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ALF Board Members
Mark Weingard
Founder

Mark Weingard was the founder of Reset, a very successful broker of interest rate swap derivatives which he sold to ICAP in 2007.  He now runs his new consultancy Inmezzo while maintaining an active involvement in the development of ALF charity projects in Bali and Thailand.

Matt Thorpe
CEO

Matt is the former Operations Director at RESET Pte Limited.  He holds a BA and a Masters Degree from the University of London and has a background in marketing, media and management.  He currently lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and two children.  He is a keen photographer and enjoys travelling around the region. 

Kurt Heck
Treasurer

Kurt Heck is a former Silicon Valley software executive with a varied 20+ year career in finance and sales in Latin America and Asia.  He’s a Certified Public Accountant and holder of an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona. He also moonlights as a photographer and is the volunteer Managing Director of the Goodwill Group Foundation in Bangkok, Thailand.

David Magson MBE
Director

David is CEO at Mitrais a software development company.  He was a founder and chair of YKIP from 2002 to 2008. YKIP is a Bali based Charity which has been a major recipient of funds from ALF. He lives in Bali with his wife Elizabeth.

Denise Abe
Director
Avraham Berkowitz
Director

Rabbi Avraham is Director - Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters, Machne Israel Development Fund, based in New York

Stephen Bruce
Director

Stephen Bruce currently resides in Singapore where he is CFO of Reset Pte Limited, the major sponsor of ALF. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, having qualified in 1996 whilst with a firm of London based Chartered Accountants. Since leaving practice Stephen has worked within the Financial Services industry in several roles. He is the proud father of four children.

Liz Linden
Director

Liz Linden is Annika's mother who is now retired and living in London. She has travelled many times to Bali to visit the various projects that the Annika Linden Foundation supports.

Ana Zaragoza
Director

Ana is an accomplished artist and lives in Lugarno, Switzerland.