Meet the team
Meet the Trustees
Gurmeet Dhillon
(Chair)
Trustee since 2014
Miriam Deakin (Vice Chair)
Trustee since 2022
Gurmeet is a financial investments professional and has been an AFK Trustee since 2014.
ⓘ This means Gurmeet knows a lot about money.
Gurmeet works in operations at Pharo Managment. He is also a volunteer fundraiser at AFK and has raised money for several years before becoming a Trustee.
Stacey Body
Trustee since 2022
Stacey is a highly regarded, passionate entrepreneur and a leading voice in finance, innovation and Fintech.
As co-founder of Start-Up of the year 2022 in The International Business Awards, his knowledge, experience and caring leadership are invaluable to every business he supports. From start-ups looking for meaningful guidance to businesses and CEOs looking to turbocharge their plans, Stacey has a wealth of proven experience both as a mentor and with his own acquisitions and businesses.
ⓘ This means Stacey knows a lot about money and how to set up a business and how businesses work.
After launching several successful businesses and with numerous profitable exits, Stacey not only has first-hand experience of the reality of business growth and financial structuring but he also provides a sense of reality for entrepreneurs looking for a solid partnership. His resume includes an enviable range of experiences and as a seasoned NED, he is an advisor and board member for several notable companies. In his own words, he disrupts the status quo and introduces fresh initiatives to solve age-old problems.
Athanasios Karampelas
Trustee since 2022
Thanos is a Chartered Accountant, CA, with 15 years of auditing experience in large corporate organizations in areas such as Private Banking, Asset Management, Finance and Treasury. He has further developed his technical knowledge through studying and passing all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA, exams.
Thanos is the proud dad of a 5 year old son with cerebral palsy. He has experienced first hand the difficulties that individuals with disabilities and their families face. Therefore, he is extremely grateful and happy to provide service to AFK in order to help as many children and young adults and their families to live more independent, successful and fulfilling lives. He has been actively fundraising for several charities, mainly in the health space, over the past 10 years by participating in long distance running events.
ⓘ This means Thanos knows what it is like to care for a child with a disability.
Dom Hyams
Trustee since 2024
Dom Hyams is Global Client Director at Purple Goat Agency, and consults and educates internationally on a range of topics including diversity, inclusion and accessibility.
Dom joined the Purple Goat agency team in February 2021 – the world’s first and only social-first inclusive marketing agency, looking to create the most progressive, representative and authentic marketing campaigns in the world by integrating disability know-how and lived-experience in all aspects of campaign development and execution.
Dom previously worked in TV, as a producer at the sports TV production company Sunset+Vine, working across output including the groundbreaking Paralympic coverage in 2012 and 2016. He has since worked in various digital media, marketing and communications roles, which led him to Purple Goat.
He is also the founding editor of the Disability Power100 – Power List of Disability, which looks to showcase the most influential disabled change-makers in society.
ⓘ This means Dom knows how to create opportunities for creative and exciting work, breaking down the barriers around disability.
Timothy Meredith
Trustee since 2022
Tim is a Managing Director and a senior Sales and Relationship Manager for the J.P. Morgan Corporate and Investment Bank. Tim has over 20 years industry experience and has been with J.P. Morgan for the last 17 years, including 14 years in London and 3 years in New York. In that time Tim has developed extensive experience in helping manage change and business development, with an ability to both lead and collaborate within diverse teams. Through his work Tim is an active contributor and sponsor of community outreach and philanthropy projects and is a steering committee member for a flagship Social Mobility programme. Outside of work Tim has been a committed fund raiser for various charities. Tim has a degree and post graduate qualification in law.
ⓘ This means Tim knows a lot about leadership, money and law.
Themba Mkwananzi
Trustee since 2022
Thembani is a chartered management accountant working as Associate Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at S&P Global. He is responsible for forecasting, budgeting and evaluating corporate performance against forecast and plan, and recommending remedial action.
He is a trusted business partner to senior strategic leadership. He has 2 years experience in the construction industry, two in the telecomms sector and 16 in financial services. He lives with a mobility challenge and knows first hand the challenges faced by children and their parents in their quest for suitable mobility equipment and related aids.
Alicia Loh
Trustee since 2024
Alicia is a legal counsel at a financial institution and prior to that, was a finance lawyer at Shearman & Sterling (now A&O Shearman), having received her undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Cambridge.
She is a disabled power wheelchair user who does disability advocacy on her Instagram, @ExploreDisabled, and is on the shortlisting panel for the Snowdon Trust’s master’s scholarships for disabled students. She has also been published by the New York Times and Time Out London.
ⓘ This means that Alicia knows a lot about money and the law surrounding finance