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Girish Menon is a charity executive and academic administrator who became the 10th President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, on 1 October 2025.[1] Before joining Lucy Cavendish, he held senior roles in the international development and charity sectors, including Chief Executive of ActionAid UK, Chief Executive of STiR Education, Interim Chief Executive of UNICEF UK, and Deputy Chief Executive and International Programmes Director at WaterAid UK.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
editCareer in international development
editMenon began his career with the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in Gujarat in 1985.[2] In 1988, he moved to Kerala to work for ActionAid and was seconded to Reaching the Unreached, a partner organisation founded by James Kimpton.[2] He later returned to ActionAid as a programme manager in northern India and established a regional office in Bhopal.[2]
After working for ActionAid in India, Menon worked for Plan International and then for the United Kingdom's Department for International Development in India.[2] In 2005, he moved to London to join WaterAid UK. He later became WaterAid's Director of International Operations and, from 2012, Deputy Chief Executive.[2]
Charity sector leadership
editIn 2015, Menon was appointed Chief Executive of ActionAid UK, succeeding Richard Miller.[5] The appointment was also the subject of a later Third Sector profile in its "Big Hire" series.[6]
A 2019 Charity Times profile described his tenure at ActionAid UK as including a strategic reset of the charity's finances, operations, identity and culture.[2] The same profile reported that Menon had been named by Charity Times readers among the publication's 25 most influential charity-sector leaders in 2019.[2]
In 2020, Menon left ActionAid UK to become Chief Executive of STiR Education, an international non-governmental organisation working with education systems in India and Uganda.[3] In 2024, he was appointed Interim Chief Executive of UNICEF UK pending the arrival of Philip Goodwin as the charity's permanent chief executive.[4]
Lucy Cavendish College
editOther roles
editMenon has held trustee and board roles in the charity sector. As of 2026, he was listed by the British Asian Trust as a member of its Programme and Partnerships Committee and as being on the board of Hope and Homes for Children.[8] The Charity Commission register also lists him as a trustee of Hope and Homes for Children, appointed in December 2020.[9]
References
edit- 1 2 "College Notices". Cambridge University Reporter. University of Cambridge. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Adams, David (10 November 2019). "CEO interview: Girish Menon on leading with feminist principles". Charity Times. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 Whitehead, Harriet (7 October 2020). "ActionAid UK CEO Girish Menon moves to STiR Education". Civil Society. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 Wait, Sam (4 June 2024). "Unicef UK appoints VSO boss as next CEO". Civil Society. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Ricketts, Andy (9 June 2015). "ActionAid UK appoints Girish Menon as its next chief executive". Third Sector. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "The Big Hire: Girish Menon of ActionAid". Third Sector. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Lucy Cavendish College appoints Girish Menon to serve as its 10th President". Lucy Cavendish College. University of Cambridge. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Girish Menon". British Asian Trust. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Trustees: Hope and Homes for Children". Register of Charities. Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
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