Hannah Torkington

Hannah joined the Howden Foundation March 2024. Hannah has spent more than 20 years in the not-for-profit sector, and prior to joining the foundation led the Tudor Trust’s international grant-making programme on locally-led agroecology in sub-Saharan Africa, and co-led the Grants Team with an annual portfolio of £20M. Hannah's leadership experience also includes charity governance, including at the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, where she was Vice-Chair between 2021 and 2023.

Hannah is passionate about the role that locally-led, catalytic and empowering grant-making can play. Prior to moving into philanthropy 15 years ago, she led frontline charity projects in international NGOs such as Peace Direct, Quaker Peace and Social Witness. Hannah holds an MSc in International Relations from LSE.