Special Advisers
We are delighted that two BEARR Trustees who have come to the end of their terms have kindly agreed to stay on as Advisers.
(For more information about our team and other governance issues click here.)
Charlie Walker, who finished his last three-year term as a BEARR Trustee in October 2023, continues to support BEARR’s work as our Academic Advisor. Charlie leads a panel of academic experts to advise BEARR on small grants themes, conference and webinar content, and the design of CSO surveys. As Co-Director of the University of Southampton Centre for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies, he continues to publish widely on a range of themes related to welfare and wellbeing across the region covered by BEARR. Details of his work can be found here.
Biljana Radonjić Ker-Lindsay, Associate Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), who completed her last three-year term as a BEARR trustee in October 2023, is a Special Adviser to BEARR. Biljana works with trustees on shaping longer-term strategy. She has kindly given us permission to share the EBRD’s video about how she combines her work as Head, Access to Skills and Employment (in the EBRD Gender and Economic Inclusion section) with a challenging family life:
