Our staff team

We are a small team of 17 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.

Caspar Thomson

Caspar joined NAM in 2001 as Director, and is responsible for sustaining and developing NAM in order to maximise its effectiveness in meeting its mission. He works closely with the charity's trustees to shape NAM's strategic goals and ensure their implementation. He is also responsible for ensuring the organisation has the resources necessary to enable it to achieve its objectives.

Jeremy Cohen (Business & Finance Manager)

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

Imoh Itieimoh (Finance & Administration Officer)

Imoh joined NAM in 2006, and carries out day-to-day finance duties, ensuring prompt payments to NAM suppliers and consultants. He also helps compile the bi-monthly management accounts.

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 7840 0069.

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 'Bo-Bo' Beaumont (Editor, international directories)

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.

Carole Leach-Lemens (Editor)

Carole joined NAM in 2009. Her focus is mainly on materials for healthcare workers and community-based organisation staff in resource-limited settings.

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.

Theo Smart (Editor, HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice)

Theo is based in Cape Town, South Africa.  Theo has worked with NAM since 2003 and has a primary focus on clinical practice and policy developments affecting the management of HIV and TB in resource-limited settings.

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

Michael Carter (news reporting and patient information materials)

Rob Dawson (HIV Treatments Training Pack editor and news reporting)

Hayden Eastwood (news reporting)

Liz Highleyman (San Francisco) (news reporting)

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

David McLay (news reporting)

Kelly Morris (news reporting)

Lesley Odendal (Cape Town) (news reporting)

Kelly Safreed-Harmon (Boston) (news reporting)

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

Claire Booth (Funding Development Manager)

Claire joined NAM in 2001. Her role involves seeking funding for NAM’s work from corporate, statutory, trust and other donors. For a full list of NAM’s current funders click here.

Beth Isherwood (Funding Assistant)

Beth joined NAM in January 2009. She is responsible for processing donations from our generous supporters and provides support to NAM’s fundraising team. She is also responsible for the sale of our publications. Click here to view NAM’s resources or here to make a donation.

Kieran McCann (Graphic 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.

Zoë 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.

Funding Development Officer

Currently vacant.

See current vacancies

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