Meet The Team

Matt is Head of Debt Free London and has led our partnership 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.

Shajida is a Quality Assurance Manager, supporting advisors and supervisors who help clients via our digital channels. She has been a debt advisor since 2009, and prior to that was a generalist advisor for two years.

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. He is passionate about supporting communities and reaching to those most in need.

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. She supports advisors to ensure that advice provided to over-indebted clients is accurate, effective and tailored to individual circumstances.

Abu is a Trainee Debt Advisor that joined the team in October 2020. Prior to joining Debt Free London, he's worked in many sectors including the Educational Charity Sector.

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

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

Ciara is a Trainee Debt Advisor and joined the Debt Free London team in November 2020. She has a wide variety of experience across many different sectors including education and finance.

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

Ninara is a Trainee Debt Advisor that joined the team in October 2020. She brings a wealth of experience spanning over 10 years from both a private and voluntary sector. Prior to joining Debt Free London, she worked in various administration settings including finance, banking and customer service.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Daneille is a Trainee Debt Advisor that based with he Debt Free London team at Bromley Citizens Advice, she joined the team in October 2020.

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.

Simran is a trainee debt advisor who joined the team in November 2020. After graduating from Oxford in 2019, they worked with a range of refugee and LGBTQ+ charities in East London before joining Debt Free London.

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

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. Abdirashid also ran Barnet Somali Community Centre in North London and advised on debt , housing and immigration.

Amrit is one of our Trainee 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.

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. David is extremely committed to helping others achieve a better quality of living.

Sam is a trainee debt advisor working for Debt Free London through Fair Money Advice. Prior to joining, he gained experience working as a Business Support Officer his local authority.

Rejaul has been with Debt Free London as a trainee debt advisor since July 2020. He has previously volunteered as a generalist advisor and has experience working as an analyst/ coach for Esports teams.

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

Christian is a Trainee 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.

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

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.

Iliyana is experienced in dealing with complex debt cases and she utterly understands the devastating effects of debt issues. Iliyana is passionately committed to delivering high-quality impartial and pragmatic advice and helping our clients to take back control and better their lives.

Sarah-Jane Buttigieg is a Trainee Debt advisor who joined the team in October 2020. She has prior experience dealing with debt as well as working with Visas and Pensions.

Morag trained as a Debt Advisor at Debt Free London and has experience working with clients with a wide range of debt issues. She studied Law at university and has experience providing legal advice, working for community centre, and in customer service.

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.

Jenny joined Debt Free London as a Trainee Debt Advisor in November 2020. She graduated in 2019 from Goldsmiths, University of London.

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

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. Zhara also has previous experience of providing customer service to people requiring a wide range of services.

Nick has been a Debt Advisor at for two years working with clients in East London to provide support for people who are experiencing money worries.

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

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

Kajol Harrar is a Trainee Debt Advisor and joined the team in October 2020. Kajol has recently achieved her LPC and MSc in Law, Business and Management after completing her LLB Law degree at the University of Leicester. Kajol has previous advisor experience as an employment volunteer caseworker at South West London Law Centre in Croydon.

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.

Safa is a Trainee Debt Advisor, she joined the team in October 2020.

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.

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.

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

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.

Asia joined Debt Free London as an Advice Assistant in September 2020, but she has also had the opportunity to gain exposure to debt advice training. Before joining DFL, she worked for charity Community Links in east London and worked on UNESCO cultural heritage projects with a law firm.

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

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.

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

Tahmina is a Trainee Debt Advisor and joined the team in November 2020. Prior to joining Debt Free London, Tahmina has completed her LLB (Hons) at Queen Mary University of London and her Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC) at the University of Law. Tahmina also has experience working as a paralegal in a variety of departments such as Immigration Law, Family Law, Mental Health Law and Personal Injury.

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

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.

Shuebur is a Trainee Debt Advisor that joined the team in October 2020. Before joining Debt Free London, he has worked in the Education/Charity Sector.

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

Prior to joining Debt Free London, Mohammed completed a BA (Hons) degree on Business Economics at the University of Greenwich. Previously he has worked as a Customer Service Advisor in the retail industry and as an Office/ Sales Administration Assistant for an online retailer.

Mahfoozur is a Trainee Debt Advisor and joined the team in October 2020. Before joining Debt Free London, he has had many years work experience working in the field of academia in the heart of East London.

Yousef is a Trainee Debt Advisor who joined in the team in October 2020. He has previously worked for charities including The Prince's Trust and Royal British Legion and is passionate about helping Londoners reach their financial potential.

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. Uzma has many years of experience working in the charity sector and has gained knowledge and experience in international development aid, UK care system, mental illness, safeguarding issues, and telephone counselling services.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Prior to joining Debt Free London in October 2020, Tasnim have completed BA (Hons) degree on Accounting and Finance at London South Bank university and has worked with tutoring young children.

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

Arman is a Trainee Debt Advisor that joined the team in October 2020. With a wide range of experience, Arman is looking forward to helping his community get out of problem debt.

At a time when an increasing amount of people are in debt, Sukhjit would like to use her skills and provide advice that could help people recover their financial situation.

Raffael is a Trainee Debt Advisor that joined the team in November 2020. He previously worked in recruitment and has a background in sports and client and customer facing roles.

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

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

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.

Jamie is a trainee debt advisor, and joined Toynbee Hall in November 2020. Before this he worked in policy for several organisations, including Which? and the Financial Conduct Authority.

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. Andrew has over ten years’ voluntary experience of supporting ex-prisoners and people dealing with mental health issues.

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.