YCI

	Profile
	Stephen Farrant, Director stephen.farrant@iblf.org Stephen joined IBLF as Director of the International Tourism Partnership in March 2009. Prior to this, he spent 18 months working for a tourism consultancy specialising in destination marketing, strategy and sustainable tourism. Stephen has worked in senior front-line roles at British Airways including National Sales and Marketing, Revenue Management, Customer Services, Operations, and Strategy and Alliances. Following this, he began a nine-year stint at VisitBritain, progressing from Business Planning Manager to Head of Partnerships to General Manager, Quality. During his time at VisitBritain Steve also led specific, organisation-wide projects focusing on CRM and branding. In early 2006, he took up a new role as Director of Membership and Marketing at the RSA, where he was closely involved in their 'Carbon Limited' project. Steve is a member of the UK Sustainable Development Commission’s Advisory Panel. He has recently completed a post-graduate qualification in Business Coaching at the Henley Business School and is a governor of a junior school. Contact Stephen at stephen.farrant@iblf.org
	Alberto Canovas, Head of the Youth Career Initiative alberto.canovas@iblf.org Since 2006, when Alberto joined IBLF, he has been responsible for the global implementation, expansion and operation of the Youth Career Initiative, a six-month education and employability programme for disadvantaged young people that is delivered in partnership with the international hotel industry. Alberto has 12 years of work experience across the private and non-profit sectors in international environments and multicultural teams. His areas of expertise include training and development, human resource management and organisational development. Prior to joining IBLF, Alberto undertook three major research projects in the fields of leadership development and innovation in manufacturing while he worked for the Leadership Trust Foundation and the Manufacturing Foundation in the West Midlands in association with the Manufacturing Advisory Service and the British Chambers of Commerce. Before he moved to the UK, Alberto worked in people development at DaimlerChrysler Venezuela where he designed and implemented a competency framework for training and developing staff in all organisational levels, delivered the training annual plan, and managed the apprenticeship and internship schemes. Alberto completed a BA degree in Business Administration in his homeland Venezuela and holds an MA degree in Human Resource Development and Consulting from Lancaster University.
	Priscila Costa, Programme Coordinator priscila.costa@iblf.org In early 2011, Priscila joined the YCI Global Team in order to assist with the coordination of the programmes in the Latin American region. She is also responsible for rolling out the Graduate Tracking System and she helps support the global network of YCI partners. Priscila has five years experience in events management within the hospitality sector. In her last position, she worked for the Grand Hyatt São Paulo as Event and Groups Coordinator, where she organised several national and international events for corporate clients featuring a wide diversity of groups across market segments. While in this role, she volunteered to coordinate the YCI programme at the hotel for over two years, encouraging greater participation of hotel staff as volunteer teachers and mentors for the initiative. She holds a hotel management degree from Brazilian National Service of Commercial Learning, SENAC. Priscila is currently based in São Paulo, Brazil.
	Helen Kulbicki, Fundraising Coordinator helen.kulbicki@iblf.org Helen joined IBLF in 2008 where she coordinates IBLF’s programme fundraising, leading the fundraising for the Youth Career Initiative programme. She has worked on grants to the Inter-American Development Bank, DFID and GTZ as well as a number of foundations in Europe and the US. She also supports the reporting process on all institutional grants that IBLF has received. Prior to IBLF, Helen worked at a number of not-for-profit and charity organisations including Comic Relief, where she worked on the Sport Relief campaign, and Plan UK. Helen began her career at the French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain, working in their membership department. Helen has an MSc in Development Studies from the University of London.
	Rosalind Chik, Online Manager rosalind.chik@iblf.org Prior to joining IBLF, Rosalind's employment experience ranged from selling advertising to government officials and CEOs throughout the Commonwealth (Nexus Strategic Partnerships), teaching English in China to undergraduate students (Guangdong Peizheng University) and working with government ministers in several countries while conducting research for the UN (UNEP). More recently, Rosalind spent a year interning at the campaigning organisation Tourism Concern. There she ran their events programme and helped redesign the office’s IT system. Rosalind joined IBLF in early 2010 where she worked on various projects of the International Tourism Partnership and Youth Career Initiative programmes. Specifically she researched the sustainability elements of RFPs (requests for proposals), designed training for hotel staff on human trafficking, and organised multiple working groups and conference schedules. Rosalind holds a Masters in Tourism, Environment and Development from Kings College University and a Bachelor degree in Audio Visual Technology from Nottingham Trent University.