Hannah joined COIN part time in February 2009 and takes on a new partnership with Refugee and Human Rights NGOs. For the other two days of her week she works with Voluntary Services Overseas as a Volunteer Support Adviser. Before joining COIN Hannah worked primarily in campaigns and research on a diverse range of issues, from Woman’s Rights to Illegal Logging. She holds an L.L.B with Honours in Environmental, International and Trade Law and more recently completed an MSc in Environment and Resource Management. She is currently a Training Facilitator for Voluntary Services Overseas. She has also worked with the Scottish refugee organisation, ALP.

Hannah left Scotland at the age of 16 to work for a rural NGO in Sri Lanka and since then has gone on to work in varying capacities for organisations based in Swaziland and Cambodia. She also spent 12 months running small student led development organisation, EGP. She has been involved in campaigning on social and environmental justice issues since she was 16 including time as a dedicated local Greenpeace activist in Edinburgh.

Hannah also enjoys painting, creativity, music and language.