Anglican Alliance has announced the appointment of its new Executive Director, Robert Dawes, after a global recruitment process.

Rob will take over the leadership of the Anglican Alliance when the Reverend Canon Rachel Carnegie steps down in October 2024. He will be working with colleagues in the global Anglican Alliance team, along with partner churches and agencies across the Anglican Communion.

Announcing the appointment, Archbishop Albert Chama, Primate of the Church of the Province of Central Africa and Chair of the Anglican Alliance Board said, “Rob Dawes brings to the Anglican Alliance a wonderful understanding of the Anglican Communion and the relationships that sustain our life together.

“Rob is passionate about working with members of local churches across our provinces. Through his background with the Mothers’ Union, Rob brings a wealth of experience that will help our Anglican family of churches and agencies to work for a world free of poverty, inequality and injustice. He will help us raise the voice of the vulnerable, reconcile those in conflict and safeguard the earth.”

Rob Dawes comes to the Anglican Alliance with long leadership experience at the Mothers’ Union. Serving as Director of Development at Mothers’ Union, he has led the team’s work in enabling MU members worldwide to live out their Christian faith by helping to create sustainable, holistic change in their communities.

He has worked for two decades in community development in the UK, Tanzania, Zambia, Honduras and globally across the Communion. For the last 12 years, Rob has also served as a visiting lecturer at the University of East London, teaching project design and management to the masters level, enabling students to implement best practices in their own careers.

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