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

Ian Waller
Interim Director of Operations (Service Delivery)

Jeff Short
Director of Production and The Estate
Our Employability Team

Tom Adam
Employability Team Manager (South England)

Adam Green
Employability Team Manager (North West England)

Pete Rhodes
Employability Team Manager (North East England)

Zarah Khan
Employability Consultant: South Yorkshire

Katy Hankins
Employability Consultant: Home Counties, South Central England

Rebecca Thorn
Employability Consultant: Midlands

Jayne Boase
Employability Consultant: Northern Ireland & NW England

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Employability Consultant: The Wirral

Farrah Webb
Employability Consultant: South West

Carole-Anne Jones
Employability Consultant: North West

Giles Harrison
Employability Consultant: North East

Emma Le Blanc
Employability Consultant: Greater London

Keiron Coombs
Employability Consultant: East of England

Suzanne Ledsham
Employability Consultant: North Wales

Natalie McCombe
Employability Consultant: South West Wales

Kirsty Gronow
Employability Consultant: South East Wales

Jane Russell
Employability Consultant: Midlands

Michael Allen
Employability Co-ordinator (PT)

Shaun Johnson
Employability Co-ordinator
Our Marketing & Communications Team

Dan Hodges
Senior Communications Manager

Grace Andrews
Marketing & Digital Manager

Samuel Sowemimo
Content & Marketing Officer
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

Louise Pocock
Finance Administrator

Kevin Moore
Finance Officer
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

Gordon Dymock
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

Martin Maycock
Production Team

Paul Hammerton
Production Team

Wish Lloyd
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