Our People

Georgina first became a Trustee of Depaul International in 2006, a role she held until 2010 when she became Patron. Over the years she has made many trips in a private capacity to Depaul’s projects in Slovakia and Ukraine and to our services in other countries. She is a strong advocate of Depaul’s work and continues to fundraise for all the charities in the Depaul Group, including holding events such as abseiling down the Bakehouse Tower of Arundel Castle and hosting private dinners in support of Depaul’s work.

“I’m proud to be Patron of Depaul International and having visited projects in each of the countries where Depaul works I’ve seen at first hand the vital difference Depaul’s activities can make to the lives of people who are homeless. I am committed to their work to help change the lives of individuals who are often excluded and ignored by society. I wish the charity continued success in this aim.”

Helen is a lawyer and has practiced as a barrister for many years before working in Rome and moving into legal writing. She was a Trustee and Vice Chair of Depaul UK and previously the National President of the St Vincent de Paul Society (England and Wales) until 2022.

Helen was appointed Chair of Trustees of Depaul International in mid-2023.

Andrew is a lawyer who has spent his career with the international law firm, Allen & Overy.  He is a partner and general counsel of the firm, where he also chairs the Risk Committee.  He is based in London but has also worked with the firm in the Middle East and Spain.   He has specialised in dispute resolution over his career and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a licensed advocate and a qualified mediator.  Andrew has previously been a trustee of Depaul UK which gave him a strong insight into particularly the issues of youth homelessness in the UK.  He is also a trustee of the charity Missio.

Cormac is a Chartered Accountant who trained with PwC, and was an executive director of a number of groups during his business career. He served as a Trustee and Treasurer of Depaul Ireland from 2010 to 2019.

Fr Rooney is a Vincentian priest, currently working as Vice-President for Mission Integration at Niagara University, a Vincentian institution of higher education in Lewiston, New York, USA. Prior to that, from 2009 to 2017, he was superior of the international mission of the Congregation of the Mission in the Roman Catholic diocese of El Alto, Bolivia. He is the former international director of the .famvin Digital Network – the principal web communications network of the Vincentian Family and continues as its financial manager. He also serves in coordinating the mapping project of the FamVin Homeless Alliance.

Rhea is Deputy International Programmes Director for CAFOD and has over 20 years’ strategic management and operational management experience of humanitarian and development programmes at country, regional and international levels in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Rhea joined CAFOD in 2020 from HelpAge International where she was the Global Head of Network Coordination and Development. She is passionate about promoting leadership, voice and agency of communities and local organisations within the aid sector. Over the years, she has been involved in capacity strengthening and change management as a consultant, trainer, and a coach in a variety of humanitarian contexts.

Rhea’s thematic areas of expertise includes health and protection programming – with a special focus on ageing and disability inclusion in humanitarian policy and practice. She is a qualified change management professional and has an MBA and a Diploma in Development studies.

Sandeep Katwala is Chair of the Board of Trustees at Depaul UK, having joined in 2021. He joined the Depaul International Board of Trustees as Subsidiary-perspective Trustee for the UK, Ireland and USA in 2023.

In his executive career Sandeep spent 25 years as a solicitor at Linklaters LLC, the global law firm. At Linklaters, in addition to his client practice which was mainly focused on emerging economies, he held various management roles including the India and EEMEA businesses. He also served on the firm’s Global Executive Committee. Prior to his legal career, Sandeep spent a number of years as a corporate financier. More recently, he has held a number of governance roles and is currently the Chair, Octavia Group, and Deputy Chair at Great Ormond Street Childrens’ Hospital Charity. He has been a Trustee of WaterAid and Bail for Immigration Detainees. Sandeep has also trained as an Executive Coach and supports leaders from the BAME community.

Sandeep holds an MBA from Cass Business School and qualified as a solicitor in the UK.

Viliam Kaceriak is the Chair of Board of Trustees of Depaul Slovensko. He joined the Depaul International Board of Trustees as a Subsidiary-perspective Trustee for Slovakia, Ukraine, Croatia and France in 2023.

Dave joined Depaul International’s Board in 2024.

Andrés joined the Depaul International Board in 2024.

Patricia joined the Depaul International Board in 2026.

Mark McGreevy OBE

President Depaul Group

Mark McGreevy OBE joined Depaul in February 1990 as one of the first employees of the charity which was set up initially in London, working with homeless young people sleeping rough on the streets.  In 1992 he became CEO of Depaul UK, and over the next 10 years it quickly expanded into a national charity, followed by growth into homelessness services in Ireland, at the invitation of the Irish government.  Depaul International was established in 2004, with Mark moving into the Group CEO role, and overseeing the charity’s expansion into more European countries and across to the USA.  Depaul’s services provide help for over 21,000 homeless and vulnerable people of all ages each year.

More recently, in 2014 Mark was the founder of the Institute of Global Homelessness based in Chicago, a joint partnership between DePaul University Chicago and Depaul International which is currently working on a strategy to end street homelessness in 150 cities by 2030.  In 2017 the global Vincentian Family asked Depaul to co-ordinate responses to its own initiative to end homelessness, the Famvin Homeless Alliance, which is to operate for at least the next three years.  This initiative of the Vincentian Family mark’s the 400^th anniversary of the Vincentian Charism.

Mark is a past trustee of the international aid charity CAFOD and of Leeds Trinity University.

In January 2018 Mark was invited to speak about street homelessness at the United Nations’ 56^th session of the Commission for Social Development.

Matthew Carter obe

Group CEO

Matthew joined Depaul International as Group CEO in September 2021.  Depaul International oversees the Depaul family of charities – made up internationally of seven subsidiary charities, the Famvin Homeless Alliance and holds a key strategic relationship with the Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH).

Prior to Depaul International, Matthew worked within the international humanitarian sector for over 35 years undertaking numerous senior country leadership positions in many of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises. He spent twenty years as CAFOD’s (Caritas) Humanitarian Director leading their humanitarian responses in Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin/Central America and the Pacific.

He has been a strong advocate and practitioner for building national and regional humanitarian capacity,  advocating for the international community to better support community and locally based organisations, and leading greater interfaith work. Throughout Matthew’s international career he has been an outspoken and strong advocate in promoting greater accountability to those people affected by crises and ensuring their protection.  Through this work on accountability, he helped lead the development of the international humanitarian standard, Sphere and the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), and the START Network and was founding member and Chair of both. He is passionate about the environment and integrating an environmental perspective into humanitarian action and ensuring a systems-based approach.

Matthew has worked as Country Director in DRC for Concern Worldwide, as a technical advisor with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Bosnia, Somalia, South Sudan and Mozambique. Matthew started off his international career working as a water engineer with VSO in The Gambia.

He was the former Chair of Caritas Internationalis Global Humanitarian Committee and Caritas Europa, and is currently an Advisory Board member of Bristol University Cabot Institute and Trustee of ShelterBox. Matthew holds an MSc in International Relations and Management.

In June 2023, Matthew was awarded an OBE in HM The King’s first Birthday Honours list for services to the global humanitarian sector.

mark robinson 

International programmes and partnerships director

Mark joined Depaul International as Director of Operations in 2022, on secondment from Depaul UK where he has worked for over four years. In August 2023, Mark became Director of International Programmes at Depaul International.

As Head of Prevention and Programmes at Depaul UK, Mark oversaw the development and implementation of a new education programme for schools and the expansion of family support and mediation services, Reconnect. He also led on Client Involvement and the organisation’s Education, Training and Employment services.

Prior to Depaul, Mark spent a number of years working with young people in communities affected by armed conflict in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and he started his career managing a network of local learning centres in South London, with the social mobility charity, IntoUniversity. Mark has a BA in International Development and Portuguese and a MSc in International Childhood Studies.

Dan Jones

Global Advocacy Lead

Dan joined Depaul International in November 2025 as Global Advocacy Lead.

Dan Jones is a global advocacy specialist with 20 years’ experience spanning advocacy, communications and policy roles across large and small charities as well as the UK civil service. He has focused on a range of issues both global and domestic, including global health, education, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), as well as mental health, disability issues, child rights and treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers in the UK. He was previously WaterAid’s Global Head of Campaigns, with oversight of global campaigns on health and climate action as well as a leading role in strengthening the advocacy capacity and expertise of staff across the world.

Prior to WaterAid he was Head of Campaigns at international grassroots advocacy charity Results UK focusing on overseas aid to education and health and the strategic coordination of grassroots, parliamentary and policy advocacy. Before that he was based in Nairobi, Kenya providing strategic and organisational development support to Special Education Professionals, an organisation providing support to children with disabilities and their parents in informal settlements.

Dan has previously worked for national UK charities Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and The Children’s Society, and for the UK Government within the Department for Transport, The Electoral Commission, and the Cabinet Office. He has a Master’s Degree in International Relations.

Ewan Day-Collins

Head of Programme and Business Development

Ewan is Head of Programme and Business Development at Depaul International. He rejoined the team in 2022 – the third time he had worked for Depaul by the age of 25, which is definitely some kind of record. He first joined Depaul as a student intern, before becoming an entry-level programmes team member after his graduation. He returned at the outset of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine to manage the beginning of and scaling of Depaul’s response. He began his current role in mid-2023, working with partners and funders across the world to develop and manage new programmes for people experiencing homelessness. 

In between his stints at Depaul, Ewan worked as Monitoring and Evaluation Lead for a global education charity, and in business development at St Mungo’s. He started in the homelessness sector as a volunteer outreach worker and, until recently, still did occasional shifts with Thames Reach in London. He grew up in London, leaving briefly to study history at Cambridge University. 

Outside of work, Ewan is a Trustee. He previously chaired the Catholic youth agency Million Minutes. He also plays in jazz and salsa bands and has a season ticket at AFC Wimbledon. 

kate stanbury 

finance manager

Kate joined Depaul International in November 2022 as Finance Manager, a part time role supporting the Group Finance and Resources Director with financial reporting and analysis across Depaul’s subsidiaries.

A CIMA qualified accountant, Kate has worked in a number of finance roles across commercial organisations before spending six years living abroad with her young family where she held a number of volunteer posts. Upon her return in 2015, she worked in charitable and not-for-profit organisations. Most recently, Kate led the finance function in a specialist management consultancy through a significant period of growth from SME to sale to a large private equity backed firm.

In her spare time, she is treasurer for a local cycling club!

Laura Hillier

Senior Programme Officer

Laura joined Depaul International as Senior Programme Officer in December 2022. The role involves supporting Depaul subsidiaries on programme quality – key focus areas include safeguarding, data/impact, and finding opportunities to foster best practice and collaboration across the Depaul Group.  

Prior to that, Laura worked with Depaul UK for 3 years, in a national role which focused on the quality of community hosting programmes for young people experiencing homelessness (Nightstop and Supported Lodgings). Going further back, Laura has also worked in educational publishing, mental health research and as a support worker with a range of client groups. She also volunteered with local women’s charities for several years. Laura has a BSc in Psychology, an MRes in Health & Wellbeing and an MPhil in Health Research. 

Outside of work, Laura loves running, cooking and baking for friends and family – and mostly, chilling out with her cat! 

Caitlin Disken

communications Officer

Caitlin joined Depaul International in February 2023, as Communications Officer.

Prior to joining the team, Caitlin worked across communications and programme delivery at youth leadership organisation UpRising, which delivers employability and leadership programmes to young people across the UK.

In the past, she has worked with a number of charities in a voluntary capacity, working with Dragonfly Cancer Trust as part of their communications team, and grassroots organisation Our Streets Now as part of their education team.
Caitlin holds a degree in English Literature from Newcastle University.

Brianna Barnes

business support manager

Brianna joined Depaul International in August 2018. As Business Support Manager, her role covers executive support as well as operational, financial administration and governance responsibilities.

Before joining the team, Brianna gained experience in education and corporate roles. She decided to move into the non-profit sector due to a keen interest in social causes and working in a values-based organisation.

Brianna holds a degree in Politics & Sociology from Lancaster University.