Our staff team

We are a small team of 12 people, with a broad range of skills, expertise and experience. Working from our office in south London, we are committed to bringing clear and accurate information on HIV and AIDS to those who need it, and passionate about listening to the people who use our materials to ensure they continue to be relevant, accessible and useful.

Executive Director

Caspar Thomson

Executive Director

Caspar joined NAM in 2001 as Director.  He is responsible for leading the organisation and ensuring it is effective in realising its mission. He works closely with the charity's trustees to shape NAM's strategic goals and oversee their implementation. He is also responsible for making sure NAM has the resources necessary to enable it to achieve its objectives.

Communications Team

Jackie Ayugi De Masi

Communities Engagement Officer

Jackie joined NAM in August 2010. She is responsible for developing relationships and working with African communities and related organisations in London. A key part of her role is listening to and understanding the information needs of these diverse community groups and ensuring this feedback is integrated into the ongoing development of NAM's useful, relevant information resources.

Kieran McCann

Communication Designer

Kieran joined NAM in 2008 as the in-house graphic designer. He is responsible for maintaining the successful visual communication of NAM's printed and online output.

Zoe Smith

Communications Manager

Zoë joined NAM in 2005. Her job is to help make sure that as many people as possible know how and where to get NAM's resources. An important part of her role is also to make sure that your ideas are fed back into NAM and used to shape the way we develop our resources. If you use any of NAM’s resources we would love to hear from you.

Editorial Team

Paul Adlam

Editor, UK directories

Paul joined NAM in 2008. He is responsible for updating and expanding NAM’s database of HIV services in the UK and ensuring the information is readily available to those who need it. To inform us of changes to your listing, or if you work for an HIV-related organisation not yet listed in HIV Services in the UK, please email with details to info@nam.org.uk or call Paul on 020 3242 0829.

Keith Alcorn

Senior Editor

Keith joined NAM in 1991 and edited the AIDS Reference Manual (1996 to 1998) and the HIV & AIDS Treatments Directory (1998 to 2004). He was founding editor of NAM's website aidsmap.com and co-edits HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice (2003 to present), a newsletter focusing on HIV treatment and care in resource-limited settings.

Sylvie Beaumont

Editor, HIV & AIDS Services Worldwide

Sylvie joined NAM in 1997. She has responsibility for maintaining and developing NAM’s worldwide listings of HIV services and organisations, both online and in print. To search this database, click here. If you would like your organisation to be included in this listing, please contact us here.

Gus Cairns

Editor, HIV Treatment Update

Gus joined the editorial team in 2009 as editor of NAM’s regular newsletter, HTU. He has been a freelance writer for us since 2003 having edited the last three editions of the HIV Reference Manual and both editions of Preventing HIV.

Selina Corkery

Editorial Team Manager

Selina joined NAM in 2008. She oversees the work of NAM’s editorial team, helping ensure information materials are high quality, timely and meet the needs of our audiences. To tell us about any NAM materials you have used, or would like to see developed, please contact us.

Greta Hughson

Sub-editor

Greta joined NAM in 2008. Her role involves ensuring the quality and accuracy of NAM’s printed and online work. If you have any comments or suggestions about our material, please contact us.

Roger Pebody

Editor, non-medical and patient information materials

Roger joined NAM in 2008. He is an editor focusing on easy-to-understand patient information materials, as well as information for professionals on HIV prevention and the social impact of HIV

Finance & Office Team

Jeremy Cohen

Business & Finance Manager

Jeremy joined NAM in September 1998. He manages NAM’s internal systems including finance, IT and premises.

Glen Watkins

Engagement Officer

Glen started volunteering at NAM in 2010, working on listing HIV organisations across the UK. In September 2011 he joined the staff team, and his role now covers finance, customer services and administering the free booklet scheme and other resources. Click here to view NAM's resources.

Editorial Freelancers

Edwin J Bernard (Berlin) (HIV and the Criminal Law editor and news reporting)

Rob Camp (news reporting)

Michael Carter (news reporting and patient information materials)

Anna Forbes (microbicides, Preventing HIV)

Liz Highleyman (San Francisco) (news reporting)

Carole Leach-Lemens (news reporting)

Mara Kardas-Nelson (Cape Town) (news reporting)

David McLay (news reporting)

Lesley Odendal (Cape Town) (news reporting)

Kelly Safreed-Harmon (Boston) (news reporting)

Theo Smart (Cape Town) (HIV and AIDS Treatment in Practice, with a primary focus on clinical practice and policy developments affecting the management of HIV and TB in resource-limited settings)

Emma Standley (patient information materials)

Derek Thaczuk (Toronto) (HIV Treatments Directory editor and news reporting)

Please feel free to contact us if you have a query or would like any further information.