Meet the Team

Kenneth Greenway, Cemetery Park Manager

Ken began working for the Friends in September 2002. Now the manager of the Cemetery Park, he works with the Friends, volunteers, the local council, and visitors to the Cemetery Park to conserve, protect and develop the site. He loves how the Cemetery Park has become a focus of interest and enjoyment to the community and takes great satisfaction from the way wildlife and people have responded so positively to the efforts of the Friends and volunteers. You’ll often find Ken litter picking, delivering Forest School, or running foraging tours and bat walks.

You can contact Ken on kenneth.greenway@fothcp.org

Richard Nimmo, Cemetery Park Officer

Richard joined in September 2022 and leads groups of conservation volunteers, including the local community, and corporate volunteers on CSR days providing an important source of income. Richard worked for the international marine conservation organisation Blue Ventures for 18 years before joining our team. His experience includes setting up overseas ecotourism operations, volunteer management, health and safety and safeguarding and he completed a qualification in Environmental Conservation and Countryside Management at Capel Manor College in 2021 to retrain and work in the UK conservation sector.

You can contact Richard on richard.nimmo@fothcp.org

Claire Slack, Heritage Officer

Claire joined the team in September 2020. Claire’s role is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and includes working to put together a Conservation Management Plan to help us better understand the heritage value of the Cemetery Park and how we can make the most of the site over the coming years. You will also find her leading tours, dealing with grave enquiries and telling anyone who will listen about the wonderful history of our Cemetery Park and London’s East End. Claire has previously worked in the charity sector in a variety of management, fundraising and events roles and is also studying for her Doctorate in Heritage.

You can contact Claire on claire.slack@fothcp.org.

Stephen Moss, Patron

Our charity’s patron is naturalist and author Stephen Moss, who is a nature writer, broadcaster and wildlife television producer. Stephen first came across Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park almost a decade ago, when he filmed there for the BBC1 series Britain’s Big Wildlife Revival. He later featured the park in his book Wild Kingdom: Bringing back Britain’s Wildlife, which was nominated for the Wainwright Prize for nature writing.

Louise Robinson, Chair of Trustees

Louise became a trustee in 2021 and was voted in as Chair in September 2022. Louise works in marketing, with spreadsheets, PowerPoints and people. She lives a few streets away from the Cemetery Park, and has a tortoise called Lus, who likes to get stuck, and pick fights with plant pots and the watering can.

Toby Sibley, Trustee

Toby has lived in Tower Hamlets since 2004 and has loved visiting the Cemetery Park ever since. Toby works as a project manager and consultant in the City with a focus on running IT and regulatory projects. He has an MBA and a MSc in Software Engineering. Toby enjoys the diversity and breadth of activity in the Cemetery Park finding something new every time he visits.

Jasmina Negrini, Trustee

Jasmina became a trustee in 2021. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Business Studies from the University of Bologna and has a career in the financial services industry in London spanning over 20 years. She has worked and studied in five countries across two continents and has travelled extensively. Jasmina has a strong passion for the environment and for leaving things better than she found them. She volunteers within her local community to preserve and protect the environment on land and water and worked on the project to convert wasteland into the Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve in north London, which opened to the public in May 2016. Jasmina has lived in Tower Hamlets for 6 years and consider the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park her very special place in the borough, where she goes to whenever possible, to find an oasis of calmness and to observe and enjoy the changing of the seasons.

Marilyn Baltutis, Trustee

Marilyn is a local resident who has enjoyed the cemetery for over 30 years, and is now particularly involved in interpreting its history. She brings a wealth of experience as a primary school teacher, conservation volunteer and scout leader.

Sigrid Werner, Trustee

Sigrid has lived in Tower Hamlets since 1998 and got to know about the Friends when she came to work at educational charity Setpoint London East in 2001. A local historian in her spare time, she is also a committee member of the East London History Society, treasurer of the Friends of St. George’s German Lutheran Church, Aldgate and a member of the Tower Hamlets Inter Faith Forum.

Karen Baxter, Trustee

Karen is one of our trustees.

Terry Lyle, Honorary Trustee

Terry was for 22 years environmental education officer of a local charity, working with schools and community groups to enrich parks, school grounds and community gardens for biodiversity and education. Terry is a general naturalist, and has helped make the Cemetery Park exceptionally rich in wildflowers and butterflies.

Angela Silvester, Office Volunteer

Angela provides invaluable support in the Friends office. She is a trained Legal Secretary who also brings experience in University administration from her years working for Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Fran Humber, Fundraiser

Worked as a conservation director for the charity Blue Ventures. Fran was responsible for overseeing their conservation programmes and partnerships in Madagascar, Belize, Comoros, Mozambique and Timor-Leste. Fran brings an immense amount of experience and wisdom from the charity sector, as well as a deep understanding of what is necessary to secure a bright future for the Friends and the Cemetery Park.

Stewart Rayment, honorary trustee

Stewart helped set up the Friends back in 1990, securing the Service Level Agreement with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. He’s since moved out of London but still pops in now and then.