Irish Chaplaincy Staff

Kamran Rasheed

Finance Officer

Kamran has comprehensive experience in financial management, accounting, and auditing within the charity and non-profit sector.

Paul Raymond

Manager Irish Chaplaincy Seniors

Paul co-ordinates our outreach and support service to isolated older Irish people across London.

Clare Coffey

Chair of Trustees

Clare Coffey is Chair of Trustees of the Irish Chaplaincy, a role she has held since 2020, having joined the board as a trustee in 2018. She brings deep experience in organisational leadership, strategy and communications, and a strong personal commitment to social justice and service. Clare is Vice President, Emerging Influence at Spotlight, where she leads strategy, operations and transformation as part of the company's growth strategy, alongside her role as Chief Marketing Officer, modernising the marketing and communications function. She has previously held senior leadership roles at WPP and has worked closely with charities, faith organisations and public institutions throughout her career.

Susan O'Malley

Treasurer and Trustee

Susan has held this role 2020. She also established and chairs the Irish Chaplaincy Finance Committee. She is a highly experienced banking and financial services lawyer, having undertaken senior roles at global law firm Clifford Chance as well as in the investment banking division of HSBC. In one of her later roles for HSBC, her focus was on improving corporate culture and governance as well as regulatory reform. She is a keen advocate of broadening access to higher education to those on lower incomes and supports this through scholarships at Warwick University, as well as participating in various mentoring schemes for young people.

Ann-Marie Doyle

Trustee

Ann-Marie Doyle first become involved as a volunteer when she moved to London in 2018 and becoming a trustee in 2025. She is an Assistant Headteacher and Head of Religious Education at a Catholic primary school in West London, where she has taught for the past eight years. Ann-Marie brings extensive experience in education, inclusion and community engagement, shaped by her teaching career in the UK and internationally, including roles in Australia, Oman and the UAE. She holds an Honours degree in Early Childhood Education and a Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Education. Through her involvement with the Irish Chaplaincy, she developed an intergenerational project connecting older members of the charity with primary school children, reflecting her strong commitment to wellbeing, inclusion and building meaningful community connections.

Fr John Deehan

Trustee

Fr John Deehan has been a priest of the Diocese of Westminster for over fifty years. During that time he has taught Biblical Studies in the Diocesan Seminary followed by twenty-five years as a Parish Priest, gaining experience in school and hospital pastoral ministry and care for the sick and dying. During that period he became a trustee and chair of a Catholic Nursing Home. He is a link between the Chaplaincy and the Diocese and supports the Charity's mission to act in accordance with Catholic Social Teaching.

Irish Chaplaincy Volunteers

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