Our team in GB

Habitat for Humanity Great Britain is part of the global Habitat for Humanity Federation.

Here we work with Habitat for Humanity offices, and other partners around the world, focusing on five areas of work:

  1. Urban/ slum work such as the Urban Crises Learning Project
  2. Finance – including microfinance and training for employment
  3. Disaster response and resilience
  4. Projects in Africa, including training, finance, and housing value chain
  5. Homes and building

Our Great Britain Team

Meet our senior leadership team

Henrietta Blackmore portrait

Dr. Henrietta Blackmore

National Director/ Interim CEO of GB Homes

I bring diverse experience to my role as National Director at Habitat for Humanity GB. Having worked in the community and international development sector for 20 years, including 10 years at Save the Children in senior leadership roles with responsibilities for the delivery of global humanitarian and development programmes, strategic partnerships, fundraising, operations, organisational strategy development, people and culture.

Peter Johnson

Interim Director of Finance & Compliance

With FD / CFO-level experience in the commercial and third sectors, I hold responsibility on an interim basis for Habitat’s financial management, planning and reporting, and for the organisation's compliance duties.

Tessa Kelly

Director of Development

I ensure that we make the most of our relationships with our donors, partners, volunteers and followers to deliver the best impact for the communities we support. My day to day job is never the same, some days I work with our incredible corporate partners to support impactful programmes in Malawi, Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Poland and the UK, other days I work with the team to deliver inspiring stories encouraging our supporters to get more deeply involved in our work.

Akira Akazawa

Director of Impact

My role is to increase the effectiveness and funding of our programmes by working with institutional donors, foundations, and trusts. I write proposals for new projects and manage grants and budgets to ensure that all of the anticipated projects will run smoothly for Habitat for Humanity Great Britain.