Our People

Daniel

Interim Chair

Daniel joined HMC in 2025 as Vice Chair and is currently acting as Chair. Daniel has over fifteen years’ of experience in the charity sector, in both executive and trustee roles, spanning organisations from four employees to 1,600. Daniel’s professional background is in accounting, but his professional interests extend much more widely, including to policy work, strategy, performance and governance. Daniel is passionate about the rights of migrants in the UK, including hosting refugees in his home during community settlement programmes.

Augusta

Augusta, a children’s rights lawyer with over a decade in the legal charity sector, previously served as the Chair of HMC and and continues to support HMC as a Trustee. Augusta’s commitment to access to justice is evident through her extensive work in the legal advice sector. With her lived migration experiences, she brings unique insights into board discussions.

Kathryn

Treasurer

Kathryn is a charity finance and governance specialist. After studying for an LL.M in Human Rights & Civil Liberties, she began her career fundraising for Shelter and Campaign Against Arms Trade, before moving into finance and operations management. Kathryn was a founding co-director of The Equality Trust, has held senior roles in The Access Project and the Peace Pledge Union, and is currently leading on finance and operations for Spotlight on Corruption. Kathryn has lived in East London for more than a decade and joined the Board of Hackney Migrant Centre as Treasurer in 2024.

Kathy

Trustee

Kathy is a retired solicitor specialising in housing and a volunteer housing advocate for Hackney Migrant Centre. Until 2021, she was Professional Support Lawyer for Shelter; she has also worked in Law Centres and for Terrence Higgins Trust. She was Social Welfare Lawyer of the Year in 2010. Kathy has lived in Hackney for 40 years and as well as her work for HMC is a volunteer and Board Member for Hackney Night Shelter. She has been a trustee of Hackney Migrant Centre since 2018.

Saraf

Trustee

Saraf has a background in economics and has worked in financial services since 2011. As an immigrant from Bangladesh, moving to Ireland as a young child, Saraf is passionate about migrant rights. She brings strategic development, financial analysis and project management experience to the board of trustees. She lived in Hackney for over five years and has volunteered with several charities in the area. Saraf has been a trustee of Hackney Migrant Centre since 2022.

Elizabeth

Trustee

Elizabeth’s day job is at the charity Migrateful, where she supports asylum seekers refugees and other vulnerable migrants. Her lived experience of the hostile immigration policies gives her deep insight into the challenges facing many migrants in the UK. Before she left her country, Nigeria, she gained a Master’s degree in clinical psychology. Elizabeth joined the board of trustees in 2019 having previously been a beneficiary of the services of Hackney Migrant Centre.

Olusola

Trustee

Olusola is a longstanding volunteer at HMC’s Wednesday Service, who brings both lived experience of migration to the UK and a deep understanding of community organisations. Olusola has previously studied law and held multiple executive and voluntary positions in small charities. Olusola joined HMC’s Board of Trustees in 2026.

Sue

Trustee

Sue is an Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) regulated advisor who regularly volunteers with immigration organisations. Sue is the Chair of Slough Immigration Aid Unit and a trustee for Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens. Sue wrote the first three editions of the JCWI Immigration, Nationality and Refugee Law Handbook and is an active member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association. Sue joined HMC’s Board of Trustees in 2026.

Abdullahi

Young Trustee

Abdullahi is a Human Rights Masters student with scholarship at LSE. He holds a BA in social anthropology from SOAS and was awarded a scholarship. He has served as a producer at Royal Albert Hall, where he produced an event called Licence To DV8. He volunteers at Coram; We Belong and has been with HMC since 2021. His advocacy experience includes being on the IntoUniversity advisory panel and as a former Hackney Young Speaker and Youth Parliament member. As a person living with the physical disability of Cerebral Palsy (left hemiplegia), he importantly also centres his experience around this.

Becky

CEO

Becky leads the overall strategy, vision, and direction of the organisation. She is responsible for making key decisions, guiding the leadership team, ensuring financial sustainability, and representing the organisation externally. Becky works closely with the board to deliver impact, foster growth, and uphold the organisation’s values.

Sian

Immigration Manager

Sian is a qualified, accredited Immigration Solicitor. She supervises and manages HMC’s in-house Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) accredited Immigration Advice Service, and leads on the provision of immigration advice and support to the migrants who access our services.

Lizzie

Immigration Caseworker

Lizzie is HMC’s IAA accredited Immigration Caseworker, providing advice and casework support to people receiving support from HMC’s Immigration Team. Lizzie has extensive experience and specialism in supporting undocumented migrant seeking to regularise their stay after 20 years or more in the UK, under the Long Residence route.

Donya

Housing and Destitution Caseworker

Donya provides advice on welfare and housing issues to migrants during the Wednesday drop-in session and manages a caseload of visitors to help bring them out of destitution and into secure living environments.