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Meet the Team

Our Senior Leadership team are responsible to our Board of Trustees. They lead the various departments and services within the organisation with a strategic overview of their areas.

We’re currently under the Governance of the WLM Circuit.

Robin Smith, CEO

Lisa Kamiende, Head of Justice

Lisa joins us from the National Probation Service where she trained and qualified as a Senior Probation Officer. Heading up our Justice Services, including our approved premise for men leaving prison, Lisa will help us develop our services supporting people who’ve been through the justice system.

Stamatia Lorentzou , Head of Counselling

Stamatia has recently joined Strides, as a lead for the Highbury Counselling Centre (HCC). Stamatia is a psychodynamic therapist. She has practiced in the NHS and not-for-profit counselling agencies. For seventeen years, she has worked for a homelessness charity. In her role as the Clinical Lead, she managed counselling and other clinical programmes in the community.