The MENTOR Initiative
Richard Bretherick has extensive work experience in various roles and organizations. Richard started their career in 1992 as an Intelligence and Security Operations officer at HM Forces and worked there until 2003. From 2003 to 2011, they served as the Manager of Intelligence Operations at the Australian Defence Force. In 2011, Richard worked as a Data Analyst at Compass. From 2012 to 2014, they held the position of Operations Manager at TOR Afghanistan. Since 2014, Richard has worked at The Mentor Initiative, starting as a Field Coordinator and progressing to Base Coordinator, Country Director, Interim Country Director, and Senior Emergency Response Officer. Currently, they serve as the Head of Security at The Mentor Initiative.
Richard Bretherick obtained a Master of Arts degree in International Policy and Diplomacy from Staffordshire University, where they studied from 2014 to 2018. Prior to that, from 2008 to 2009, they pursued an Advanced Graduate Diploma in Indonesian Language & Culture at UNIVERSITAS PENDIDIKAN INDONESIA.
The MENTOR Initiative
The MENTOR Initiative works with the world's most vulnerable and hard to reach communities to reduce death and suffering from tropical diseases. Since 2002, MENTOR has been responding to global humanitarian crises to save lives. We stay for as long as it takes to help people recover – working side by side with communities, health workers and health authorities to leave a lasting impact. Our first and last considerations are the needs of the people we serve. Working in insecure and high risk environments we establish large scale disease control during humanitarian emergencies. At the same time, we develop the capacity for the long-term sustainable control of these diseases. We collaborate closely with communities, health workers, health authorities and other international organisations to establish effective surveillance, preventative and curative services and learning for the future. The strength of our partnerships bring together knowledge, power and resources for the greatest impact. Our investment in targeted operational research brings evidence-based and proven disease control solutions to all our programmes. We use this learning to innovate, reduce costs and influence international policy and practice. We will always uphold the highest professional values, standards, quality and accountability and our teams are committed to stay until the job is done.