An independent advisor and consultant, specialising in international social development with a particular emphasis on children’s rights and protection issues. She is currently the CEO of the African Women’s Development Fund. Her work includes advisory roles to African and other international women and children’s rights activists and leaders, plus policy development and advocacy with a variety of international agencies and organisations. Theo is a board member of various national and international civil society organisations and grant-making foundations, including being a trustee of Comic Relief (a multimillion-dollar grant-making foundation) and a board member of the Graça Machel Trust. Theo was awarded a CBE in June 2010.