Kelvin Hopkins
Managing Director
The Professional Fundraiser is a team brimming with expertise and dedication and every one of them deserves the spotlight for their contribution to our success. While there are too many names to mention and photos to share from our expert teams in face-to-face and telemarketing, here’s a quick glimpse to our wonderful team at our Central Administration Office, Church Farm.
Leadership Team
Paul Diton
Director of Operations
Paul is a supportive business leader and has worked in a senior fundraising role for a number of years. Prior to joining The Professional Fundraiser, he managed large multi-site call and contact centre environments and is now responsible for the day-to-day operation of both our face-to-face and telemarketing services.
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Helena Goldsmith
Head of Finance and Resources
After having spent 15 years in the Construction Industry Helena decided to join The Professional Fundraiser looking for a break from the Corporate world. Being passionate about getting things right Helena aims to make the Finance Team approachable and efficient and give the Senior Leadership Team the information that is needed to make decisions on running the business to achieve our goals.
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Paul Christie
Head of Fundraising
With a background in the Leisure Industry and a vast amount of managerial experience Paul works at The Professional Fundraiser as our Head of Fundraising, looking after the operational side of the business. His role consists of putting together campaign strategies for each charity partner, overseeing the booking of venues, whilst ensuring we are attending shows that complement the audience and donor profiles for each campaign.
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Daniel Brown
Head of Partnerships, Data and Innovation
Prior to joining The Professional Fundraiser Danny spent time working in a wide range of industries from the music industry right through to a grant giving charity where he managed and developed their Monitoring and Evaluation strategy. Now at The Professional Fundraiser, as well as overseeing our IT department, Danny is responsible for managing our relationships with our charity partners and working with internal stakeholders to ensure that their campaigns are delivered in line with their contractual agreements.
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Anthony Grundon
Campaign Coordinator
Anthony Grundon
Campaign Coordinator
Following several years in the retail sector Anthony joined The Professional Fundraiser as the opportunity to further his career in a progressive organisation focusing on charity-based activities really appealed. Anthony joined The Professional Fundraiser as a Venue Planner and progressed to Campaign Manager where he now oversees the results of our charity’s campaigns working very closely with the Venues Team and Charity Partners.
Mark Guest
Fundraiser Relationship Manager (North)
Mark Guest
Fundraiser Relationship Manager (North)
Mark spent over 30 years in the Retail Industry before joining The Professional Fundraiser as a Fundraiser Relationship Manager. Mark’s role involves supporting the Fundraisers in their day to day to ensure they have all the necessary tools to remain compliant, be successful, and ultimately that our reputation as an agency is the best it can be.
Tony Hammond
Fundraiser Relationship Manager (South)
Tony Hammond
Fundraiser Relationship Manager (South)
Having spent many years within the hospitality industry Tony joined The Professional Fundraiser looking for the opportunity to learn and the reward that comes from supporting amazing charities. Tony describes his role as the glue that binds our amazing charities, fundraisers & super support team at Church Farm together.
Christina Harley
Software Developer
Christina Harley
Software Developer
Christina has spent all of her career so far within IT in various App Support and Development roles. Day to day Christina’s role as a Software Developer involves supporting the business by implementing new applications and processes. She enjoys creating seamless IT integrations into the business, contributing to the happy and positive working environment we all enjoy!
Corey Harris
Fundraiser Relationship Manager (Midlands)
Corey Harris
Fundraiser Relationship Manager (Midlands)
As a Fundraiser Relationship Manager Corey is the link between the Fundraisers in the field and the support staff at Church Farm, he helps to maintain and improve the relationships the fundraisers have with their donors and the relationships they have with the office staff. As well as training, coaching, and ensuring the fundraisers are logistically ready to perform to their highest standards when working at their venue.
Kelvin Hopkins
Managing Director
Kelvin is a huge advocate for the charity sector, is a trustee of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, and Chair of Trustees for local homeless charity. Kelvin started The Professional Fundraiser in 2012 and has more than 15 years’ fundraising and marketing experience. He always says he has two aims: the first is for our clients to say we’re the best to work with, and the second is for our team to say exactly the same.
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Diane King
Senior Venue Planner
Diane King
Senior Venue Planner
Diane has worked in a number of roles where customer service of the highest quality was key, with this experience Diane works as one of our Senior Venue Planners. Day to day Diane is in constant communication with our Fundraisers out in the field dealing with any venue enquiries they might have, whilst also researching and booking great fundraising locations.
Chloe Little
Senior Finance Administrator
Chloe Little
Senior Finance Administrator
Chloe is the first point of contact for the Finance Team, her day-to-day tasks include processing sales, supplier and fundraiser invoices and expenses. Specialising in finance Chloe has recently qualified as a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians and joined The Professional Fundraiser in March 2020 looking to try new challenges and put her skills learnt through her studies to good use.
Jason Maher
Senior Venue Planner
Jason Maher
Senior Venue Planner
Jason’s day to day role as a Senior Venue Planner involves providing quality venues for face-to-face fundraising within budget that benefit the business and charity partners. Jason’s tenacious attitude and attention to detail whilst being able to see the bigger picture is key to his success.
Catriona Marvel
Account Executive
Catriona Marvel
Account Executive
Cat is the first point of contact for our Charity Partners. On an average day Cat might be managing campaign mobilisations, overseeing compliance and mystery shop reporting or liaising with equipment and artwork suppliers. Cat enjoys seeing projects within the campaigns develop week by week and is continuously ensuring consistent communication with internal stakeholders and charity partners.
Millie Meddick
People Administrator
Millie Meddick
People Administrator
As a People Administrator an average day for Millie might consist of onboarding of new Fundraisers and Office Team Members and making sure all policies and procedures are up to date and compliant. Whilst enjoying the wide range of interactions with a variety of colleagues and people external to the business Millie likes to focus on developing efficient processes and solutions that meet the wants and needs of both the company and its team.
Pina Peduto
Venue Planner
Pina Peduto
Venue Planner
With a wealth of previous customer service experience Pina has been with The Professional Fundraiser since the beginning as a Venue Planner. Day to day Pina researches, books and plan the logistics for potential fundraising locations for our fundraisers whilst also building high quality and long lasting relationships with agencies, venues and show organisers. Pina aims to develop her skills even further and continue to be part of The Professional Fundraisers growth.
Joe Phillips
People and Talent Manager
Joe joined The Professional Fundraiser in early 2019 in search of an exciting challenge working for a smaller, growing business having spent most of his career within larger more corporate companies. Within his role Joe manages the People and Talent Team ensuring that the team deliver a great service to future, current and past members of our team.
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Debbie Shanahan
Finance Administrator
Debbie Shanahan
Finance Administrator
After 15 years as an Office Manager Debbie joined The Professional Fundraiser in search of a change and more involvement within the finance field. Day to day Debbie is paying suppliers, expenses, fundraiser and employee salaries whilst also working on her aim of encouraging new processes to enable more efficient & cost-effective ways to support our business and charity partners.
Paul Wipperman
IT Infrastructure Engineer
Paul Wipperman
IT Infrastructure Engineer
Prior to working at The Professional Fundraiser Paul worked in a publishing company. Now as part of our IT Team, Paul’s day to day as an Infrastructure Engineer consists of supporting all the office team members and fundraisers with all things IT!
