Our Team
Professional - Passionate - Pioneering
We exist to bring an end to modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society.
“We’ve brought together a multi-disciplinary team to combat a complex crime which has a profound impact upon its victims.
Our highly experienced staff are bringing expert care and innovative strategies to their work with victims, partner organisations, law enforcement and government. I’m incredibly proud of the work they do each day.”
Ben Cooley
Chief Executive Officer
Our Global Executive Team
Experienced Leadership Committed to Ending Slavery
Elaine Jones International Operations Director
Neil Wain International Programme Director
Tim Nelson International Development Director
Maggie Crewes International Programme Operations Director
Steve Thomas Director of Finance & Administration
Our Country Leadership
Josh Bailey Cambodia Director
David Wald Ethiopia Director
Sondre Høysæter Norway Director
Florence Soyekwo Uganda Director
Richard Schoeberl US Investigations Team Leader
Ed LeMieux US Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships
Ivonn Ellis-Wiggan UK Programme Director
Board of Directors
Peter Elson (Chairman)
Allan Gibson Natalie Grant
Talita Bentley Martin Warner
Gareth Henderson Wendy Taylor
Stephen Illingworth
“For me it did start by going across the world but now it’s turned into realizing that it’s just about going across the street. There is need all around us.”
Natalie Grant, Co-Founder, Hope for Justice (Intl.)
on ending human trafficking in our generation.
Our Heritage
A global partnership to end slavery
Abolition International
Based in Nashville, Tennessee, US, Abolition International worked to bring an end to sex trafficking and exploitation through education, empowerment, and quality restorative care.
Hope for Justice (UK)
Based in Manchester, UK, Hope for Justice (UK) worked to rescue and assist victims of modern-day slavery, supporting the prosecution of traffickers and campaigning to protect victims.
Transitions Global
Based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Transitions Global worked to restore the lives of young girls rescued from sex trafficking in Cambodia, through the power of a dream.
Retrak
Retrak worked primarily in Africa and other countries around the world to ensure that no child is forced to live on the street, through outreach, transitional support and reintegration into family-based care.
Join the Fight
We’re out to change the world. Come join us.
We’re all-out committed to ending slavery in our lifetime; there’s no adventure like this. Quit that day job and bring your skills to the table. We’re pioneering solutions and inspiring a generation to act.
These are the days – make them count.