commonwealth education fund
management of the cef
The Commonwealth Education Fund was launched by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown, in March 2002, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Oversight Committee
The CEF benefitted from the expertise of a number of very distinguished people who served on the CEF Oversight Committee. The committee was chaired by Eddie George, whose contributions to CEF's education advocacy efforts were invaluable. Please click here to read a tribute to his work.

  Chairman
 
Lord George
Former Governor of The Bank of England
 
Vice Chairman
 
Lord Leitch
Former Chief Executive, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA/ ASia Pacific)
  Observers
 
Sir Robin Janvrin
Christopher Geidt
  Members
 
Kate Barker
 
Sir John Bond
 
Lord Browne
 
Lord Cairns
 
Winston Cox
 
Sir Patrick Gillam
 
Sir Digby Jones
 
Professor Amartya Sen
 
Subhash Thakrar
 
Lord George - Former Governor of THe Bank of England
 
 

CEF UK Management Committee
The Management Committee worked with the CEF Secretariat on the day-to-day management of the Fund. The following staff members of ActionAid, Oxfam and Save the Children served on the Management Committee.

 
David Archer
 
Sonya Ruparel
 
 
Sheila Aikman
 
Chikondi Mpokosa
 
Tom Noel
 
 
Joanna Clayton
 
Janice Dolan
 
Katy Webley