Rosanna Burcheri & Elizabeth Lule appointed to Lumos’ UK Board of Trustees
13.02.2025
LONDON, Thursday 13th February – Lumos, the international children’s charity founded by J.K. Rowling, today announced the appointment of Rosanna Burcheri & Elizabeth Lule to Lumos’ UK Board of Trustees.
Rosanna Burcheri joins the Board as an experienced asset manager, having worked in the industry for over 27 years. She is a Portfolio Manager at Fidelity International and is actively involved in empowering others through her work with the Senior Women in Fund Management Network and Diversity Project.
Elizabeth Lule joins the Board as a widely recognised international development and global health expert. She is Executive Director at the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) and has worked in senior leadership, management, and technical positions at the World Bank for 17 years. Passionate about addressing social inequalities, Elizabeth has also served on several Boards of Directors, including Save the Children International, the Africa Institute for Development Policy, and Concept Foundation.
Howard Taylor, Lumos CEO, said “With their broad experience and shared commitment to the wellbeing of children, Rosanna and Elizabeth will bring valuable expertise to our mission to ensure that all children grow up in a safe, loving family. I look forward to working with them both.”
About Lumos
Lumos works to realise every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world. Our vision is a world in which all children grow up in safe and loving families within supported communities.
Founded in 2005 by author J.K. Rowling, Lumos partners with governments, civil society and young people with lived experience to transform care systems globally and advocate for family-based solutions that help children thrive. We ensure that families receive the support they need to stay together or reunite, and that children grow up in family-based settings such as foster or kinship care, not institutions. Despite clear evidence of the harms of institutionalisation, an estimated 5.4 million children worldwide continue to live in institutions. And a much larger number of children are at risk of institutionalisation – those living in poverty, experiencing domestic violence and abuse, and living in countries affected by conflict.
