Our legal staff

Hayley Jones

Acting Director

Hayley leads the McCabe Centre team, managing operations and driving forward its mission to promote the effective use of law to prevent cancer and ensure equitable treatment and supportive care for people affected.

Sondra Davoren

Strategic Advisor

Sondra provides strategic counsel and operational advice in the delivery of the McCabe Centre’s capacity building and engagement programmes, and technical legal advice on existing and emerging issues in cancer and NCD prevention and control.

Daiana Buresova 

Regional Manager for the Pacific 

Daiana is based in Suva, Fiji. She leads the components of the McCabe Centre’s training and capacity building programs that relate to the Pacific Island region and provides technical support to Pacific Island governments.

Evita Ricafort

Regional Manager for Asia

Evita is based in Manila, the Philippines. She leads the components of the McCabe Centre’s training and capacity building programs pertaining to Asian countries in the Western Pacific Region and South East Asia Region, and provides technical support to governments across both regions.

Rachel Kitonyo Devotsu

Regional Manager for Africa

Rachel is based in Nairobi, Kenya. She leads the components of the McCabe Centre’s training and capacity building programs that relate to the African region and provides technical support to governments in the African Region.

Suzanne Zhou

Manager – Prevention

Suzanne’s work focuses on regulatory measures to prevent cancer and other noncommunicable diseases, as well as health, trade and investment law in the context of NCD prevention.

Tarishi Desai

Manager – Treatment & Supportive Care

Tarishi’s work focuses on the role of law in cancer treatment and supportive care, including issues related to access to treatment; the protection of rights of people affected by cancer; regulation of health providers and services; and the regulation of health information.

Clare Slattery

Clare Slattery

Legal Policy Advisor

Clare’s work focuses on the interplay between public health, trade and investment law in relation to NCD prevention, with a focus on the regulation of the harmful use of alcohol.

Andrew Lucas

Andrea Lucas

Legal Research Officer

Andrea’s work focuses on domestic and international public health, trade and investment law in the context of, and intersection with, NCD prevention.