Spokespeople
As the UK's leading organisation fighting poverty through trade, we can offer knowledgable staff to discuss a range of fair trade issues. In addition, we can also put journalists in touch with producers from developing countries and with our supporters.
The media team can also provide spokespeople to discuss:
- Pro-poor policies in world trade
- Small business development in the developing world
- Barriers to market access facing producers
- Innovation in fair trade
- Social enterprises and social accounting
Key spokespeople
 | Mags Vaughan
Operations Director As part of her Operations Director role, Mags is responsible for our environmental impact. She can discuss our committment to the environment. Mags joined Traidcraft as Director of Operations in 2004 having spent 12 years in various engineering and senior commercial roles within the oil and chemical industry. |
 | Larry Bush
Sales and Marketing Director Larry is responsible for all sales and marketing activity of our trading company. He can comment on innovation in fair trade and the changing marketplace. Formerly Innovation Manager for Pepsico International, Larry joined Traidcraft in January 2006. |
 | Peter Collins
Church Relations Manager Peter can discuss fair trade and faith and provide information on Traidcraft's Christian response to poverty. Peter joined Traidcraft in 1995 after a career in print journalism and corporate communications. He is a member of the Methodist Church and represents Traidcraft in a number of faith networks. |
 | Fiona Gooch
Private Sector Policy Adviser Fiona works on private sector trade policy issues, particularly looking at the link between business and their impact on poverty in developing countries. This includes work on supply chains (purchasing practices, codes of conduct and audit approaches), company law, social reporting and investment. She is the UK director of the Responsible Purchasing Initiative (www.responsible-purchasing.org), with proficiency in the practice of how garment supply chains work as well as thinking about different public policy issues for improving the international development impact of supply chains reaching the EU. |
 | Sophie Powell
Trade Policy Advisor Sophie leads our policy work on international trade issues. She can speak about the impacts of bilateral free trade agreements between the EU and developing countries, as well as about the multilateral trade negotiations at the WTO. Sophie joined Traidcraft in 2005, having previously worked in East Africa as a trade adviser and campaign coordinator with a large international development organisation. |
