Our Senior Teams
At Connection Support, we have both our Senior Leadership Team and Senior Management Team. Together, they have overall responsibility for our strategy, leadership, management and organisation performance.
Senior Leadership Team
Chris Keating
CEO
Chris joined the Connection Support team in December 2019. He leads the team with passion, commitment…
Amy Delisser
Director and Deputy CEO
Amy joined Connection Support in January 2017. She deputises for Chris and is part of…
Dipen Parekh
Business Services Director
Dipen joined Connection Support as Business Services Director in June 2022 after 2 years on…
Carol Steel
Finance Director
Carol joined Connection Support in April 2021 to lead our charitable income strategy, as a…
Senior Management Team
Jackie Watson
Head of HR
Jackie joined Connection Support in November 2021 as an Interim HR Manager and was made…
Catherine Whitmarsh
Head of Fundraising
Catherine joined the Connection Support team in April 2022. Catherine spent more than 15 years…
Deb Morris
Operations Manager
Deb joined Connection Support in February 2016. She is part of the Senior Management Team…
Jonathan Humphrey
Head of IT
Jonathan joined Connection Support in October 2022 as Head of IT. After taking a career…
Karen Ferguson
Operations Manager
Karen joined Connection Support in 2015. Her experience has included managing various services – Floating…
Rachel Cefai
Head of Estates
Rachel joined Connection Support in February 2023 as Head of Estates. She is part of…
Georgia Cox
Marketing and Communications Manager
Georgia joined Connection Support in January 2023 as our interim Marketing and Communications Manager. Georgia…
Rachel Ruscombe-King
Client Involvement and Volunteer Manager
Rachel joined Connection Support in October 2021. She is part of the Senior Management Team…
Sharon Allen
Operations Manager
Sharon joined Connection Support in April 2009. She has previously been a Social Worker in…