Meet The Team

Matt is Head of Debt Free London and has led Debt Free London since January 2019. He is responsible for ensuring we can offer free, expert advice to over 24,000 people each year.

Sharaf is our Partnership & Compliance Manager for Central and East London and supports Debt Free London's partner organisations to provide high-quality advice. Before joining the team in April 2019 Sharaf managed a number of large employment contracts for a charity in East London.

Necla is one of our Quality Assurance Managers, supporting partners located in South and East London. She joined the team in November 2019. Before joining the team, Necla has spent over 13 years as a senior debt caseworker, DRO intermediary and peer assessor.

Ripon is a Quality Assurance Manager, supporting advisors and supervisors located in Central and East London. Before joining the Debt Free London team in April 2019, Ripon has spent over six years as a senior debt caseworker.

Alec is the Executive Assistant for Debt Free London. Based at Toynbee Hall, he joined the team in June 2021. With wide-ranging experience across multiple sectors, he provides support to the leadership and organisation of Debt Free London.

David is a Technical Supervisor and joined the team in August 2019. He has been a debt adviser since 2004 and worked as a caseworker, casework supervisor and manager in Kent and South East London. 

James is our Advice Manager at The Forum in Greenwich and joined the team in December 2019. He began his career in 2008 as a debt advisor at a homeless charity in Derbyshire and since worked as a Debt Advisor at Erewash Borough Council and Peabody Housing Association.

Kay is a Technical Supervisor and joined the team in September 2019. She is an experienced Debt Advisor, having worked for Citizens Advice for over six years.

Victoria has over 11 years experience as an advisor. She works with various groups of clients especially the homeless and people with mental health conditions.

Femi is a member of the Debt Free London team based at Citizens Advice Richmond supporting clients in Richmond and Kingston.

Prior to joining the team at Debt Free London in October 2020 Ashama was a Training manager for a Railway training provider, where she offered Network Rail Training.

Noemi joined Debt Free London in November 2020 and is based at Citizens Advice Sutton. She is a bilingual law graduate with years of customer service experience, familiarity with court procedures, administrative duties, and volunteer legal advisory work.

Clive is a recent member of Debt Free London coming from an advice service provided by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham council, for the borough's residence.

Nana is Debt Advisor based in the Debt Free London team at Citizens Advice Islington.

Yannique Is a trainee debt adviser working in West London since 2020 . Prior to this, Yannique worked as a software developer.

Priya is trainee debt advisor at Citizens Advice Bromley, she joined in October 2020.

Mahfuz is a Trainee Debt Advisor and joined the team in October 2020. Prior to joining Debt Free London he's become experienced in many sectors including providing technical solutions to clients face to face in Samsung.

Kenny is Debt Advisor based in the Debt Free London team at Citizens Advice Islington.

Asia joined Debt Free London  in September 2020 as an Advice Assistant and is training to become a Debt Advisor. Before joining DFL, she worked for Community Links in east London and gained experience in UNESCO cultural heritage law.

Neb is a Trainee Debt Adviser based at Citizens Advice Westminster. He joined our Team in July 2020.

The years of supporting the local community with advice and guidance has enabled Mahfoozur to understand the difficulties that people face in Tower Hamlets. He always relishes every opportunity that he gets to provide solutions to his clients and their needs.

Amrit is one of our Debt Advisors, who joined Debt Free London in July 2020. She graduated with LLB (Hons) and has previous experience providing legal advice at Toynbee Hall and the Prisoners’ Advice Service.

Hayden Hyams is a Trainee Debt Advisor at Citizen's Advice Lewisham. He joined the team in November 2020.

Iliyana is a qualified debt adviser and an accredited member of the Institute of Money Advisers.

Taj and the team at Postremo IT provide IT and technical support to our colleagues across our service.

Christian is a Debt Advisor who joined the team in July 2020. He is an LLB (Hons) graduate and has previous welfare benefits experience with Toynbee Hall Legal Advice Centre.

Justyna is a Trainee Debt Advisor who joined the team in November 2020 after leaving her career in optics. 

Nosheen is an Advice Assistance with Debt Free London based at Citizens Advice Westminster and Toynbee.

Nabila is a Technical Supervisor and joined the Debt Free London team in June 2019. Nabila supports advisers in Lambeth and Southwark to ensure the advice we give is always of the highest standard.

Mariam is a Trainee Debt Advisor at Debt Free London. She joined in October 2020 after graduating from university.

Morag trained as a Debt Advisor at Debt Free London and has experience advising clients with a wide range of debt issues.

Simran is a trainee debt adviser at Debt Free London. She joined in November 2020 after graduating with LLB (Hons). She has also previously volunteered with the legal advice team at Toynbee Hall.

Phan is a Trainee Debt Advisor that joined the team in October 2020.

Oliver is a Trainee Debt Advisor from Walthamstow and joined the team in October 2020. He studied History at the University of Leicester and has experience in customer service.

Aili is a Trainee Debt Advisor and joined the team in November 2020. She completed her LLM at ICSL and thereafter, graduated from BPP Law School after successful completion of her Bar Vocational Course.

Shabana is a debt adviser working at Barking and Dagenham Citizens Advice Bureau, since December 2018. Prior to this, she worked as a generalist adviser.

Eunice joined the team as a Trainee Debt Advisor in October 2020. Prior to joining Debt Free London, she volunteered in various organisations and a graduate in law.
 

Hazira is a Trainee Debt Advisor and joined the team in November 2020. She holds a BSC Business Information System degree and prior to working at Debt Free London she had worked within the social housing industry for over 5 years.

Abdirashid is an experienced Immigration & Asylum advisor. He worked with various law firms & charities in London and assisted vulnerable people including the homeless and people subject to deportation orders.

Uzma graduated from university with a Bachelors of Science in Psychology in 2011. She feels deeply connected to charitable work and social services working to improve the lives of others.

Camilla is a trainee debt advisor based in Lewisham. Camilla joined the company in 2020.

Camilla is looking forward to developing her skills and working with new people.

Zhara is a Trainee Debt Advisor that joined the team in October 2020. Zhara has previous experience of providing advice within the Legal Sector and also at the Citizen's Advice Office in Hackney.

Alma is a Trainee Debt Advisor that joined the team in October 2020. Alma recently graduated from the University of Kent with a degree on BA (Hons) Criminology with Quantitative Research.

Onyema is a Trainee Debt Advisor based at Citizens Advice Sutton, supporting clients in Sutton and the surrounding areas. He joined the team in November 2020. 

Claudia is a trainee debt advisor at Debt Free London. She joined in October 2020 after finishing her studies at Westminster's University.

Claudia was born in Italy but has been living in London since 2016. 

Catherine is a Trainee Debt Adviser with Debt Free London based at Citizens Advice Islington

Arafat Ahmed is a Trainee Debt Advisor working for the Fair Money Advice charity as part of the Debt Free London Project.

Muhammad recently completed his undergraduate in Law and has developed a strong interest in Debt and Housing. He has an understanding in how advice organisations work and have excellent customer service skills.

Katarzyna is a Trainee Debt Advisor who joined Debt Free London team in November 2020.

She graduated with LLB (Hons) and has previous experience providing legal and debt advice. She is passionate about human rights and geopolitics.

Shabana is a debt adviser working at Barking and Dagenham Citizens Advice Bureau, since December 2018. Prior to this, she worked as a generalist adviser.

Prior Ben to joining Debt Free London he worked for a Building Society in Sheffield. In his free time, he enjoy playing and watching football, reading about current affairs and going to pubs with friends.

Kalpamayee is a trainee debt advisor, she joined the team in November 2020. 

Kudzai began his technology career in central government in 2014, working for GDS on the Cabinet Office Technology Transformation (COTT) programme.

Raised in East London, Jay has previous experience in administrative support for an accountancy firm, as well as experience in customer service roles. He also achieved a 2:1 Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Roehampton University.

Ahmad is a trainee debt advisor, he joined the team in October 2020. Ahmad's great passion is helping those who are suffering most. 

Originally from Liverpool, Eleanor realised the financial burden of living in the capital when she moved to London to study an undergraduate degree in International Development and Anthropology and was working in low paid jobs.

David is a self motivated individual with incredible passion for trying to help people in difficult circumstances from all sorts of backgrounds. He is very customer orientated and i am always striving to achieve good customer care.

Andrew is a Trainee Debt Adviser and joined Debt Free London in November 2020. He is passionate about justice and helping people discover and live out their full potential.

Soomaiya is a member of the Debt Free London team based at Fair Money Advice supporting clients in Dalston, Bromley, Brixton.

Daphie is a trainee debt advisor. Started working for Debt Free London team at Nucleus Legal Advice in October 2020.

 Patricia is a Debt Advisor at Citizens Advice Sutton for Debt Free London debt project. 
 

Qaisar is one of our Technical Supervisors and joined the team in April 2019. Prior to joining Debt Free London Qaisar worked as a Debt Advisor for ten years in Tower Hamlets.

Sampath is our Finance Officer and works with the Debt Free London Partnership and Compliance Managers to ensure partners are paid on time, in line with their financial methodologies.