About

Anna co-founded Prism in 2004 as a way to increase charitable funds into the sector . She has expertise in relationship management and building operations. Previously Anna worked in the high-tech industry and set up the Yazam Europe office and was their Director of Investor Relations. For six years Anna set up and ran the British arm of a USA based charity, the New Israel Fund. Anna also acts as a trustee and advisor for a number of charities. She is also the director and shareholder of a financial services company, Regent Capital, which specialises in offering investment products and services to UK-based high net worth investors.

Mary joined Prism in October 2017 as Senior Relationship Manager. Mary is developing and managing external relations with individuals and client intermediaries through our Donor Advised Funds (DAF) service. Mary is also working on Prism's event programme, and ensuring we build and develop our profile as we continue to grow and expand.

Mary has over 12 years experience working in the charitable sector developing relationships and managing large multi organisational partnership projects. Mary is delighted to be working towards Prism's aim of Increasing the flow of funds to charities across the world.

Harry joined Prism to maintain and build upon internal systems and processes, ensuring that we have the best technological and organisational solutions in place to support the organisation’s rapid growth. Harry is also focusing on developing relationships with clients and is responsible for the on boarding process for new clients.

Previously to Prism, Harry worked for Impetus – The Private Equity Foundation where, as an associate manager, he oversaw a programme of operational and organisational optimisation. He holds a Masters in Cultural Economics and Cultural Entrepreneurship from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and a Bachelor in Economics and Finance from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

Prior to joining Prism towards the end of March 2018, Varsha was a manager at a private sector Middle Eastern Bank and has an experience of over a decade in client services. Since graduating with a Bachelors in Finance, Varsha oversaw a program of developing financial systems to help manage client portfolios. Her insight into donor giving increased after she began volunteering for the Asian charitable sector. Varsha is excited to be a part of Prism the Gift Fund and is very highly inspired to work towards the Company's mission of increasing the flow of funds to the charitable sector. As a Relationship Manager in Prism, she is responsible for managing key collective fund clients.

Zuzana has long nurtured a personal ambition to work in the area of Humanitarian and Development Aid and is delighted to have joined the Prism team so that she can realise that goal. Since graduating at International Relations and Economic Policy, Zuzana has worked in international client-facing administration roles. She first joined Prism as a Database and Financial Administrator where she was committed to increasing the flow of money to good causes. After 9 months in this position she moved to the role of Relationship and Finance Manager, supporting Refugee Collective Funds to deliver their mission of providing aid in the current Humanitarian Refugee Crisis.

Before joining Prism in early 2012, Jenny ran a client facing private business and has experience in a number of areas from accounts, marketing, customer relations, administration, office management and more. Jenny was also the volunteer fundraising coordinator for Radio Lollipop London and Evelina Children’s Hospitals, responsible for raising tens of thousands of pounds yearly, and sat on the management committee for two years. Jenny therefore brings to Prism a wealth of experience in both the private and charitable sectors.

Gideon co-founded Prism with Anna. He is also a director and shareholder of Regent Capital. He is a director of Wire2, the operator of a newslink wire service. This provides all the major national and regional media – newspaper, radio, TV – with stories as well as distributing information from government bodies. In 1994, Gideon co-founded a retail group that had 30 stores across the UK operating Levi’s, Timberland and Cat Footwear franchises, and Bed and Bath Works. In 1982 Gideon built up a multi-national automotive component group. Gideon holds a number of directorships and shareholdings in private companies.

Mohamed joined Prism as a Accounts Assistant. Previously, he worked for Sands as an Account Assistant and at Tower Hamlets Youth Offending team as a Supporting Officer. He helps with the day to day running of Prism's finance department, completing payments, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices.
Mohamed has a degree in Accounting & Finance and is MAAT qualified as well as being part qualified in ACCA.

Jack joined the team at Prism in early January, 2018. As a Finance and Administration Assistant for Help Refugees, he supports the Finance and Compliance manager in maintaining the financial processes and internal systems.

Previous to Prism, Jack held the position of Accounts Assistant for SJD Accountancy and has obtained a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance.

Lewis has joined Prism as a Relationship Manager to help with our Collective Fund offering. He’ll be looking after our clients, offering both a personal and professional level of service.

Lewis has always had an interest in international development and the third sector, graduating with a BA in Human Geography. Lewis has fundraising experience and volunteered regularly at ‘DENS the Food Bank’. He comes from a sales background, having developed relationships with national accounts in the DIY sector.

Stephanie has always had an interest in working within the charity/NGO sector. This has stemmed from her Masters degree in Global Ethics and Human Values at King’s College London, in which she learnt about global issues and crises and the involvement needed from people to solve these.

She has previous experience working in the charity sector as a research intern for Penny Appeal and as a communications intern at Global One. She has also volunteered for the British Red Cross at their Refugee centre in Hackney.

Grace joined Prism in August 2018 as a Relationship Manager within the Collective Funds team. Her desire to work in the third sector follows time spent personally fundraising to build classrooms in Uganda, followed by a graduate role in Education Management.

Grace is excited to combine her customer experience background with her passion for the sector to support Prism's aim of increasing the flow of funds into the charitable sector.

Sadie joined Prism in May 2018 as Administrator and Coordinator to Foundations and has over 9 years experience in client and customer focused roles within insurance and advertising.

Sadie works alongside the Senior Relationship Manager and CEO servicing our individual donor DAF accounts, as well as working directly with Prism's Foundation clients.

Sadie has always been interested in the charity sector, and likes to raise money for charity by taking on new challenges that take her out of her comfort zone.

Before joining Prism the Gift Fund as a HR Consultant in March 2017, Alison spent over 10 years in senior Human Resources roles within Centrica, the global energy firm and high street retailer Marks and Spencer.

Alison is passionate about working alongside the team at Prism, focusing on the People strategy to support the exciting growth period within the organisation.

She is also a volunteer mentor for the Aspire Foundation and is keen to support women working in not for profits, charities and social enterprises.