Staff
Fizza – CEO
Fizza is the CEO, and joined MRN in August 2016.
Contact Fizza at: [email protected] (please note she works part-time: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (9.00am-3.00pm) and Thursday & Friday (9.30am-5.30pm)
Eliyes – Finance Administrator
Eliyes is the Finance Administrator and joined MRN in September 2017.
Contact Eliyes at: [email protected].
Concepta – Interim Head of Policy and Communication
Concepta joined MRN in February 2026
She manages MRN’s policy, public affairs, press and communications activities.
Contact Concepta at [email protected]
Krithika – Policy and Communications Officer
Krithika joined MRN in March 2026. She is responsible for creating and disseminating visual and written content across website, newsletter and social media channels.
Contact Krithika at [email protected]
Lauren – Policy and Campaigns Officer
Lauren joined MRN in August 2023.
They are interested in the intersections of state violence in bordering and resistance to these systems.
Contact Lauren at [email protected]
Aya – Community Engagement Manager
Aya joined MRN in February 2024 as the Community Engagement Manager.
Aya is particularly interested in developing collaborative approaches to information production and dissemination, and building genuinely inclusive spaces.
Contact Aya at [email protected]
Toby – Community and Capacity Building Manager (London)
Toby joined MRN in March 2024 as the Community and Capacity Building Manager (London).
Contact Toby at [email protected]
Nadine – MAP Coordinator (London)
Nadine joined MRN in 2025 as the Project Coordinator for the Migrants’ Aspiration Programme.
Contact Nadine at [email protected]
Ambassadors and Advisors
Katia – Ambassador
Katia is a trade union organiser.
She joined MRN in November 2021 as the Interim London Project Coordinator, and is now an ambassador.
Javier – Ambassador
Javier combines his activities at the MRN with academic duties at a university, where he focuses on Learning Design, Technology.
Ernest – Ambassador
Ernest is an ambassador and was a policy research volunteer at MRN. In his role, he works across a variety of areas including asylum accommodation, community outreach, and capacity building, where he passionately champions the invaluable “Know Your Rights Guide.”
Advisory Group
Angelo – Advisor
Angelo Boccato is a freelance journalist and a Communications Media Officer.
Simon – Advisor
Simon joined MRN as the MAP Coordinator in August 2023, to deliver the MAP for HongKongers. Upon completion of MAP in February 2024, he became an advisor for MRN.
He is a Hong Kong exiled pro-democracy activist, a founder of the UK-wide Hong Kong diasporic non-profit organisation.
Mardin – Advisor
Mardin, drawing from both a wealth of experience and first-hand life as a refugee, brings a deeply empathetic and personal approach to creating positive change in diverse communities.
Xīn – Advisor
Xin is a dedicated independent researcher focusing on the lives of migrant communities in London.
Yijing – Advisor
Yijing is an international student with a rich academic background.
Bashir – Advisor
Board of Trustees
MRN has an active Board of Trustees, responsible for the overall management of the organisation.
Shaista – Chair
Shaista is a journalist, writer and media and communications specialist, with more than twenty-five years’ experience of working directly with migrants, including refugee populations across the world.
Contact Shaista at [email protected]
Edith – Treasurer
Edith Yembra is a qualified Accountant and a Fellow of the ACCA.
Eduardo – Secretary to the Board
Eduardo joined the MRN board in October 2022 as Secretary. He works for a regional local authority.
Elizaveta – Board Member
Lisa joined the Board in June 2025. She is a grants professional, having worked in both non-profit and corporate environments.
Ekaterina – Board Member
Ekaterina is a member of the Bar practising primarily corporate and commercial law.
Joanna – Board Member
Joanna is a monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) consultant, who works with the migrant rights sector and other social justice organisations, campaigns and movements.
Nick – Board Member
Nick worked for the labour movement for nearly forty years, and is currently retired.