The people behind In Kind Direct
We’re a group of optimistic and determined problem-solvers, making a difference.
Our mission is to inspire product giving for social good.
Meet our Patrons, our Board and our team.
Our Patrons
In Kind Direct is a UK registered charity and our patrons' generosity as supporters is absolutely core to what we do. Without their support, much of our work simply would not be possible.
Get to know our Board

Teresa is actively involved in a number of charities in the UK and has been a Trustee of In Kind Direct since 2010 and Chair since 2017.
Teresa is a Senior Associate of Quarto Advisors, an international retail consultancy. Teresa was formerly CEO of Style Group brands, one of the leading British Fashion Houses. Prior to that she held a number of senior roles at the Walt Disney Company including Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the Consumer Products Division for EMEA. Teresa spent time working in Australia as Fashion Director for David Jones Ltd and is also a former Executive of Arcadia.
Teresa Tideman
Chair of the Board of Trustees

Ajay Kavan was at Amazon since 2011 and is currently CEO of MatchesFashion. Ajay has been in retailing for over 20 years and has helped build large multi-channel retail businesses in the UK and Asia in senior management and board roles. Ajay has a bachelor's degree in Computer technology from PSG College (India) and completed his business education at Manchester Business School and Harvard Business School. He has sat on the Board of In Kind Direct since 2012.
Ajay Kavan
CEO of MatchesFashion, Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees

Tom Moody is Vice President & Managing Director at P&G Northern Europe. Tom spent the first 4 years of his working life for P&G in the UK in a variety of sales and commercial roles. The second phase of his career was spent in Geneva, where he had spells in both Sales and Marketing, including as European Brand Manager for Always.
He returned to the UK in 2004, where he ran P&G’s Beauty business and was responsible for integrating the Oral B business in the UK following the Gillette acquisition. He moved back into sales in 2008, as Commercial Director for P&G’s Tesco account before taking on overall responsibility for the company’s total UK Sales Operations as Sales Director, UK & Ireland in 2012.
In 2013, Tom was promoted to General Manager, Sales, P&G Northern Europe before, in 2015, being appointed Vice President & Managing Director for P&G in Northern Europe. He is now responsible for P&G’s total business operations in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.
Tom Moody
Vice President & Managing Director, P&G Northern Europe

Graham was named Managing Director, Disney Store Europe, in March 2013 responsible for driving Disney Store’s European multi-channel business. Disney Store Europe currently operates Stores throughout the UK & Ireland, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Denmark and Belgium in addition to online Stores in UK and six other markets.
Graham joined the Walt Disney Company in 2002 as Finance Controller for Toys. He joined Disney Store Europe in 2006 as Vice President of Finance, IT and Online. Before joining Disney, Graham held senior Finance roles at Scoot.com and Apple. Graham has been a long-time supporter of Disney’s partnership with In Kind Direct, which dates back to 1997.
Graham Burridge
Former Managing Director, Disney Store Europe

Debra has been the Chief Executive of the Directory of Social Change (DSC) since 2001. DSC has a vision of an independent voluntary sector at the heart of social change. She is Founder Chair and Trustee of the Small Charities Coalition and a member of the Charity Commission’s SORP Committee. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (FRSA). She is a member of the Royal Institution and Liberty.
Debra Allcock Tyler
Chief Executive, Directory of Social Change

Tim joined Santander UK in July 2018 as Head of Corporate & Commercial Banking. He is responsible for all aspects of the Bank’s broad range of services to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Mid Market companies across the UK. Prior to this, Tim was Managing Director, Mid Markets and SME Banking at Lloyds Banking Group from 2013-17 and he was also responsible for Inclusion and Diversity within the Commercial Banking division. Before this, he gained extensive global experience at Standard Chartered from 1986-2013 and held a number of senior leadership roles in Corporate, Commercial and Retail Banking across Asia, the UK and the Middle East.
Tim Hinton
Head of Corporate & Commercial Banking, Santander UK
Andy Rubin
Deputy Chair, Pentland Group

Scott Barton
Managing Director, Large Corporates, Lloyds Banking Group

Graham Inglis
Recently retired, DHL Supply Chain

Barry Furlong
Vice President & GM, Prime Video Europe at Amazon

Martin Newman
Founder, The Customer First Group

Richard Wolff
CEO, Javelin Group
Meet the team

Rosanne Gray
CEO of In Kind Direct

Charlotte Walshe
Partnerships and Impact Director

Neil Chawla
Operations Director

Marc Greene
Commercial Director

Emma Aldridge
Charity Network Manager
Anna Corr
Business Systems Manager

Maya Pierreux
Head of Corporate Partnerships

Yeshi Abay
Finance Manager

David Lloyd
Supply Chain and Analysis Manager

Chris Morling
Corporate Partnerships Manager

Liza Nelson
Finance Officer

Janet Morris
Inventory and Liaison Manager

Linda Odame
Ecommerce Manager

Katie Brown
Partnerships & Impact Executive

Angie McLean
Logistics and Production Officer

Libby Howle
Marketing Manager

Jessica Latter
Senior Customer Service Co-ordinator

Eva Learner
Corporate Partnerships Executive

Jermaine Jones
Customer Service Coordinator
Join our team
Looking for a challenging but hugely rewarding role helping more communities to thrive?
We currently have two opportunities available - view our Careers page for more information.