Born in London, she studied in the UK and East Germany, and worked for the National Farmers' Union and several charities before starting with ACWW in 2014.

Tish Collins was born in London in December 1953, to a family of mixed Irish and British heritage.

[1] Ms Collins worked as a researcher for the Policy Studies Institute in London, before joining the National Farmer's Union as Principal Secretary of the Intensive Livestock Division.

Her contributions to a large number of publications and television programmes included 'The Pankhursts: The History of One Radical Family' by Martin Pugh[4] and 'Abel: The True Story of the Spy They Traded for Gary Powers' by Vin Arthey.

Working alongside World President Ruth Shanks AM, she is responsible for the maintenance and development of a network spanning more than 79 countries, hundreds of development projects and an advocacy programme[7] in support of ACWW's consultative status with UN agencies including UNESCO,[8] ECOSOC[9] and UNICEF.