About Us
Our Vision
TogetherintheUK serves people migrating to the UK for whom English is not their first language and who face challenges in
adapting to life in the UK. Our aim is to to develop the tools and information that will support an inclusive life for migrants.
We started in 2015 with a purpose of sharing stories from migrants about living in the UK. Since
then we have published over 110 blogs full of insights. We have developed a website and published
research report called Moving Matters: The Challenges and Solutions of living in the UK. We
launched the report at the Migration Museum on July 10 th , 2019.
Our Team
We have an experienced team, many of who are migrants themselves having first-hand experience of adapting to Life in the UK. They play an important role in directing the vision and work of TogetherintheUK.
Executive Team
Teresa Norman
Founder | Chief Executive
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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 Taljaard
Founder | Chairman
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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 Eleftheriadis
Co-Founder | Governance
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Kosta has experience of many different jobs in the UK and now works as a health service administrator.
At TGIUK, Kosta leads on Facebook, customer research, corporate governance and risk management.
Kosta grew up in Greece.
Fatkma Mustafa
Co-Founder| Commercial
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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.
Content Production Team
Adam Świtała
Podcast Editor
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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.
Sinéad Mangan
Content Creator
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Sophie Wright
Graphic Designer | Digital Artist
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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 excited to learn from TGIUK and keen to help share their message.
Samadi Bermeo
Digital Marketer
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Samadi has been a loyal member of the TGIUK community. In the summer of 2020 she joined us as a Digital Marketer while completing her MSc in Digital Marketing to help with the campaigns for the launch of our first E-book and storytelling competition. She helps manage the Instagram and Facebook accounts.
She is from Colombia and moved to the UK in 2012. Samadi works as a Public Liaison Officer and a Digital Marketer. She is very happy to be part of TGIUK family and is active in growing our community.
Suey Kweon
Book and Film Reviewer
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Suey was born in South Korea and grew up in London. She has a background in literature and will be sharing her interests through writing blogs about films and books for the TGIUK community.
Project Office & Fundraising Team
John Ho
Head of Insight | Strategist | Programme Manager
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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.
Isy Paton
Special Projects Manager
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Isy has a BA in Creative Writing and worked in marketing for 10 years before recently moving into fundraising. She believes everyone has a story and loves meeting new people and can’t wait to use these skills to get creative with TGIUK.
James Holland
Head Fundraising
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James has been a fundraiser for 15 years, working in large and small charities in the UK. He is passionate about supporting marginalised communities and looks forward to helping secure funding to help TogetherintheUK support more people.
Gemma Hoult
Analyst Researcher
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Information & Technology Team
Nicolae lani
IT Support Technician
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Nicolae is a social care worker and a Junior IT Support Technician, joined TGIUK in February 2021 to help with the management of the website and future IT jobs in order to support them making a difference in migrants lives.