Our Staff

Chief Executive - Joy Beishon 

Joy is the Chief Executive of Healthwatch Greenwich and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Healthwatch Greenwich’s work. Joy supports and advises the Board and manages the Healthwatch Team to ensure that Healthwatch Greenwich truly reflects the voice of the community, providing evidence based information to service providers and commissioners ensuring services can be improved.

Joy has extensive experience of research, policy, public affairs and advocacy. Having previously held senior positions within the voluntary and public sector her work has included co-designed community health projects, innovative approaches to supporting women’s health needs, using the natural environment to improve psychological health, social prescribing and peer support groups for bereaved parents.

020 8301 8340/07903 685550

joy@healthwatchgreenwich.co.uk

Kiki - Community Engagement Manager

Kiki worked as a social worker in Greece and Ireland as well as in the volunteer management field for national charity organisations. She has extensive experience in community development and engagement, and she is passionate about social mobility and cohesion. Promoting equity in all aspects of public engagement is one of her main professional aims. As an Engagement Manager her main objective is to develop effective relationships with groups and organisations to promote Healthwatch Greenwich.

07903685 534

kiki@healthwatchgreenwich.co.uk

Folake Segun - Director, South East London Healthwatch

Folake is the Director, South East London Healthwatch. Folake liaises with the six local Healthwatch organisations in South East London and presents Healthwatch, patient, and public views to the new South East London Clinical Commissioning Group (SEL CCG). Folake has extensive experience in public involvement, engagement and representation. She has been involved in local Healthwatch since 2013. Her most recent role was as Chief Executive of Healthwatch Lewisham.

07931 555303

folake@healthwatchgreenwich.co.uk

Dr Deepa Srivastava - Social Research Manager

Deepa has served in various capacities within the United States across higher education and community-based settings, where she demonstrated robust research and evaluation insights focusing on health promotion, health equity, and obesity prevention across the lifespan. Her passion lies in improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities among marginalised communities. By implementing innovative public involvement strategies and cultivating strong community partnerships, she remains committed to positively impact people's lives, prioritising the integration of public perspectives in shaping policies and practices within the realm of health and social care services.

07498 851 221

deepa@healthwatchgreenwich.co.uk

Caitlin De Souza - Communications Officer

Caitlin is a Communications Officer at Healthwatch Greenwich. She has experience working in journalism, media production and research dissemination. Her media work has focused on issues such as early-childhood development, health access and youth employment. She joined Healthwatch Greenwich shortly after completing her Master of Science in Global Health and Development. She aims to use her experience in health research and communications to improve the accessibility of health and social care information. Caitlin is responsible for managing all of Healthwatch Greenwich's social media channels, hosting and maintaining the website, producing the monthly newsletter, and writing the monthly feedback report. 

07903 685533

Caitlin@healthwatchgreenwich.co.uk

Melody Shum - Research and Engagement Officer  

Melody is a doctoral researcher who specialises in using a people-centred approach to analyse historical and social inequalities through unheard voices. She is completing the final year of her PhD in South-East Asian History at Northwestern University in the United States. Her doctoral project examines the relationship between intergenerational colonial trauma and political radicalisation in early-20th century Vietnam. Experienced in leading public health and community engagement projects in Vietnam and Hong Kong, she is passionate about using her international research experience to work with diverse communities in Greenwich and South-East London to promote and improve health and social equity.

melody@healthwatchgreenwich.co.uk

07597 258 036