Ian Hagg, Trustee

Ian Hagg has over 15 years experience in senior corporate communications, policy and public affairs. He has campaigned for World Vision, and developed policy for London Chamber of Commerce and NCVO. On the corporate side, he has run issues management at Shell, corporate responsibility at British Gas and heading the public affairs practice at Consolidated Communications.  Ian is the Chairman of TRAID's Board of Trustees and was instrumental in the creation of TRAID in 1999.

Rik Williams, Trustee
Rik Williams worked within the automotive industry for twenty-five years before undergoing a complete career change to work for a relief and development charity for fifteen years. Rik currently serves as a consultant to overseas development organisations, and was actively involved in the development of TRAID's funding policies and procedures.

Neil Carrett, Trustee
After co-founding an environmental consultancy in his home town of Brighton at the age of twenty one, Neil Carrett studied for a PhD researching sustainable development in engineering education (which he did not finish), lectured at the University of Brighton and worked at a recycling social enterprise in Brighton. He has since moved to London where he was the Technical Manager for London Community Recycling Network for 6 years, seeing it grow from 3 to 14 staff. He is now an independent environmental consultant working for a range of clients in the public and community sectors, mainly focussing on waste management.

Maria Chenoweth-Casey FRSA, Chief Executive

A born business woman with a refreshing habit for straight talking, Maria made a conscious decision to alter her career path after a long spell of management in the commercial sector and moved into the charity sector.  Here, she has carved a niche working towards removing the staid image of charity and charity retail. After a seven year stint at Oxfam, working on niche concept shops and within their retail operations, Maria joined TRAID in 1999 becoming TRAID’s Chief Executive in 2003. Under Maria's entrepreneurial and driven leadership, TRAID is now the leading environmental fashion recycling charity in the UK raising ever increasing funds for remarkable international development projects.

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Enedina Columbano, Head of Retail

Hailing from the beautiful island of Sardinia, Enedina ensures that TRAID's second hand clothes shops generate the profits needed to support our charitable objectives.  She started her career at TRAID on the shop floor where she first demonstrated her energy, commitment and passion for second hand retail.  Today, Enedina uses her in depth knowledge of TRAID shops and its customer base, and her instinct for retail to deliver a unique charity shop experience regularly cited by the press and our customers as one of the best in London and the UK.  Email Enedina

Paula Kirkwood, Head of TRAIDremade

Designer Paula Kirkwood returns to TRAID to head up its award winning recycled fashion label, TRAIDremade.  In 2000, Paula started out at TRAID as a Shop Assistant, and after a stint managing TRAID Brighton, she became in house designer for TRAIDremade.  Paula, who has a BA in Fashion and Textiles, eventually moved on to set up an ethical bride wear company in Brighton.  She returns to TRAIDremade to head a team creating gorgeous ethical fashion from clothing otherwise destined for landfill.

Paula Kirkwood

Leigh McAlea, Communications Manager (maternity cover)
Leigh joins TRAID after working for international development and environmental charities across communications. Previously, she worked as a publicist in the music industry and still has very fond memories of getting into gigs for free. She likes second–hand clothes, music and her allotment. Leigh McAlea

Madeleine Bates will be returning from maternity leave in March 2009.

Lyla Patel, Head of Education

With a background in Sustainable Development, and a gift for communicating TRAID's complex work, Lyla runs TRAID's Education Department working directly with thousands of children, young people and teachers every year. Lyla delivers a programme of participatory workshops for all ages which are designed to unpick the issues around ethical fashion, clothes recycling, the environment and world poverty.  She started at TRAID as a volunteer and today her intelligent and inspiring workshop skills are in high demand in schools, universities and further education institutions across the UK. Email Lyla

Nathan Soori, Finance Manager
Nathan, who worked as a management accountant in the commercial sector for 20 years, moved into the charity sector in 2006 when he joined TRAID. A strong believer of global harmony, Nathan believes that the objectives of TRAID are in consonance with his own beliefs. Nathan, who excels at number-crunching, enjoys the company of his adolescent sons in his spare time. Email Nathan



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