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Zalmai Nishat
Founder & Chairperson
Mosaic Global Foundation's Trustees & Directors
Serpil Yilmaz
Executive Director
David Game
Head of Global Initiatives
David Cecil
Director of Operations
Zalmai Nishat
Zalmai is Mosaic’s founder and serves as our Executive Chair. Previously, Zalmai held the role of Programme Lead for Central and South Asia at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) in London. Between 2014 and 2021, he served as a public policy advisor to the government of Afghanistan, and then from 2020 to 2021 as Senior Migration Expert for a European Union (EU) project implemented by the German GIZ in Kabul. During the same period (2014-2021) Zalmai also founded an NGO—Etidal, focusing on counter-radicalisation and another, Organisation for Peace & Prosperity (OPPA), on education and civil society dialogue and peace-building. Also, during this period, he served as a fellow at the Afghanistan Institute of Strategic Studies (AISS), a local think tank. He earned an undergraduate degree in Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and an MA in Political Theory from the University of Essex.
Serpil Yilmaz
Serpil is currently working at a secondary school in Cambridge, supporting children with special needs, and she is a passionate maths teacher. Previously, she worked as a manager in small businesses in Germany and the UK. Serpil holds a degree in Business and Human Resource Management from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). In addition to assisting Mosaic with organisational development, she has a keen interest in its education projects of Mosaic, with a particular focus on special needs and disabled children as well as girls’ education. Also, she is interested in Mosaic’s Women Economic Empowerment.
David Game
David is the founder and Principal of David Game College (DGC) and the Chairman of the David Game Group (DGG). Prior to establishing David Game College in 1974—over 50 years ago—Mr Game spent many years as a maths tutor, successfully imparting his enthusiasm for mathematical concepts to his students. As Principal of DGC and Chairman of DGG, he prioritises the same combination of strong subject knowledge and a passion for teaching when appointing educators. David holds an MA in Mathematics from New College, Oxford, and an MPhil in Number Theory from University College London (UCL). Given that education is one of the core missions of Mosaic Foundation, his expertise and experience are invaluable.
David Cecil
David Cecil has a diverse background of working in higher education, media, music and film production. From 2008-2011 he worked at Cavendish University Kampala, where he established the International Relations and Diplomacy Department. He established Tilapia Cultural Centre (Kampala) in 2010. In 2017, he established East African Records (EAR), a recording studio and music distribution company, while from 2017-2020, David and his team co-produced their first feature film, Imperial Blue. David read Social Anthropology and Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and an MA at Goldsmiths, University of London, in Visual Anthropology. David brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Mosaic Foundation in almost all areas of Mosaic’s mission.
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