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Marianne Heredge comes from a management consultancy background, first in local government services in the UK, and then moving to the financial sector in the City of London. As well as an MBA, she has an MSc in Development Studies from Birkbeck College (University of London), where her research was focused on mountain development in Nepal. She has lived in Nepal since 2005, running Rural Assistance Nepal (RAN), a UK registered charity, also working for the Mountain Forum Secretariat and ICIMOD.
Marianne runs RAN on a voluntary basis from Kathmandu. Believing 'a little goes a long way' salaries for teachers and nurses make a difference in rural communities where access to good education and healthcare is very limited.