Emmanuel Cassimatis is Paper for All's chairman and created the non profit in 2006, following a humanitarian trip to Burkina Faso he made in 2005. Of French and Greek origins, Emmanuel received an MBA from Harvard Business School and received a Grande Ecole Master's in Management and M.Sc. in Strategic Management from Edhec Business School. Emmanuel has experience in management consulting at Deloitte & Touche with a number of cliens in finance and consumer products as well as project management and marketing at consumer packaged goods companies such as Sony and Procter & Gamble. Emmanuel is thankful for having met so many great people to build the non-profit. His strongest desire is to continue expanding the scope of action and number of schools reached in Burkina Faso, while developing the fundraising activities in additional countries.

Alfred Kadsondo is the President of the Burkina Faso entity of Paper for All. Born 30 years ago in a small village near Ouagadougou, he lives today in the capital city, where he works in a pharmacy and manages his own bar/restaurant. He met Emmanuel during the 2005 humanitarian trip, after which they decided to found the organisation. Alfred handles the charity's relationship with the supported schools, as well as the distribution of the school supplies.

Cyrus Farhangi is responsible for Paper for All's orientations for expansion. He joined the Paper for All team in Ouagadougou in November 2007 in order to collect further information on local needs, in line with Paper for All's objective to increase its impact five-fold within a year. Of Iranian origin, Cyrus grew up in Paris, and studied Industrial Engineering at Cornell University. He then got his Masters in Economic Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, which convinced him that development was, before anything, a grassroots process triggered by education. He was therefore very interested in joining Paper for All, which bypasses all bureaucracy and is in direct contact with the community it aims to support.

Emma Stevens has been involved with Paper for All since February 2007 and is primarily responsible for Partnerships/funding . She is British, 27 years old and lives in London, having completed a Management Sciences degree at Southampton University and spent a year travelling. Emma currently works at Deloitte Consulting, which is where she met the P4A team and got involved with the charity. Emma was inspired by Paper for All's purpose to promote learning and development in Burkina Faso, through such a simple idea of providing academic resources. She has submitted several funding applications so far and while she continues to do so, is exploring other partnership routes for the charity.

David Azoulay has been involved with Paper For All since January 2007 and is responsible for the French subsidiary of the charity which he helped to create. David has always been a true Parisian and still lives there. He completed an Engineering Degree in Environment, achieved his specialization in Finland, and a Masters in Strategy and International Business in Em Lyon. David currently works for Eurogroup and heard of the P4A purpose through his good friend Cyrus. Having a local team constantly present in Ouagadougou and clear fundraising objectives for the teams in UK and France, in addition to the wonderful idea of helping children getting a better education, has been a major incentive to join the P4A project. David is currently gathering people and launching the activity in France in as many directions as possible.

Adélaïde Chassort is French, 25 years old and lives in Paris, where she is working in a media agency. She has been involved with Paper for All since December 2007 and is trying to develop the charity in France after its great success in the UK.

Karina Drif is Paper for All's Secretary and she has been involved with the Charity from its set up in 2006. Karina has already successfully exposed herself to a varied background of business and science; from being an accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers to developing her practical Marine Biology skills in the waters around Greenland during her PhD. Karina believes in holistic solutions for her vision of a better world, in which she sees the part in which Paper for All helps filling a gigantic gap in the educational needs in Burkina Faso.

 Paper for All UK

 Paper for All (Papier Pour Tous)/Burkina Faso

 Paper for All (Cahier pour Tous) France

Ambassadors

Since 2009, Paper for All can count on ambassadors to raise awareness and potentially fundraise:

UK:

Grant Hyatt: Grant spent 5 years teaching outward bound activities to disadvantaged children and young people all over the UK. He has now moved on to support vulnerable individuals within their own homes in South Wales. Through volunteering with Paper for All he is striving to continue supporting the development of a better more fulfilling education for all.
 

Luxembourg: Patricia Karier
Belgium: Kirsten Jongberg
Vietnam: Tracey Thuy Pham
Australia: Alice Clement

Special thanks

In addition, Paper for All would like to give its special thanks to the many people all over the world who kindly volunteer their time and energy to make this possible.  In particular, Paper for All would like to thank June Brown and The Class Councils and School Forum in Hampshire, as well Alice Clement and the Notre Dame Education Society of Fremantle, Western Australia for having kindly organized fundraising events.  In addition, Paper for All would like to thank Valérie Giguère for having organized and coordinated a delivery of academic supplies.  Paper for All addresses its warmest thanks.