About Us

Teresa set up TGIUK (TogetherintheUK) CIC in 2016. Following a career in HR and fifteen years in the civil service, she is now pursuing her dream and making TGIUK live and grow.

She was born in the UK and has always lived here. ‘TGIUK is about creating a platform where we all learn from each other about living together in the UK’

Johann is an experienced business professional, executive coach and has worked at a senior level in business for the past 20 years. During the past 30 years, he has founded and set up a number of businesses, both in his host country Britain as well as in his home country South Africa, where he grew up. He has been living in the Uk for the past 20 years and has also lived in Holland for a time. He now focuses mainly on strategy and leading the board at TogetherintheUK.

Kosta has experience of many different jobs in the UK including hospitality and health service administration.

At TGIUK, Kosta leads on Facebook, customer research, corporate governance and risk management.

Kosta grew up in Greece.

Fatkma Mustafa leads on project management and commercial.

Fatkma works as a civil engineer and her role in TGIUK is to lead on product development, business planning and project management.

Sinéad is an experienced international marketing and communications consultant. Originally from Ireland, she has spent most of her life as an economic migrant working and living in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. She is very experienced in the challenges of integrating into new and diverse environments and cultures.

On her return to the UK in 2021, Sinead started to volunteer with TGIUK. With her background in strategic marketing and communications, she works closely with the team on TGIUK’s development and strategic planning. She provides regular content for TGIUK developing topic thinkpieces and meeting with migrants and refugees to ensure that their stories are told in their own words. She is a co-editor of Hear Our Stories, the TGIUK anthology of writings on migration

Adina joined TGIUK in October 2021. She contributes to project development and strategy by applying her skills gained through working for over 7 years in the public and voluntary sectors. She graduated from Birkbeck where she studied Community Development, Equalities, and Public Policy, Adina has a strong insight into the policy context in relation to Brexit and hard to reach migrant groups.

A migrant herself, Adina has also helped setup various voluntary sector projects across the years and contributed to pioneering work in relation to engagement and representation of Eastern European migrants in the UK.

Sophie has just joined the TGIUK team in autumn 2018. Born in Edinburgh she moved down to London as a child where she has lived ever since. She is a trained actor-musician who also works as a freelance digital artist.

She is the artist behind the cover of Hear Our Stories, an anthology of writings on migration.

Adam is a Polish musician living in Iceland who works with the Polish community to help them live an inclusive life in their new country, through music.

He’s happy to support TogetherintheUK’s initiatives and is learning a lot by being part.

Eva has 15 years of experience driving growth initiatives at  University College London, startups in Spain and TGIUK. She has a Masters in Digital Marketing and a Diploma in Translation from Westminster University. Her background combines academic and hands-on experience in content creation, web optimisation and data analysis. For TGIUK, she develops compelling cross-channel messaging and analyses performance to increase reach and engagement on top platforms.

Eva joined in August 2023, to make a meaningful difference in migrants lives by utilising her digital marketing skills to increase the impact of TogetherintheUK.

Muhammad is from Jakarta, Indonesia and has lived in the UK since 2019. He organised health campaigns and advocacy projects when he was studying medicine. He is excited to apply his skills to help grow the TGIUK audience and learn from TGIUK. During his free time, Muhammad likes to play the piano and cook.

Lara has just completed her MA in International Journalism at City, University of London and is planning a career in journalism and social media. She has written articles for online publications such as The Tab London and Good News Shared on a wide range of topics from current affairs to arts and culture. She has enjoyed volunteering in social media and comms roles for various organisations.

She joined in October 2023 to develop her skills, support people in the community and to help grow the TGIUK community.

Oliver is a secondary school student who has lived in London for his whole life but has roots in Ireland and Scotland. Oliver’s time in London has taught him how important the mixing of different cultures is to the culture of the city and, through his role at TGIUK, he hopes to continue sharing different cultures and different people’s experiences to help inform about the global communities that exist in the UK.

Product designer based in Israel.
Joined the TGIUK as a user experience designer, she is responsible for designing the website and creating a user-friendly and accessible website.

Hammad is an IT expert with two masters degrees with one in Information Systems and the other in Business and Management. He joined the TGIUK organisation because he wants to support TGIUK as much as he can in the web design field and digital marketing domain.

William supports TGIUK’s digital presence as a web developer. Based in London, he has pivoted from working overseas and in the UK in construction, retraining   in the web and software industry.

William enjoys continually applying new technologies and tinkering with programming tools to enhance his capabilities as a developer. He began his career in the non-profit sector and enjoys applying his technical skills for good causes.

He joined Oct 2023 in order to support TGIUK enhance its digital presence and help achieve its goals.

Having lived and studied in different regions in East Asia, John moved to London in 2015. He has led customer and operational strategy projects for various organisations, and is keen to apply his analytical and strategic thinking to drive fundraising at TGIUK.

As a migrant himself, John is excited about helping others settle into the British community.

Ricardo Hernández is 29 , he is from Colombia. He is an architect, graduating from the National University of Colombia, Branch of Manizales. He has experience in architectural and urban design, comprehensive preparation of projects and supervision of construction and designs. This includes architectural, electrical, hydro sanitary plans, and 3D production.

He is currently studying for a master’s degree in architecture at the University of Westminster. He joined in June 2023 because he liked the idea of working to help people from different countries and cultures.

Bushra contributes to TogetherintheUK’s digital journey, She has worked with the web development team, using responsive design principles to ensure a good user experience.

She works in project management, using management tools such as SWOT analysis to craft strategies that generate revenue and ensure going support for TGIUK’s initatives.  Bushra’ s background is in economics.