Leader Appointments

Michael Knight

Michael Knight

SIM Namibia Director

Start: August 1, 2022

Mike grew up in a Christian family in the United States. He was the Student Ministries’ Pastor at his home church and graduated from the Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC. He has taught theological education at the Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary since 2014 and is also involved in young adult discipleship, mobilising youth for mission, and training youth workers.

Andrés Corrales

Andrés Corrales

SIM International Board Member-at-Large

Start: January 1, 2023 (2nd term)

Andrés has been married to Sonia for 17 years and they have two daughters, Abby (15) and Camila (11), who were born in Costa Rica.

Andrés led the youth mission movement of the Costa Rican Evangelical Missionary Federation and he also served as a senior youth pastor.

He and his family moved to Uruguay 13 years ago and Andrés is now the SIM Uruguay director and participates in several different global support roles.

Daniel Salamu

Daniel Salamu

SIM International Board Member-at-Large

Start: January 1, 2023 (2nd term)

Daniel was born in Jos, Nigeria and was led to Christ by his uncle in 1994.

He has served with the Nigeria Evangelical Missions Institute, The Paul Missions, Inc. and, since 2012, with SIM. He and his wife Malata have served in various ministries, including teaching English and Muslim evangelism.

Daniel, who lives in Accra with Malata and their three children, has been director of SIM West Africa Missions Office since December, 2017.

Debbie Fachhai

Debbie Fachhai

SIM Taiwan Director

Start: November 1, 2022

Debbie was born into a Buddhist family in Taiwan and came to know the Lord during college. She went to Sudan in 1996, where she met and married Rev Dr Laiu Fachhai. They have a 20-year-old son, Vanoh.

She later served in Ghana and then helped launch the North East India sending office, under SIM East Asia, with Laiu.

Debbie returned to Taiwan with Vanoh in November, 2020 and has been serving as the acting SIM Taiwan director since March, 2021.

Emma Brewster

Emma Brewster

Global Director of Ministry Outreach

Start: September 8, 2022 (2nd term)

Emma has served as the Global Director of Ministry Outreach since February, 2019 and also oversees the Ministry Point Person team, assisted by four coordinators.

She joined SIM in 2012 to serve as Ministry Point Person for engaging the university. Before SIM, she served with IFES movements in the UK, training and equipping students and staff in evangelism, mission, leadership and discipleship.

Ivan Liew

Ivan Liew

SIM International Board Member-at-Large

Start: January 1, 2023

Rev. Dr. Ivan Liew is the Executive Pastor of Woodlands Evangelical Free Church of Singapore, where he heads the Missions and Outreach team. He was previously the missions pastor and oversaw mission worker sending and involvement in East Asia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Kazakhstan.

He grew up in Malaysia, then studied in Australia and the United States before moving to Singapore.

Nydia Garcia-Schmidt

Nydia Garcia-Schmidt

SIM International Board Member-at-Large

Start: January 1, 2023

Nydia, husband Jim, and their three sons, Andy, Pablo, and Joey, have served in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Mexico with Wycliffe Bible Translators.

She has held several roles with Wycliffe, including director of human resources for Americas, associate area director of the Americas and finally as director. She also serves as a board member with JAARS, Barnabas International and INTERSERVE.

Nydia and Jim have lived in Mexico City since 2017.