and is supported in his work for BSFA by his wife, Nicky Hayward, who was also one of the founding trustees.

Judith Moore
Judith is a retired a GP, treating patients on the Isle of Wight for 25 years. She has been a supporter of Building Schools for Africa since its beginning and recently travelled to Cameroon to see the work of SHUMAS at first hand. Judith has served on numerous committees and has been a trustee of the Youth Trust on the Isle of Wight.

Stuart Whitman
Stuart has lived on the Isle of Wight for 10 years and, having originally studied Marine Biology, he has subsequently worked on a number of international sailing projects, including the 2012 Olympics. He currently is working on projects that are rooted in environmental impact with organisations including the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Stuart says that BSFA’s effective sustainable development model, its significant positive impact on the communities it helps and the fact that every penny donated goes to the construction of new classrooms is what motivated him to get involved.

Andrew Hindle
Andrew and his family have supported Building Schools for Africa for many years, through fundraising activities in the UK.
Together they have taken a number of trips to Cameroon to visit the projects first hand. Andrew retired from the NHS in 2022 and joined BSFA as a trustee.