Who's who in the Alliance

General Director: Steve Clifford

Steve Clifford has recently been appointed as the Alliance's new General Director and will take up this post in April 2009

Steve is part of the leadership of Pioneer, a Network of churches across the UK and abroad. As part of the Pioneer network, Steve leads the Inspire Core Group working with a number of churches involved in the network, supporting and encouraging leadership teams, speaking in the churches and generally being available for advice (and an occasional curry). He also chairs the Board of the national HOPE08 initiative, and is involved with Fusion, Spring Harvest and Soul Survivor.

Steve's specialisations include change management, development, networking, strategic planning and training, public relations and conflict resolution. He is married to Ann and they have two children, Jake and Jordan. He enjoys films, skiing, diving, tennis and football.

• Read Steve's longer biography

Operations & Finance Executive Director: Helen Calder

Helen Calder is a business graduate who worked in the glass and brewing industries for 12 years, rising to senior management level.

Following a call to use her management skills in the Christian sector she spent a year studying theology at St John's College Nottingham before being appointed as Director of Administration for All Souls Church, Langham Place.

She has been a trustee of a number of other Christian charities and has worked for the Alliance since 1999.

Churches in Mission Executive Director: Krish Kandiah

Before joining the Alliance in September 2007, Dr Krish Kandiah was the Director of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and Tutor in Mission and Evangelism at Wycliffe Hall. He was also a member of the Oxford University Theology faculty.

Krish has worked with students in the UK with Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, and in Albania with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, before becoming pastor of a multi-cultural church in Harrow. Krish is passionate about helping the church relate relevantly and faithfully to contemporary culture and about global, multi-cultural and church-based mission.

Krish is married to Miriam and has three primary aged children and two foster babies. Krish has a keen interest in movies, photography, rock music and Liverpool FC.

Read Krish's Blog at: krishk.wordpress.com

National Director, Wales: Elfed Godding

Elfed Godding joined Evangelical Alliance Wales as General Secretary in September 1999. Prior to that he and his wife Jackie served for 18 years in two pastorates.

A graduate of Moorlands and the Nazarene Theological Colleges Elfed enjoys the challenge of serving a wide evangelical constituency in Wales!

Since taking up the position of General Secretary, Elfed has travelled extensively throughout Wales communicating the vision and mission of the Welsh Alliance.

Elfed and Jackie have two adult sons and live in the City of Cardiff. In his spare time Elfed enjoys reading, distance running for charity and visits to the cinema.

National Director, Northern Ireland: Stephen Cave

Stephen is married to Nicola and they have three children - Ben (b.1997), Maddi (b.2001) and Levi (b.2005). His first job on leaving University was as a primary school teacher in Carrickfergus, a town to which they have returned as a family. Prior to joining the team in January 2001, Stephen was pastor of Ballycrochan Baptist Church in Bangor.

Stephen's responsibility is the oversight of the Alliance's work in NI, as well as serving on the UK leadership team. He spends much of his time working with member organizations - encouraging and promoting strategic partnerships that will better serve the church, representing the Alliance in wider networks, speaking in churches, either preaching or representing the work of the Alliance, lecturing regularly at Belfast Bible College evening classes and working on events that seek to resource church leaders better in the challenges of ministry.

National Director, Scotland: Rev Fred Drummond

Fred assumed the key role of National director of Scotland in July 2006, taking the baton from Rev Mike Parker who has moved to Cyprus to be part of the leadership team of an international, interdenominational mission agency working in the Middle East (MECO).

Fred Drummond, 44, is minister of Perth Riverside Church and is on the board of the local YMCA. He says, "I am excited by the opportunities and challenges that I have been called to at this stage in my life. I'm looking forward to working with a wide range of evangelicals in Scotland."

Read Fred's Blog at: 2getherscotland.blogspot.com