REGISTERED CHARITY NO - Key Persons


Abdulafiz Olaniyan

Job Titles:
  • Coach
  • Head

Adam Jessett

Job Titles:
  • Tennis Head Coach
  • Tennis Head Coach / Coaches and Staff

Adam Whale

Job Titles:
  • Director of People & Culture

Ahmad Elwerdany

Job Titles:
  • Basketball Head Coach

Alex Busby

Job Titles:
  • Coach Support and Training Lead
  • Coach Support and Training Lead / Coaches and Staff

Alexandra Raymond

Job Titles:
  • Basketball Lead Coach

Alexandra Willis

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
Alexandra is a marketing, digital and communications specialist, currently employed at the Premier League, and formerly at the All England Club, home of The Championships, Wimbledon. A former sports journalist, Alexandra's role is to help sporting organisations appeal to the next generation of sports fans and event-goers, showing that they can not only thrive on innovation, but social purpose too. A lover of all sports, Alexandra has two blues and an inconsistent backhand. She lives in London with her wife and daughter.

Alexis Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Basketball Head Coach

Amanda Baker

Job Titles:
  • Trusts & Grants Officer

Amila Thilakarathna

Job Titles:
  • Table Tennis Talent & Pathways Head Coach
  • Table Tennis Talent & Pathways Head Coach / Coaches and Staff

Ana Rodrigues Neves

Job Titles:
  • Table Tennis Head Coach
  • Table Tennis Head Coach / Coaches and Staff

Andrew Lowenthal

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Advisor at Manchester Square Partners
Andrew is an Advisor at Manchester Square Partners, where he advises executives and Boardrooms across a wide range of leadership and governance issues. He previously spent 27 years with Egon Zehnder. Andrew's earlier career was with JP Morgan and the Credit Suisse Group in London and New York. He is a keen sportsman and is the Chairman of the Queen's Club in London.

Annie Higham

Job Titles:
  • Table Tennis Assistant Coach
  • Table Tennis Assistant Coach / Coaches and Staff

Anthony Preddie

Job Titles:
  • Multisports Lead Coach
  • Multisports Lead Coach / Coaches and Staff

Anton Santos

Job Titles:
  • Multisports Head Coach
  • Multisports Head Coach / Coaches and Staff

Antonette Pushpaseelan

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Assistant

Asando Taffe

Job Titles:
  • Basketball Head Coach

Ashley Willetts

Job Titles:
  • Multisports Head Coach
  • Multisports Head Coach / Coaches and Staff

Ben Wyatt

Job Titles:
  • Head of Marketing and Communications

Bethany Kinsella

Job Titles:
  • Director of Fundraising

Billie Hendry-Hughes

Job Titles:
  • Trusts & SF Manager
  • Trusts & SF Manager / Coaches and Staff

Chris Allbut

Job Titles:
  • Director of Programmes
Chris leads on the delivery of our school based programmes; after nearly 20 years working in secondary education as a teacher and senior leader he switched to senior management within the charity sector. He has a passion for sport and working with young people in deprived areas in order to improve their life skills and social mobility. Chris has a keen interest in golf and cricket as well as personal fitness.

Donald Barrell - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Dora Jeler

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Elena Buckley

Job Titles:
  • Head of Corporate Partnerships

Fiona Laffan

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Hannah Forster

Job Titles:
  • Director of Finance & IT

Israel Awolaja

Job Titles:
  • Table Tennis Head Coach
  • Table Tennis Head Coach / Coaches and Staff

James Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
James joined Goldman Sachs in 2000. He is currently a partner in the Merchant Banking Division (MBD) and the head of the European Private Credit Group. James serves on the MBD Corporate Investment Committee. He also serves as a member of the Board of NGA Human Resources as well as the Corporation Development Committee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a keen sportsman and father of three.

Jason Clark

Job Titles:
  • Table Tennis Head Coach

Jason Sugrue

Job Titles:
  • Director of Coaching
Jason is our Director of Coaching and Lead for the Greenhouse Centre. He was six years old when he picked up a bat at his dad's table tennis club in north London. After his dad's death when he was 12, Jason went on to play table tennis for the next 15 years, winning over 100 national titles. In 2006, he became the British and Irish Champion - the pinnacle of his professional playing career. He joined Greenhouse Sports as a coach in 2005 and spent the next decade working in schools across London and developing our coaches and programmes. In 2017, he moved away from school-based programmes and took on his current role at the Greenhouse Centre. Jason has dedicated his coaching career to guiding young people on a journey of personal development - giving them the tools to reach their potential is what gets him out of bed in the morning! On the rare occasion that he isn't playing or coaching table tennis, Jason loves spending time with his family and watching sport - especially Liverpool.

Luke Ellis

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Man Group Plc
  • Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Luke is CEO of Man Group plc, based in London, and a member of the Man Group Executive Committee. Before joining Man in 2010, he was Non-Executive Chairman of GLG's Multi-Manager activities and manager of the GLG Multi-Strategy Fund from April 2009. Prior to this, he was Managing Director of FRM from 1998 to 2008 and one of two partners running the business. Before joining FRM, he was a Managing Director at JPMorgan in London. Luke became Chair of the Board of Trustees in 2019.

Mark Greatrex

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Multi Academy Trust Chief Executive
Mark is an experienced Multi Academy Trust Chief Executive, having worked in the education sector for nearly 20 years. Starting in the Academies Team in the Department for Education (DfE) when there were just 12 academies open, supporting the development of new projects and new sponsors. Mark has run a successful multi-academy trust (MAT) for the past seven years, across London and Berkshire. Mark loves sports, having completed the London Marathon twice and plays football and cricket often, with his two young girls.

Megan Bish

Job Titles:
  • Events Officer

Michael Sherwood

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
Michael, until recently, was Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs Group and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs International. He is a sponsor of the Harefield Academy, member of Westminster Abbey development committee and the founder of Grenada schools. Michael was Chair of our Trustees from 2018-19.

Mike de Giorgio - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Trustee
Mike co-founded Greenhouse Sports in 2002 after he sold his financial consultancy business. He was Greenhouse Sports' CEO for fifteen years, stepping down in 2017. He continues to be active as a trustee and is closely involved with the development of the Greenhouse Sports Centre. He chaired the Centre for Social Justice's report on how best to harness the power of sport to transform young lives and carried the Olympic Torch in 2012. A keen sportsman, Mike is still picking up tips from Greenhouse Sports' players! He was awarded an OBE in 2017 in recognition of his work at the charity.

Nick Prempeh

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Assistant Head at an Alternate Provision
Nick is an Assistant Head at an Alternate Provision school based in West London and has over 10 years' experience within the education sector. He is proud to say he is a product of Greenhouse Sports, having participated in and then worked on inspirational programmes across the organisation. He also co-owns a boxing club in his spare time that operates within both amateur and professional circles.

Rosie O'Connell

Job Titles:
  • Events Manager

Sarah Chambers

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Siobhan Doyle

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Fundraising Manager