Meet the team

get to know a little more about us here at Miss Macaroon!

Ceo

Rosie Ginday MBE (she/her)

Favourite Macaroon Flavour: Salted Peanut or the old limited edition Pomegranate, lemon and raspberry

Favourite thing about my role: I get to develop my fantastic team to support inspiring young people and bring partners and supporters along the journey.

Programme Leader & trainer

Rachel Houslin

Favourite Macaroon Flavour: Spiced Apple or Pistachio

Favourite thing about my role: I get to work with lots of different people and support them in what they need, from finding work to telling them about our amazing programmes we run!


Programme assistant

Amina Nessa

Favourite Macaroon Flavour: Dark Chocolate Macaroon

Favourite thing about my role: Empowering trainees with self belief and confidence!

Senior Baker

Rendy Fristianto

Favourite Macaroon flavour: Violet

Favourite thing about my role: Helping young people improve their self confidence.

Retail Team Leader & wellness session host

Loulou Beckett

Favourite macaroon flavour: white chocolate cappuccino, as I like coffee

Favourite thing about my role: I love seeing new Retail trainees grow confident in their role and start contributing their own ideas to add to the success of our brand

Meet the board

Managing Director (Deals Advisory) and Head of Business Services

Satvir Bungar MBE FCA MCSI

Favourite macaroon flavour: Passionfruit and Mango

Favourite thing about my role: I see first hand how my longstanding professional services experience can made a real positive impact in helping others to improve their lives and our communities in a sustainable way.

Non-Executive Director (Specialism Business Operations)

Scott Haberton

Favourite Macaroon Flavour: While I’m allergic to macaroons, my favourite "flavour" of Miss Macaroon is seeing the joy they bring to others—especially the multicoloured box set.

Favourite Thing About Your Role: My day job involves quickly improving operations in challenging situations, from driving revenue growth to achieving cost savings. I enjoy applying this rigour (at a slower pace) with the team to help Miss Macaroon grow sustainably, combining profitability with a wonderful purpose.

Group Director of Procurement

David Cartwright

Favourite macaroon flavour: Salted caramel

Non Exec Director

Dr Susanne Evans

Favourite macaroon flavour: Tonka Bean (but it is a difficult choice!)

Special Advisers

Non Executive Chairman at ONE Black Bear, Board member at Create Central

Paul Bramwell

"Working with Rosie and Miss Macaroon as a special adviser has not only helped me appreciate the wonderful work they do in guiding young people into employment but has helped fuel in me a desire to contribute more to the wider social enterprise sector and to help raise awareness of the difference social enterprises make to individual lives and good causes."

Liz Forte

Liz is an award winning International Chief Marketing Officer, having worked with some of the worlds most loved and recognised brands over 20 years including Starbucks, Sony Pictures, Unilever plc, Merlin Entertainments and Compass Group. Liz has developed her consultancy service to provide a full suite of services from strategy through to delivery- all managed seamlessly through one point of contact, reducing complexity and additional agency fees for clients.

Founder and Managing Director of Smrtspace Consulting Limited

James Sifton

"I am the Founder and Managing Director of Smrtspace Consulting Limited which is a specialist management consultancy that offers experience and expertise in planning and optimising commercial space to drive performance and efficiency."

Ranjit Dhindsa

Ranjit holds a number of executive and non-executive roles: she is a member of the executive team at European Law Firm Fieldfisher, leader of a business unit and Birmingham office leader, and an ambassador for Women on Boards, trustee of a theatre and special advisor to Miss Macaroon. Formerly, Ranjit was a member of Aston University Council and sat on its Risk and Audit committee.

Commercial Operations Manager at Resorts World

Anand Basu-Attwood

"I have been the Commercial Operations Manager at Resorts World since we opened, using my extensive experience in retail to help all our brand partners perform to the best of their potential using a wide range of innovative solutions."