Meet our team
Welcome to out team page. Whilst Kim is still running most parts of GriffinOT behind the scenes, she does have help! She has been fortunate to have a number of mentors supporting us along the way. GriffinOT also has a board of two non-executive directors who support with governance and strategic decision making. You can meet our full team below, this includes
Meet our team
Welcome to out team page. Whilst Kim is still running most parts of GriffinOT behind the scenes, she does have help! She has been fortunate to have a number of mentors supporting us along the way. GriffinOT also has a board of two non-executive directors who support with governance and strategic decision making. You can meet our full team below.
Director and Founder
Kim Griffin
Kim is an occupational therapist with nearly 20 years’ experience supporting children, their families and teachers. You can read more about her journey and experience here.
Our Team
Non-Executive Directors
Rachel Smyth
Rachel is a business and management consultant with a background working in health. She supports Griffin OT with impact measurement and governance. Connect with Rachel here.
Roger Gordon
Roger Gordon is an experienced executive, software engineer, data scientist and technologist. He supports GriffinOT with product strategy and value proposition. Connect with Roger here.
Coaches and Supervisors
Mark Goodson
Mark is a coach and mentor who advises start-ups and scale-ups. He has been providing support to Kim through the Cambridge Social Innovation Award package. Connect with Mark here.
Sue Allen
Sue is a senior occupational therapist and lecturer. She is Kim’s clinical supervisor and provides support on all things sensory integration and occupational therapy. Connect with Sue here.
Dr Tanya Rihtman
Tanya is Kim’s academic supervisor for the fine motor skill programme evaluation and also provides a sounding board to support Kim with outcome measurement at GriffinOT. Connect with Tanya here.
Collaborators
In order to extend our expertise and reach, Kim collaborates with a variety of partners. GriffinOT does not receive any financial benefits from working with these teams. We collaborate with teams who provide added value to our mission.
Tracey Chadwick
Tracey is a teacher and mum. She provides supports for children’s mental health supports for parents and educates through Child Therapy Services CIC. Connect with Tracey here.
ChewiGem & Sensooli
Kim was approached by Jenny and the team at Sensooli to contribute to their training and product advice. Sensooli provides products designed to support sensory process needs.
Previous Advisors
Over the last three years, Kim has had support from a variety of advisors. She would like to recognise the huge contribution they have had in helping her to grow GriffinOT to where it is today. Without their support it would still just be an idea which Kim tinkered with in her spare time.
Debbie Forster MBE
Debbie Forster is an award-winning leader and a recognised figure in the areas of diversity, tech, innovation and education. She mentored Kim on the WIST incubator. Connect with Debbie here.
Shalaka Laxman
Shalaka is passionate about sustainability and advancing gender equality in every way. She supported social media and marketing strategy on the WIST incubator. Connect with Shalaka here.
Jolandi Uys
Jolandi’s background is in data management but she now supports training and development for a sales team at Bloomberg. She supported Kim during the FEA innovation award. Connect with Jolandi here.