Synergos Staff
Barry Smith
Barry Smith, Synergos' Senior Director, Southern Africa, served for nearly 14 years as founding Executive Director of INTERFUND, a leading anti-poverty and democracy-building grantmaker in South Africa. As Regional Director, Barry is responsible for overall management and development of the Synergos program in Southern Africa, including country programs in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
- More from Barry Smith
- Social Justice and Inclusive Partnerships (2007)
- Finding solutions to complex social problems in South Africa (2007)
- Building a culture of giving and "social justice philanthropy" in South Africa (2006)
A founder and former Board member of the Southern African Grantmakers' Association (SAGA), he also served as an adviser to the South African government in the formative stages of its National Development Agency.
Before joining Synergos in November 2002, Mr. Smith was the London-based Director of Development and Public Affairs for CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. Born and raised in Canada, Barry holds a BA (Honours) degree in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario and an MA (Politics) from Warwick University (UK), where he studied as a UK Commonwealth Scholar.
