Meet our team
We have exceptional staff here at The Poppy Factory, each one dedicated to supporting veterans with mental and physical health conditions back into work.
Executive Team
Deirdre Mills
Chief Executive
Mark Louw
Finance Director
Keren Rowlands
HR Business Partner
Amanda Shepard
Director of Fundraising and Communications
Debbie Boughtflower
Director of Operations (Service Delivery)
Jeff Short
Director of Production and The Estate
Our Employability Team
Keiron Coombs
Regional Manager South
Pete Rhodes
Regional Manager North
Tom Adam
Policy and Impact Manager
David Masters
Programme Manager
Zarah Khan
Employment Consultant: South Yorkshire
Katy Hankins
Employment Consultant: Home Counties, South Central England
Christina Bracewell (maternity cover)
Employment Consultant: Home Counties, South Central England
Rebecca Thorn
Employment Consultant: Midlands
Sami Choudhury
Employment Consultant: London and South East
TBC
Employment Consultant: Northern Ireland & NW England
Andrew Pickersgill
Employment Consultant: Birkenhead and The Wirral
Farrah Webb
Employment Consultant: South West
Carole-Anne Jones
Employment Consultant: North West
Giles Harrison
Employment Consultant: North East
TBC
Employment Consultant: Greater London
Natalie McCombe
Employment Consultant: Wales
Kirsty Gronow
Employment Consultant: Wales
Jane Russell
Employment Consultant: Midlands
Neal Crump
Employment Consultant: Plymouth
Michael Allen
Employment Co-ordinator
Shaun Johnson
Employment Co-ordinator
Our Marketing & Communications Team
Dan Hodges
Senior Communications Manager
Grace Andrews
Marketing & Digital Manager
Our Fundraising Team
Alice Barrett
Partnerships Manager
Clare Murray
Trust Fundraising Manager
Caroline Smith
Trust Officer
Paz Paramjothy
Grants Manager
Our Finance, HR and IT Teams
Charlotte Dymock
HR Business Partner
Ajay Bahri
Finance Manager
Kevin Moore
Finance Officer
Odile Moheb Ahanchi
Finance Administrator
Our Production Team
Ray Burrell
Stock Controller
John Newbury
Production Manager
Phil Hayton
Warehouse & Union Representative
Chris McVeigh
Warehouse Assistant
Forbes George
Production Team
Gregg Howell
Production Team
Mark Routh
Production Team
Stephen Blasby
Production Team
Peter Wills
Production Team
Peter Kawelenko
Production Team
Peter Foster
Production Team
Nicola Stokes
Production Team
Paul Hammerton
Production Team
Alex Conway
Production Team
Gary Lock
Production Team
Jamie Micklefield
Production Team
Our Tour Guides
Brian Love
Tour Guide
Geoff Munro
Tour Guide
Jyoti Mistri
Tour Guide
Minna Cutler
Tour Guide
David Beaumont
Tour Guide