Our team

Ben Webster

Ben is Founder and CEO of Mosaik.

Ben previously worked at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Syria crisis team in Jordan, the UK Foreign Office, and Transparency International, and has led research on peer-to-peer platforms for the UK Government.

Byna Almomani

Guidance Programme Officer.

Byna holds a Masters degree in Management Information Systems (MIS). She has worked as a lecturer in a number of Jordanian universities before joining the humanitarian sector. She has worked on humanitarian programming for 6 years. Byna is passionate about working with young people and Community Based Organisations.

Deirdre Cijffers

Learning Consultant.

Deirdre Cijffers is a Learning Design Consultant. She has extensive experience in ELT teaching, training and online education in a diverse array of cultural and institutional contexts. Until recently, as Head of Learning Design and Development at Cambridge University Press and Assessment, she helped academics and institutions design learner-centric online courses, resources and experiences.

Miki Aristorenas

Miki manages Mosaik's English programme.

Miki holds a Masters degree (Ed.M.) in International Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Miki has worked on international and US policy projects with education non-profits in the United States, with the Swedish Education Ministry, the Department of Education in the Philippines and English language centres.

Mai Nasrallah

Mai manages Mosaik’s Guidance workshop programme.

Mai holds a Masters degree in Human rights from London School of Economics and Political Science, and has worked in the humanitarian space in designing and implementing youth programmes in Jordan since 2016.

Frances Guy

Frances is currently CEO of Scotland's International Development Alliance. She previously worked as UNDP Regional Gender Advisor based in Amman, the Head of Middle East at Christian Aid based in London and as the Representative of UN Women in Iraq between May 2012 and December 2014. Prior to 2012, Frances was a career diplomat in the British Foreign Service where she served as ambassador to Yemen and to Lebanon.

Diana Laurillard

Diana is Professor of Learning with Digital Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab, UCL Institute of Education. Her research includes large-scale online communities of teacher-designers, and the use of specialised digital course design tools to enable teachers to create and share new pedagogies for using learning technology.

Sarah Broad

Sarah is Chief Operating Officer at New Philanthropy Capital and is a qualified chartered accountant. She completed her training with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK and Australia before moving into finance roles in the private sector including Computershare, STA Travel and the International Accounting Standards Board. Before joining New Philanthropy Capital, Sarah was the Chief Financial Officer at Leonard Cheshire Disability.

Sianne Haldane

Sianne Haldane is Chief Impact Officer at Maanch. She read Law and International Relations at The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, before training as an attorney at Webber Wentzel in South Africa. She then spent two years as a Trust Officer at Maitland & Co. in Luxembourg and Dublin. In 2006 she moved into the not-for-profit sector and joined Cancer Research UK working across a broad range of fundraising roles, including Head of the Planned Giving Philanthropy team.

Salim Salamah

Salim was born in Syria, lived in Sweden, and emigrated to the U.K. He works at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office across the education research portfolio including education in conflict and protracted displacement settings, public sector reform to improve schools performance and learning outcomes. He is interested in the potential of education in fostering a sense of hope and dignity.

Salim read public policy at Blavatnik School of Government and St Antony’s College, Oxford University. He also holds a degree in the sociology of migration and ethnic relations, Malmö University, Sweden and read Law at Damascus University, Syria.