Meet the staff of Peacebuilding UK

Chris Hunter (MBE) – Programmes Coordinator

Chris studied Russian and German at the University of London from 1988 to 1993. He has worked with people in Chechnya and other parts of Russia since 1994, responding to the war in Chechnya and other armed conflicts in the North Caucasus. Having been based in Moscow and the North Caucasus from 1994 to 2001, he has been instrumental in inititiating and implementing a wide range of programmes in the areas of peacebuilding capacity development, psychosocial assistance and community development. Chris formerly worked as a Quaker Peace and Service Representative in Russia and Friends House Moscow staff member, and in 2000 was awarded an MBE for his work in Chechnya.

Howard Pankhurst – Accountant

Howard is an ex-Teacher, Social Worker & Accountant, who worked in London until ‘semi-retirement’ in 1986 to move to Devon to escape the rat-race. He retired again in 2005 after selling the business he acquired in Devon. He now works in the Bude Peacebuilding UK office part-time, leaving time to spend with his four young children.