FACEWORK STAFF
Facework is privileged to have wonderful team of staff and volunteers - including 5 non-executive Directors of the company who work as
volunteers to support Stephen and the staff team and act as guardians of our CIC status.
Over the last few years Facework has expanded its community workspaces, its employability training work with refugees
and the social entrepreneurship Changemakers programme.
Currently the following staff work with us either as an employee or freelance basis.
Founder & CEO
Halyna Skvortsova
Facework Ukraine Director
When war broke out in Ukraine in 2022, Halyna came to London with her 2 children. As part of its support for Ukrainian families, Lewisham Council approached Facework to offer a one-year internship through which she developed Facework Ukraine—an award-winning program that, over the past 24 months, has successfully helped 180 local Ukrainians find employment or pursue further training. Halyna has also created a comprehensive set of outstanding online resources to support Ukrainians in advancing their careers in the UK and runs the Meet Me hub at Facework
Tech Lead
Tariq Khan
Facework Futures Director
Tariq leads the Facework Futures Programme, supporting sanctuary seekers in accessing employment and training opportunities.
With over 30 years of international experience in business, leadership and production, Tariq brings strategic vision and a caring approach to his work. A dedicated volunteer with refugee organisations, he combines professional expertise with a passion for community empowerment. Tariq is fluent in English, Urdu, and Punjabi and has been through the Asylum system here in the UK.
Office Manager
Rikefe Ohwosi
Facework Changemaker co-ordinator
Rikefe Ohwosi is a product designer with a unique background in professional sports.
Hailing from Southeast London, his journey reflects a deep passion for creativity and entrepreneurship. With a First-Class Honours Bachelor's degree in Product Design, Rikefe is committed to giving back to his community by leveraging his diverse experiences to help others discover their potential and pursue their passions. Rikefe currently heads up Facework's Changemakers programme
see www.face.work/changemakers
Product Manager
Larryn Lewis
Community Operations Manager
Larryn joined Facework in June 2024 when she came to the UK from Australia where she had been working for many years as an executive assistant and administrator in the corporate sector of banking and community-focused business.
As someone who’s recently gone through the UK visa process, Larryn relates to the experiences of FaceWork’s target membership group and is committed to developing Facework's Community coworking space.
HR Lead
Tiana Zavora
Facework Ukraine Manager
Taina arrived in London from Ukraine at the start of the 2022 war with her daughter. As an experienced senior University lecturer back home she has so much experience in education and supporting learners. We are therefore thrilled she has been able to join Facework on a 3 month paid placement from Islington council.
During this time she is shadowing Halyna and supporting our Facework Ukraine programme and has started to run a satelite project back in Islington with Ukranians in North London.
Customer Support Lead
Abbie Amey
Facework Ukraine and Futures support
Abbie is an experienced ESOL teacher who has worked with sanctuary seekers for many years both in the UK and Ireland where she worked with a number of local and national agencies to promote arts and educative events within the county (including running a teacher training programme). Latterly, Abbie worked at Adult learning Lewisham and would describe her practice as creative and holistic.
Abbie works across the Facework Ukraine and Facework Futures programme as well as running our creative Maker Space activities.
Customer Support Lead
Najiba Rafiei
Facework Intern
Through the generous support of Lewisham Council Borough of Sanctuary programme we were able to appoint Najiba for an intensive 3 month paid internship where she is supporting the development of the Facework Futures and the RESET project. Having arrived from Afghanistan in 2022 she has first hand experience of trying to find work here in the UK.
We are honoured to have her help us shape our training for refugees programme and she is continuing her internship as she begins her Masters degree at UCL
Customer Support Lead
Olesia Kulyk
Facework Finance Manager
Olesia is an experience accountant and worked as an auditor with a number of companies in Ukraine before she had to flea to the UK in 2023.
She works for Facework one day a week in overseeing our accounts, payroll and cashflow.
Customer Support Lead
Sally Robertson
HR Support
Sally is a local HR consultant with over 20 years of experience working with small businesses, charities and CICs and works with us on a consultancy basis to help us ensure Face work is a great place to work and ensuring we are compliant with the latest employment legislation.
Away from running her business Minerva HR Consulting she can be probably be found at the theatre!
You can contact Sally at
https://www.minervahrconsulting.co.uk/