Robert has been a trustee of ZHEST since 2010.

Robert is a graduate of Queen Mary and Imperial Colleges, University of London. For the last 13 years he has worked for a civil engineering consultancy as a hydrologist specialising in flood risk management. Robert has visited Zimbabwe several times during the last 15 years and has seen how relatively little funding can go a long way in improving opportunities for those in poor communities, for example by providing access to education.

Robert lives in Swindon with his wife and enjoys cycling, cooking, live music and travelling.