Adrian Connelly

Adrian joined MENTOR in 2012 and is responsible for the concept, mobilisation, delivery and oversight of MENTOR’s regional programmes. He helps ensure that the right programmes are delivered to meet the needs identified and the requirements of funding partners. Adrian has spent most of his life living and working in Africa. Initially growing up in […]
Dr Darvin Scott Smith

Scott grew up in Boulder Colorado and attended medical school at the University of Colorado. He went to public health school at Harvard University where an interest in Tropical Public Health was further developed, leading to a year-long study as a Fulbright Scholar in Cali Colombia. Here he studied improved diagnostic technologies to understand the […]
Dr Richard Allan OBE PhD

Richard is a tropical parasitologist and disease control expert with 39 years’ experience in emergency public health and applied research. In Oct 2002, Richard founded The MENTOR Initiative which he led as its CEO until October 2024, when he took up the position as its Chair of the Board of Directors. Since 1988, he has […]