:: 4 February 2012
Denboba K. Natie (Chair)
Denboba is a Senior Public Health Practitioner with an extensive Public and Clinical Nursing background.
He has attained MSc in International Health (UK) and Diploma in Management from Chartered management institute (UK).
He has experience in working with International originations such as WHO/UNICEF at strategic levels when he coordinated the activities of nationally funded projects for lengthy periods. He has also worked for a health and social services affiliated voluntary organization in Edinburgh since 2004.
He held the post of President of the National Health Professionals' Association when he was in one of the east African countries and was one of the key players in the said country in developing national policies in the areas of women and children and mental health issues. Denboba has also worked in the capacity of the managing director in a private sector organisation and also in an NGO.
He has been involved in the capacity of a board member of various ethnic minority voluntary organizations in Scotland including Africa Centre Scotland, Ethiopian Community Scotland of which he is a founder. He has also been involved in various advocacy groups including the Edinburgh Race Equality Forum, Connections for Development, International Inter-religious group for World Peace, Ethiopian human rights groups and the Pressure group for Global Justice. Denboba Natie can work both at strategic as well as operational levels with utmost proficiency.
BrianSmith (Treasurer)
Brian Smith has thirty five years of Commercial Business experience. He moved from an executive post in the Civil Service into business management, eventually becoming a Sales Director and a Managing Director.
His specialised knowledge includes engineering, business costing and organisation, and personnel recruitment. For over twenty years he has directed and led a team of professionals in the process of Design and Construction of Restaurants throughout Britain and Ireland.
He is an honorary member of the Institutes of Business Management and Administrative Management as well as an Associate Member of Institute of Personnel Management. He is honorary secretary of his Golf Club.
Melanie Vowels
Melanie Vowles has worked continuously within local government for 27 years. She commenced employment in the Planning department as a filing clerk in 1983 and has risen through the ranks to reach the post of Team leader in the Planning Archives section with additional responsibility for committee work preparation and Freedom of Information requests.
She also received a customer care award for her work at the public counter of the Planning office.She is an associate member of the Institute of Administrative Management (an organisation that has direct links with students studying a variety of management courses both here and aboard) where she gained an international diploma and certificate in administrative management. She is also the acting treasurer of the local branch based in Edinburgh.
She is also a member of the charitable trust which owns and maintains a 17th century style public garden in East Lothian.
Helen Cambell
Helen Campbell spent 38 years in senior management as accountant/financial controller in commerce, industry and the national performing arts. Latterly she was with Scottish Chamber Orchestra and The Scottish Ballet. In 1987 Helen found homeopathic medicine and has been consulting, training, teaching and furthering the use of homeopathic medicine since qualifying in 1992.
She is a member of General Council of Edinburgh University and serves on their Academic Standing Committee. She now works with several Charities across the Central Belt of Scotland (Edinburgh University Settlement Homeopathy Projects, South Lanarkshire Carers, P.E.T.A.L., Dementia Carers UK, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh). Previously Helen was involved in Mentoring for Edinburgh University women students who could be expected to go through the glass ceiling.
Her present objectives are to promote the use of homeopathic medicine as a way of improving health and empowering people to look after their own health. Has previously been involved in West Lothian Ethnic Minorities Group and with connections to the Central mosque has many patients from there who have benefited from the use of homeopathic remedies. Homeopathic medicine is a holistic medicine which integrates mental, emotional and physical symptoms to determine which remedy is indicated. Most of the work she does now is Voluntary work to move the work of homeopathy forward.
