Staff and Board

Staff and Board

Staff strength

In 2020, AWARE continued to grow in strength and capacity to meet the growing demand for its services. Staff strength grew from 22.5 to 27 FTE (Full-Time Equivalent). As of 31 December 2020, the staff strength was distributed as follows:
In 2020, AWARE also engaged approximately 38 paid consultants and trainees on retainer, project or short-term bases.

Senior management

Corporate governance

Role of the Board

AWARE’s Board is committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and accountability to its stakeholders. Our stakeholders include the regulators, the clients we serve, our supporters (donors, members and volunteers), our partners, staff and the community at large.

The Board decides on the major strategic directions of AWARE, allocates financial resources, provides legal and financial oversight, reviews the performance of management, and ensures that the organisation serves its mission in accordance with its values. The Board meets every month to carry out its functions.

No Board members are remunerated for their Board services.

Read more 2020 Board Information here. For a list of AWARE’s Board committees, click here.

Our Board

Margaret Thomas

President

Margaret Thomas held senior editing positions at The Business Times, The Singapore Monitor and TODAY, and was in the founding team of AsiaOne, over her nearly three decades in the media. In 1984/85, Margaret was a founder member of AWARE. Over the last three decades, she has served on many of its committees, and has been a member of its board since 2009. In 2003 she was a founder member of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2).