Our team

Meet our team:

Marchu Girma | CEO

Louise Hatch | Head of International Resettlement and Detention Services 
louise@hibiscus.org.uk

Hazel Alcraft | Head of Community and Prison Services
hazel@hibiscus.org.uk

Kelly O’Sullivan | Head of Operations – Interim
kelly@hibiscus.org.uk

Ghadah Alnasseri | Head of Policy and Public Affairs
ghadah@hibiscus.org.uk

Operations 

Liezel Kühn Keyser | HR and Compliance Coordinator
liezel@hibiscus.org.uk

Simona Blaj | Database Administrator
simona@hibiscus.org.uk

Mercy Chieza | Administration Assistant
mercy@hibiscus.org.uk

Julie Shaw | Partnerships and Fundraising Officer
julie@hibiscus.org.uk

Policy and Public Affairs

Julie-Anne Ntege | Policy Officer – Anti-Trafficking
julie-anne@hibiscus.org.uk

Community Services

Justė Marcinkevičiūtė | Women’s Centre and Mentoring Coordinator
juste@hibiscus.org.uk

Purdy Sutcliffe | Project Worker (Community)
purdy@hibiscus.org.uk

Blodina Rakovica | Project Worker (Cultural Mediation)
blodina@hibiscus.org.uk

Divya Emmi | Project Worker (Community)
divya@hibiscus.org.uk

Elena Brihan | Project Worker (Court)
elena@hibiscus.org.uk (part-time)

Joanne Potter | Project Worker (Wrap Around)
joanne@hibiscus.org.uk

Lashan Steadman | Project Worker (Diversion & Wrap Around)
lashan@hibiscus.org.uk

Prisons

Amanda Williams | Project Coordinator (Criminal Justice)
amanda@hibiscus.org.uk

Monica Ortiz | Project Worker (Prisons and Community)
monica@hibiscus.org.uk

International Resettlement and Detention Services

Waseem Saghir | Project Coordinator (IRC)
waseem@hibiscus.org.uk

Kerry Smith | Project Coordinator (Gatwick PDA)
kerry@hibiscus.org.uk

Abdul Ahmed | Project Worker (IRC)
abdul@hibiscus.org.uk

Seika Aziz | Project Worker (IRC)
seika@hibiscus.org.uk

Rakie Ceesay | Project Worker (IRC)
rakie@hibiscus.org.uk

Izabela Ignatowska | Project Worker (IRC)
izabela@hibiscus.org.uk

Amy Mills | Project Worker (SWS)
amy@hibiscus.org.uk

Silvia Berastegui | Project Worker (PDA)
silvia@hibiscus.org.uk