If Bright Hope World's primary assets are our partners - and they are - then our team comes a very close second.

As you'll see below, our team is made up of a range of people from various backgrounds. We have a farmer, a couple of accountants, several lawyers and even a police officer!

But what unites our team is an absolute commitment to - and passion for - serving the poorest of the poor.

Bright Hope World does not pay any of our team, and virtually all of the team covers their own travel costs. This is a big deal, as many of our team travel to challenging and expensive places. Most do this using annual leave from paid employment.

Our Partnership Facilitators, who look after partners in different countries, are writing reports after work, communicating with partners after the kids have gone to bed and working with our partners to solve problems in the weekends. All while - for most - holding full-time jobs.

We are proud of our team and the skills, capability and sacrifice they bring in serving Bright Hope World and our partners.

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Bright Hope World Executive Leadership Team

Fraser Scott
Executive Director

Fraser has worked with Bright Hope World since 2009, coming from a legal and management consulting background. Fraser still consults half-time to organisations in the corporate and non-profit sectors.

Having spent time with Bright Hope World partnerships in most of the countries in which we operate, Fraser has a real passion for micro-enterprise and micro-loans programmes.

Fraser's responsibilities include overall oversight of the team, strategy and communications, as well as major donor engagement. Fraser also oversees La Mai coffee.

Fraser is married to Debbie (Bright Hope's in-house graphic designer) and has three teenage boys.

Rob Purdue
Executive Chairman

Rob has been involved directly in charitable work among needy people around the world since the 1980s with an interest that precedes that for many years. He is widely respected for encouraging only highly effective and accountable projects.

Rob has a background in financial planning and risk management. He left a successful national business to help establish Bright Hope World.

Rob is married to Heather and has two married children and seven grandchildren.

Kevin Honore
New Partnerships Facilitator

Kevin and Helen have lived and worked in Africa for many years and have a first hand understanding of the needs of indigenous people.

Their role sees them visiting a large number of Bright Hope World partnerships, with a focus on finding and developing new partnerships.

They previously managed the family's fruit growing and processing business in Levin and have experience in setting up and maintaining projects. They are based in Auckland and have two married children and three grandchildren.

Jarrod Purdue
Income Generation Director

Jarrod trained as a teacher, and after graduation taught maths and physical education in New Zealand schools for three years, but then headed to Africa where he spent a year helping aid and mission groups.

Richer for the experience, he moved to London where he worked for 12 months as a teacher and then as a site manager for the next seven years.

Now back in New Zealand with his wife and four children, he is primarily involved with income generation for Bright Hope World through property development.

Heather McLennan
Administration Manager

Heather joined the Bright Hope World team in March 2008 having previously worked in an administration capacity in the medical industry for the previous 20 years.

Heather has always had an interest in overseas missions and in July 2007 visited Zambia for two weeks with a team from Riccarton Community Church in association with Bright Hope World. This gave her valuable insight into the work of Bright Hope World and so when the opportunity became available she was very keen to be able to use her skills/abilities to enhance the work of Bright Hope World.

Heather is married to Geoff and has two daughters.

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Bright Hope World Head Office Support Team

Karena George
Office Administrator

Karena joined the Bright Hope World team in May 2010 to assist with administration and accounts duties.

She is married to Darryn and they have three children. Prior to taking several years out of the paid workforce to be a full-time Mum, Karena worked as an Office Administrator for a home healthcare support business.

She has had an interest in overseas missions for many years, spending several months in India prior to being married, visiting NZ missionaries and mission organisations.

Kay Gilray
La Mai Coffee Administrator

Kay joined the Bright Hope World team in early 2008 to assist with the distribution of La Mai coffee.

She comes in once a week to assist with coffee orders, invoicing and packaging.

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Bright Hope World International Field Team

John Vlaming
Agricultural Director

John and Cisca are farmers from Nelson, New Zealand. In December 2007 they went to Bright Hope World’s Maplehurst Farm in Zambia to manage the farm for nine months.

As Bright Hope World’s agricultural director, John is focused on providing Foundations for Farming training in Africa and Asia.

John and Cisca are based in New Zealand but make regular visits to visit partnerships.

Jerry & Hayley Field
Partnership Facilitator - Zambia, Foundations for Farming

Jerry and Hayley have been involved in Bright Hope World for a number of years.

From 2009 to 2012 they lived in Zambia, based at Maplehurst Farm.

They now live in Nelson, but continue to oversee all of Bright Hope World’s Zambia partnerships, introducing Foundations for Farming into partnerships where appropriate, and developing training programmes and resources for partners and beneficiaries.

Jerry and Hayley have two young daughters.

Worku Tafete
Partnership Facilitator – Ethiopia

Worku left Ethiopia more than 20 years ago as a refugee. He eventually found a home in New Zealand and has subsequently become a church leader here.

He has a passion for the people of Northern Ethiopia and has introduced Bright Hope World to opportunities there.

Worku lives with his sisters in Auckland.

Mark and Emma Stokes
Partnership Facilitator – Southeast Asia

Mark and Emma are passionate about seeing positive change in the lives of people.

Their initial interest in Asia grew out of the Headspace STM trips they led to Thailand between 2006 and 2010 and the resulting relationships with local people. Towards the end of 2011 they spent 3 months in Thailand as a family so Mark could get to know the Bright Hope World partners.

Mark has formal qualifications in the areas of international relations and security, psychology and teaching. Emma has qualifications in economics and political science, and since completing her role as Youth Director for Global Connections in Mission looks after their two young boys and does some part-time study and teaching.

Tim and Kristina Wells
Partnership Facilitators

Tim and Kristina have both independently had a passion for the poor around the world for many years.

Tim was involved in a music ministry for three years which traveled to many countries sharing the gospel and a message of hope with people of all ages. Kristina is a trained teacher and has a passion and gifting for working with young people.

Tim and Kristina met in Costa Rica where they were doing short term missions work.

Tim and Kristina live in Nelson, New Zealand. Tim works in marketing, while Kristina is a teacher. They have three young children.

Matt and Judy O'Byrne
Partnership Facilitator – Uganda

Matt and Judy first became interested in Bright Hope World after spending three months working in Samfya, Zambia in 2009. They then travelled with Kevin and Helen Honore to Kenya and Uganda the following year. Matt and Judy are passionate about Bright Hope World's partnership model and have a particular interest in income generation and micro-lending.

Matt is a lawyer and Judy is a nurse and counsellor; each running their own business in Kapiti. Matt and Judy have four grown children.

Mike and Becky Kemps
Partnership Facilitator – Kenya

Mike became passionate about the values and partners of Bright Hope World after he visited the Bright Hope World partners in Zambia and Ethiopia in 2010. Becky had been involved with the poor in Thailand and India and has always had a heart for the poor and marginalised.

In 2014, Mike and Becky became involved with the Bright Hope World partnerships in Kenya.

Mike is a lawyer and Becky is a social worker. They live in Auckland with their three young children.

Gordon and Barbara Stewart
Partnership Facilitator – Middle East

Gordon and Barbara spent a number of years in several French-speaking African countries, involved mainly in teaching in Bible Schools and providing hospitality to the missionary community. On returning to New Zealand they were pastoring in a West Auckland Church, prior to Gordon being involved in equipping people for mission at Laidlaw College.

They are currently with the Global international group at the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle, participating particularly in leadership development and pastoral care. They have three adult children.

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