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The 91Èȱ¬ World Service Trust, the 91Èȱ¬'s international charity, has appointed Caroline Nursey as its new Director. Caroline Nursey joins the 91Èȱ¬ World Service Trust from Oxfam GB where she has held a range of Director-level roles based both at Oxfam HQ and in the field.

"I'm delighted to have Caroline join us at this important stage of the 91Èȱ¬ World Service Trust's development" says Chair Nigel Chapman. "She is joining the charity at the start of its tenth anniversary year, so the timing provides both a great opportunity to celebrate a decade of creative and innovative projects engaging media to create better lives, and to chart an exciting course for the future.

"Caroline's combination of fundraising, strategic and financial skills, along with her hands-on experience of development projects in various parts of Africa and the Middle East, made her the outstanding applicant in a very strong field."

In addition to seven years' experience at Oxfam, Nursey led the World University Service for six years, and before that was Head of Overseas Projects at Y Care International. She has a further 10 years of experience in education, mostly with the VSO in Tanzania and the UK.

Caroline Nursey says of her new role: "I first came to value the work of the 91Èȱ¬ World Service Trust when I was based in Sudan and I encountered its Lifeline Radio project in Darfur. What struck me then was the critical role media can play in helping communities get the information they need first to survive and then to thrive.

"Thanks to its wide-ranging and highly creative projects, millions of people are better placed to shape their own futures through access to informative media. I'm delighted to have the opportunity to lead such an able and talented organisation into this, its second decade."

Caroline Nursey will take up her position by April.

Notes to Editors

The 91Èȱ¬ World Service Trust is the 91Èȱ¬'s international development charity. It aims to reduce poverty and promote human rights in developing countries through the innovative and creative use of the media. Access to information, empowerment and "voice" are at the heart of what the trust does.

The 91Èȱ¬ World Service Trust is part of the Global News Division, the international section of the 91Èȱ¬. Its four components are: 91Èȱ¬ World Service, 91Èȱ¬ World News, 91Èȱ¬ Monitoring and the 91Èȱ¬ World Service Trust.

The 91Èȱ¬ World Service Trust is an independent charity funded by external grants and voluntary contributions, mainly from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), the European Union, UN agencies and charitable foundations. Registered charity number: 1076235.

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