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Leader Appointments
North Africa Director
Started January 1, 2022
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The new director has been living in the Mediterranean, from where he has served as North Africa Acting Director since 2012. He served as a church pastor for 10 years and then planted churches in Eritrea and Ethiopia before taking on his current role. God has blessed this work by expanding SIM’s presence to almost every country in North Africa.
Chiu Eng Tan - SIM International Board of Governors
Started January 1, 2022
Chiu was born in Cebu City, Central Philippines, a third-generation ethnic Chinese in the Philippines. She studied at the Biblical Seminary of the Philippines (BSOP), the only Chinese seminary in the country, and went on to become a pastor in Bethany Church, Cebu. She later joined the BSOP faculty, serving as Academic Dean from 1996 to 2019 before retiring in 2020.
Jonathan Finley - Faithful Witness Lead
Started February 2022
Jonathan has a doctorate in Intercultural Studies and served in church planting and leadership development in the multi-ethnic Paris suburbs. He founded a mission agency which was integrated into SIM France in 2017. For the last 18 months, he has served as SIM USA’s Integration Coordinator.
Dave MacDonald - Global Director of Operations
Started February 1, 2022
Dave has been serving in this role since February, 2019. He has held many leadership roles, including on the board of SIM South Africa and as lead pastor of Table View Baptist Church, Cape Town. He has wide experience in farming, project management, building and carpentry.
He is a former chair and president of the Baptist Union of Southern Africa and holds a diploma in theology from the Bible Institute of South Africa.
Michael Chay - Acting Singapore Director
Started August 2021
Michael is positioned to strengthen our partnership with Singapore churches, theological institutions, other mission agencies and with mobilisation of new workers. Prior to joining SIM, he held key positions in business development and marketing. Michael has served as a lay pastor and Chairman of Elders’ Board of Bartley Christian Church.
