Meet The Team

Matt is Managing Director 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 Head of Direct Delivery 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 our Head of Quality & Compliance. 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 Chief of Staff 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.

Liam joined Debt Free Advice in April 2021 and, in his role as Head of Strategy, Insights and Systems, he leads on culture, innovation and marketing.

Kay is an Advice Manager 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.