Stephen King Stephen King was appointed as Director of the World Service Trust in 2001. Prior to this position, Stephen worked for more than 15 years with international development agencies in Asia, Africa and in North America. From 1998 to 2001 Stephen was based in Montreal and London as Executive Director of the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) a network of non-governmental organisations working worldwide to promote social development. He worked closely with the UN in New York and their regional headquarters in Africa, Asia and Latin America on policy development issues relating to the UN's five year review of the World Summit on Social Development. Previous posts include three years based in Thailand covering South and South East Asia as the Asia Regional Representative for HelpAge International, a UK based NGO working with older people and their communities. His London based experience included HelpAge International and work with VSO. He has undertaken a number of consultancies for the UN and other agencies on Civil Society issues in Asia, Africa and Europe. He graduated from SOAS, University of London with an MA in Oriental and African History.