Mandy Marshall
Co-founder and Co-Director of Restored

She is also Tearfund's Programme Development Advisor for Gender. Mandy has travelled extensively over the last 15 years and has run gender training in Liberia, DR Congo, Central Asia, Malawi, Ethiopia and the UK.

Mandy has previously lived and worked in India and has internationally published articles and case studies.  There include the pioneering 'Gender, HIV and the Church' case study from work in Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso which saw relationships transformed; 'Echoes of Service'; Tearfund’s Footsteps Magazine & the Tearfund Prayer diary.

Mandy is passionate about seeing the church rise up to take action on ending violence against women and being a positive example to the world on healthy relationships. She encourages every individual to realise their full potential in life. Restored is the channel of that passion and energy. She has 4 nieces and 4 nephews and originally comes from Southport, UK. In her spare time Mandy plays hockey for her local club, Richmond and can be seen jogging at lunchtime through Bushy Park.

Peter Grant
Co-founder and co-Director of Restored

Peter previously worked as International Director of Tearfund. Before that he was Director for the UK's Department for International Development, where he had responsibility for the UK’s multilateral development partnerships, (including the World Bank, EU and UN).

Peter grew up in Birmingham and trained as an economist.   His first job was as an economic adviser for the Government of Malawi, living in Lilongwe, where he met his wife Stella. They have two children and live in Streatham, South London.  Peter then worked as a consultant and as a marketing manager for British Telecom before joining DFID in 1990.  Peter’s 15 years with DFID included three and a half years living with his family in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Peter joined Tearfund in 2005 with overall responsibility for Tearfund’s partner programmes and disaster management work worldwide.  

Peter’s life was turned around at the World AIDS conference in Mexico in August 2008 where he first woke up to the extent and severity of Violence Against Women worldwide.  He longs to see the church, and particularly Christian men, speaking out to changes attitudes and prevent violence against women  

Peter is on the leadership team of Bedford Hill Baptist Church and is perennially trying to keep fit and learn French. He is the author of “Poor No More” (Monarch, 2008)

Board Members

Jill Garner

Paul Brigham

Betty Makoni 

Matthew Hutton

Val Stevens

Babatope (Tope) Akinwande

Maddy Mould

Richard Di Castiglione