Our Team

About Us

Our Team

  • Our Chief Executive James Heaton is a white man wearing a black tshirt, stood in front of a brick wall looking quite serious but smiling.

    James Heaton

    Chief Executive & Creative Director
    James loves all sorts of music, particularly anything involving a piano. When he’s not Woolwich Working he likes to cook and learn to code.
  • Annika is a black woman wearing glasses with her hair tied back with a head scarf, stood in front of a brick wall and smiling.

    Annika Brown

    Operations Director
    Annika loves taking her son on long walk and cooking great big pots of Jollof rice, or spending time with family and friends going to gigs or watching a film.
  • Ali is a white woman with short brown hair, wearing a white t-shirt, stood in front of a sunny brick wall and smiling.

    Ali Gannagé-Stewart

    Executive Director
    Ali likes a good mix of the great outdoors, paddle boarding around the coast and seeing gigs and shows followed by good food in London with friends.

Find out more about James, Annika and Ali
  • Caroline is a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a black top and light blue jeans. She is standing in front of a brick wall in the sunshine with her hands in her pockets, and smiling at the camera.

    Caroline Abbas

    PA to the Chief Executive
    Caroline loves being nestled amongst a singing and dancing crowd, and equally adores the peace of the outdoors, particularly rock-climbing on sea cliffs.
  • Justicia is a young black woman with short cropped hair, wearing a green sleeveless dress. She is smiling and standing in front of a brick wall in the sunshine.

    Justicia Adjei

    Event Sales Manager
    Justicia enjoys finding new places to eat with friends, hanging out with her family and a good gym workout. She also loves listening to music and going to concerts.
  • Sean is a young white man with a shaved head and a beard. He is stood in front of a sunny brick wall and smiling.

    Sean Carter

    Operations Manager
    Sean spends his free time trying to find a new gig or festival to go to or cycling through London with friends finishing in a nice park.
  • Sean is a young white man with dark brown hair. He is wearing a dark blue shirt and leaning against a brick wall, smiling into the camera.

    Sean Doherty

    Marketing & Communications Manager
    Sean grew up just up the river from Woolwich and still calls South East London home. Most likely seen in a record store, down the front at a gig or learning Italian.
  • James is a white man with brown hair and a short beard, wearing a blue and white plaid shirt. He stands in front of a brick wall and is smiling.

    James Greveson Hickie

    Event Operations Manager
    James is happiest when he's at a music festival, running ultra-marathons for fun, or converting a little green transit into a campervan, and probably drinks too much tea.
  • Precious is a black woman with plaited hair, and is smiling in the sunshine in front of a brick wall.

    Precious Jeffers

    Education & Community Programme Manager
    Precious has lived in London for over twenty years and in Greenwich borough for twelve. She loves new creative experiences.
  • Georgia is a white woman with brown wavy hair, wearing a white shirt and leaning against a brick wall in the sunshine. She is smiling towards the camera.

    Georgia Maxwell

    Event Manager
    Georgia loves live music and eating her way around London. On weekends, she's escaping London by bike, visiting the local market, and trying not to sink at the lido!
  • Ginene is a white woman with long brown hair, wearing a white sleeveless top. She is standing in front of a brick wall in the sunshine and smiling.

    Ginene Meek

    Head of Finance
    Ginene enjoys listening to music, visiting art galleries, and socialising with friends & family at the weekends. She is a keen runner and also enjoys cycling to work!
  • Ian is a white man with light blonde hair hair. He is wearing a dark blue shirt with sunglasses hooked in the collar, and is stood in front of a brick wall, smiling into the camera.

    Ian Pettitt

    Deputy Operations Manager
    Ian can be found in theatres seeing anything from the very traditional to the pretty bizarre. He travels regularly as a fan of city breaks, and is an avid book collector.
  • Grace is a white woman with curly brown hair, stood near some plants in front of a brick wall and smiling.

    Grace Pinner

    Education and Community Programme Manager
    Grace is passionate about creative opportunities being open to all and wants everyone to experience the joy that arts in the broadest sense can bring.
  • Andy is a white man with light blonde hair, wearing a blue t-shirt. He stands in front of a brick wall and smiles towards the camera.

    Andy Sellar

    Technical Manager
    Andy loves to explore local cuisines especially when travelling, which he was able to do extensively while working as a sound engineer on cruise ships around the world.
  • Hatti is a smiling young white woman with turquoise hair, stood in front of a brick wall.

    Hatti Simpson

    Ticketing & Digital Manager
    Hatti can often be found in a theatre or at a gig, on long walks along the river, or stuck into a good book. She’s usually easy to spot with her brightly coloured hair!
  • Becca is a young white woman with long straight blonde hair, stood smiling in front of a brick wall

    Becca Thomason

    Programme Manager
    Becca loves spending the evening going to gigs and the theatre. In her spare time you’ll find her putting on pub shows for her friends or jogging around Hackney Marshes.