Prior to joining The Elders in October 2009, Loretta was an Events Manager for the Campaign to Protect Rural England and held a temporary contract as the Assistant National Campaign Coordinator for the Australian Council for International Development. Having worked in the financial services industry until 2007, Loretta turned her full attention to the not-for-profit sector after volunteering for organisations such as Earthdance Association Inc. and Make Poverty History and has never looked back. Loretta has a BA in Music/Business from RMIT University, Melbourne, and is currently learning how to play the ukulele.

Katy has held senior media and communications roles at DATA from 2006 to 2008, Crisis Action from 2005 to 2006 and the International Crisis Group from 2001 to 2004. Before moving into the NGO sector, Katy was a radio and television journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She was the ABC's Europe correspondent from 1996 to 99 and received a national Walkley Award for her coverage of the Kosovo war. Katy has an MA in Contemporary War and Peace Studies from the University of Sussex and speaks French and German. She likes cooking, cycling and walking and can't get started without tea in the morning.

Beata has worked in the non-profit sector since 1989 in Poland and the UK and joined The Elders in May 2009. She was Finance and Executive Manager and Company Secretary of the Open Society Foundation in London from 2004 to 2009, and Company Secretary and Treasurer of the Inter-University Foundation in Oxford from 1996. As Senior Programme Coordinator and Company Secretary of the Stefan Batory Trust (SBT) in Oxford from 2001 to 2006, she was responsible for administering Soros/Chevening PhD and Hospitality Scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Beata loves gardening and grows her own bonsai. She tries not to check emails before breakfast.

Françoise joined The Elders in September 2009, prior to which she worked for a year at International Crisis Group as a Research and Advocacy Assistant in Brussels and Dakar. She holds an MA in International Relations from Sciences Po in Paris, France, with a focus on conflict studies. Françoise speaks fluent English and French, and some Spanish. She is passionate about soul music, and enjoys discovering old gems of African literature.

Henry joined The Elders in September 2008. From 2002 to 2007 he was International Coordinator of the Publish What You Pay coalition which helps citizens of developing countries hold their governments accountable for revenues from the oil, gas and mining industries (and he even wrote a book about it).
Henry has a degree in International Studies from Flinders University in South Australia where he also served as Student Union President. He is fanatical about politics, sport, cinema, travel and speaks French and Spanish. Among his favourite movies of all time are 2001: A Space Odyssey, Groundhog Day and The Silence of the Lambs.