We are delighted to welcome Ama Marston as our new policy officer, taking over from Lucy Baker, who has gone to do her PhD at the University of East Anglia. Ama brings a wealth of experience from work on human rights, environment and development issues with NGOs and international organisations including those of former World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglitz and former UN high commission for human right Mary Robinson. She has also worked with ActionAid International, Amnesty International, the Centre for Economic and Social Rights, Greenpeace and others; and has experience in Latin America and Asia. She holds a Masters from Columbia University.