3.12 Faith Based Charities

Dr. Mohamed Ashmawey worked in program management and leadership in the private sector for 20 years, with organizations such as General Motors and the National Bank of Egypt. Later he joined the nonprofit sector as CEO of Islamic Relief USA, where he was credited with transforming the corporate culture of the NGO. He went on to become the CEO of Islamic Relief Worldwide, where he continued to lead quality improvements and organizational transformation. Since 2019, he has been serving as the CEO of Human Appeal, a British faith based humanitarian and development charity. He spoke to us about:differences between the corporate sector and the charity sectorchallenges to implementing organizational changes the advantages and disadvantages of being a faith based charityrejecting arrogance and working with humility the ongoing investigation of the Charity Commission into Human Appealimplementing accountability processes and practicing transparency the importance of investing in innovative researchactivity based approach vs. impact based approach redefining successthe difference between leadership and management  - and much more! He joins us from Manchester, UK. 

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Long-form, personal conversations with international development and humanitarian aid practitioners, thinkers, activists, academics and more. Conversations center on lived experiences and reflections on ethical issues, power dynamics, systemic challenges and lessons learnt. Common themes: redistributing power, working with diverse stakeholders, negotiating partnerships, measuring impact, learning from mistakes, doing no harm, building trust, ensuring accountability, rejecting saviour complexes, racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination, and much more.