Meet The Team

Grant Smith

CEO

Grant has spent over 20 years working in Africa. His knowledge of the economy, culture and his wealth of relationships benefits his role as CEO. Grant is a Quantity Surveyor and has practiced as a QS for 30 years.

Joy Makena

Bookkeeper

Joy's organisational skills and willingness to work outside her job description have proved to be valuable for the company.

Makena also has an interest in the charitable side of Hand in Hand and has visited the Foundadtion partners. 

Charity Pancaldi-Loxley

Social Impact Developer

With a history of working in the legal sector Charity's priority is to see career opportunities created for those who generally are denied. Charity manages the apprenticeships and liaises on the social impact benefits created through the company.

Yassin Hussein

Quantity Surveyor

Yassin is a Construction Manager in profession with a passion in undertaking property development projects that create an impact in people's lives.

He has worked in various roles and is looking forward to exploiting opportunities to positively affect people's lives.

David Belbin

David Belbin is managing director of Clemence Hoar Cummings Chartered Accountants who serve clients across East London and Essex and have done so for over 90 years.
David has been a partner for over 25 years and apart from running his practice, works with a range of companies many of whom are involved in cross border transactions, as well as heading up the Charities team in his business.

Sam Smith

Finance Manager 

Sam studied accounts at Daystar University and has lived in Kenya for six years. Studying at Daystar helped Sam not only learn accounts but also to understand the culture and local language. 

Richard Wood

After a period of running a small business Richard became a financial adviser in 1992 moving to the independent advice sector in 1994.

Richard has remained as an Independent Financial Adviser to date combining this with his work as a Director of HIHG.

Sue Smith 

With a varied background both in banking, early years childhood management and currently CEO of Hand in Hand Charity, Sue contributes to the financial management of the company as well as guiding towards the overall aims of the company.