Kevin is married to a GP, is the father of eight children and lives in Hackney. He has a long- term interest in the developing world, having travelled widely. His parents worked in Nepal for many years.
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Executive Management
Kevin Belcher
Chief Executive
Kevin comes with a wealth of senior management experience in both the private and voluntary sector, most recently leading Pecan, a faith based charity working with long term unemployed people in South London...
Dr Ted Lankester
Director of Health Services - MA MB BChir MRCGP FFTM RCPSGlasg Ct Th
Ted was the co-founder of InterHealth in 1989, when it was first registered as a charity. Ted trained and originally worked as a GP.
In the 1980s he worked in the Himalayas, setting up health programmes in mountain villages and refugee camps.
As well as practising at InterHealth, Ted now co-leads the Community Health Global Network (CHGN), is a regular speaker at international conferences on both travel medicine and global health, and does consultancy work with WHO and other organizations. Ted is a Foundation Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Previously, Ted served as a Tearfund trustee and board member for 9 years, and as Assistant Editor of Tropical Doctor. Ted has been a council member of Global Connections, a Board Member and Trustee of People in Aid and was until recently, on the Advisory board of NaTHNac, the government body responsible for regulating the healthcare of tourists and travellers. Ted lectures at several university courses on Primary Health care in Developing Countries.
Ted has written several books including The Travellers Good Health Guide 2006, the Berlitz Travel Health Pocket Guide 2007, various textbook chapters on travel medicine, and Setting up Community Health Programmes: a practical manual for use in developing countries, Macmillan 3rd Revised Edition 2008. He is married with three daughters and his interests include travel, cross country running, health care mission and biodiversity.
