Our Staff
Carina Hirsch
Interim CEO and Head of Advocacy
Since joining MPT in 2015, Carina has led the Trust’s strategic engagement across the health, biodiversity, and climate sectors. With over 15 years of experience in UN agencies and international NGOs, she specialises in bridging sectors to build powerful alliances for women and girls. Carina’s leadership has been instrumental in integrating SRHR into global environmental policy. Grounded in her extensive field experience in West Africa and India, she is committed to the vision that communities can only thrive in a changing climate when human rights and reproductive choice are prioritised.
Nataliya Cuttell
Finance and HR Manager
Nataliya joined us in 2019 and brings over 17 years of experience from working as a Finance Manager in several global health charities including Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Medical Aid Films, My Life Films and Global Health Film Initiative. Additionally, Nataliya has over 30 years of international experience from commercial sector in contracts, finance, office management and HR. She is a life member of RHS and teaches community workshops specialising in endangered crafts during her spare time.
Jessica Pavlos
Head of Development
Jessica joined the Margaret Pyke Trust in 2023. As Head of Development, she works with Carina to shape the Trust’s long-term fundraising strategy and leads the implementation of our income generation plans. She works with partners, supporters, and funders to advance our mission to remove barriers to family planning, recognising reproductive choice as a fundamental human right and a key pathway for strengthening biodiversity and climate resilience. Prior to joining the Trust, Jessica worked in higher education. Most recently, she led the Research and Knowledge Exchange Development team at SOAS University of London, securing funding for collaborative projects in the Global South on international development priorities including migration, poverty reduction, sustainable finance, and climate action.
Dr Clare Goodhart
USHAPE Clinical Lead
Dr Clare Goodhart MBChB, DCH, FRCGP, DFSRH is a GP with over 30 years’ experience and with particular expertise in sexual and reproductive health service provision and training. She is a Training Programme Director for Family Medicine and a Faculty of SRH Trainer as well as an honorary senior clinical tutor at Cambridge University. Dr Goodhart has been involved with developing “whole institution” sexual and reproductive health training in Uganda since 2013, and since that time has built relationships with a number of healthcare facilities and other Uganda institutions.
Kathryn Lloyd
Head of Programmes
Kathryn has worked for over 15 years in the charity sector in the UK, Ethiopia and Uganda. She has particular experience in rights-based sexual and reproductive health programme management, gender-transformative approaches to health programming, and developing cross-sectoral projects at the intersection of climate-change, human health and environmental conservation. She leads the Margaret Pyke Trust's work in Uganda and Ghana, expanding the reach and impact of integrated human and ecosystem health projects across East and Southern Africa. She is passionate about the interconnections between human and ecosystem health and has expertise in building diverse, cross-sectoral partnerships to work at this critical development intersection.
Uwimbabazi Sarah
Uganda Manager
Sarah joined us in April 2020 as our USHAPE Manager based in south-west Uganda, supporting the hospitals implementing our USHAPE family planning training programme. With 15 years’ nursing experience, she is a skilled and passionate family planning trainer, holding both a Bachelor of Nursing Science and the Ugandan National Family Planning Trainer qualification. Prior to joining us, Sarah worked as the Head of Family Planning and as the USHAPE Coordinator at Bwindi Community Hospital, where she was instrumental in the development and implementation of the USHAPE programme. Sarah has also supported numerous projects in south-west Uganda improving family planning services and outreach, including with Marie Stopes Uganda, the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau, FHI360, and the Uganda Health Marketing Group.