About us
Our people
Meet the team
Senior Leadership Team
Sara Baade
CEO
Melanie Warman
Director of Communications
Andrew Pitcher
Director of Finance
Johan Smith
Head of Wellness
Beth Courtier
Head of Development
Global delivery team
Deepti Mankad
Client & Project Manager
Danie Taljaard
Wellness Support
Jasper Del Rosario
Wellness at Sea Programme / Chaplain
Nic Tuban
Wellness at Sea Programme / Chaplain
Gavin Lim
Programme Manager
Frans Sahetapy
UK Chaplain
Ailton Ferreira De Souza
Chaplain, Spanish / Portuguese Languages South America
Riva Dos Santos
Chaplain, Spanish / Portuguese Languages South America (PT)
Manoj Joy
Support India
Harry Rumagit
Chaplain, Indonesia
Eduard Myrmyr
Chaplain, Ukrainian & Russian Language (PT)
Becky Haldane
Chaplain / Peer Support Mentor
Ace Gonzales
Philippines Manager
Head office team
Ben Scott
Partnerships Manager
Yasmin Payne
Trusts & Foundations Manager
Kirsty Batson
Development Coordinator
Stephanie Bramhall-Cull
Operations and Treasury Accountant
Babz Kidd
Strategy Coordinator
Carole Peters-King
Senior Communications Officer
Wendy Druce
Business Support
Jeannie Lucking-Naguib
Compliance and Safeguarding Lead
Special advisors
Barney Sanders
Designer (Consultant)
Rachel Bishop
HR (Consultant)
The chaplains of chaplains – Boet van Schalkwyk
Our pastoral chaplain and Crisis Response Network coordinator, Boet van Schalkwyk, died suddenly following a car accident in March 2025.
Boet began working with the Society in 1989. He was a familiar voice at the end of our helpline and helped found our CRN.
He was an extraordinary man and supported hundreds of seafarers and their families at some of the most difficult times of their lives.
His compassion, heart and dedication to the seafarers he supported was unrivalled and he was, and will remain, a guide and an inspiration to every single one of us at Sailors’ Society.
