SAN W+ Verifiers
The SAN Directors leading the W+ Standard verification work are Liz Allen and Lisa McMullan. Both have over 20 years’ experience of social accounting and audit, as practitioners within their own organisations and supporting others to recognise their social value and impact. They have supported a wide range of community-based organisations in the UK and internationally, and have undertaken W+ Standard verification for projects in Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal and Vietnam.
The W+ Standard verification work draws upon their understanding and know-how of establishing robust social accounting systems, preparing social accounts, facilitating learning, and promoting social accounting & audit practices, as well as their experience as SAN-accredited social auditors. SAN has an international team supporting W+ Standard verification services which is led by Dr Faith Muniale.
Liz Allen
Liz is a director of the Social Audit Network (SAN) and a member of the W+ Advisory Council. Liz has a reputation for creating and developing social enterprises that deliver change in communities; working with enterprises to deliver and manage public sector contracts; and for delivering highly effective social impact measurement.
She is also a director at the Connectives, specializing in social, economic and environmental impact. Liz has a first degree in Business and Leisure Management and a Master’s degree in Social Enterprise, as well as being a qualified and experienced social accountant and auditor with excellent knowledge and proven practice in the field of social impact reporting.
A strong advocate of corporate social responsibility, Liz encourages clients to find effective ways to tell the story of their organizations and measure their social impact. Also an experienced trainer, she has delivered social impact measurement awareness sessions to many groups representing the public, private, and social sectors. She was engaged with the initial development of the W+ Standard in Nepal in 2015 and performed the first W+ verification for the biogas project there. Liz has verified several W+ certifications and co-designed and facilitated a programme for W+ Standard verifiers from several countries since its initiation in 2020.
Lisa McMullan
Lisa is director of the Social Audit Network (SAN) and Director for Development at The Women’s Organisation, the UK’s largest developer of training and support for women in the UK. Lisa seeks to build entrepreneurial capacity by providing advice, training, project development and evaluation support for entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial organisations and those working to support them.
Lisa’s work is the culmination of over twenty five years’ experience directly supporting would-be entrepreneurs, small business owners, social enterprise leaders and public institutions that continue to inform the support and activities she now designs for entrepreneurs and their organisations. Lisa has worked across the UK and internationally and has particular experience in the fields of: Women’s Enterprise, as an adviser and promoter of women’s entrepreneurship and evaluation, applying social accounting and audit principles to design and undertaking a holistic approach to evaluation activities to include social, economic, and environmental impact. Lisa has verified several W+ certifications, and co-designed and facilitated a training programme for W+ verifiers from several countries since its initiation in 2020.
Faith Milkah Muniale (PhD)
Faith is a hands-on Environmental Scientist with a high appreciation and understanding of environmental sustainability, natural resources management, ecosystem services, WASH, conservation agriculture, community conservation, and climate change adaptation. Her strengths include monitoring and evaluation, project designing and management, strategic planning, environmental and social impact assessments and audits, analytical and competent in managing large, complex projects.
Faith is passionate about sustainable development, mentoring, poverty reduction, livelihood improvement, and climate-smart agriculture. Faith is a SAN approved W+ Standard Verifier having successfully completed training in 2020 and verified 3 x W+ certifications in Kenya. She is based in Kenya with experience in working across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands.
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