Team
Team
Lorriann Robinson
Founder & Director
Lorriann began her career as an events and research assistant for the Fabian Society, a political think-tank affiliated to the UK Labour Party. She then spent five years working in children's rights policy for Barnardos’ and the NSPCC, before moving into international development as a Senior Policy Adviser for World Vision UK. At World Vision Lorriann conducted research on child labour, early marriage and FGM/C in India, Albania, Ethiopia and Malawi. She joined the ONE Campaign in 2014, where she played a leading role in the campaign to enshrine the 0.7% aid target into UK law, helped to raise billions in development finance for health and education programmes in the poorest countries, and secured ground-breaking policy reforms to fight corruption.
Lyndsey Shelley
Personal Assistant
Lyndsey joined The Advocacy Team in September 2020. She has spent much of her career as a personal assistant at c-suite level in law, banking, and media. That, and 17 years at a magic circle law firm (culminating in becoming Personal Assistant to two Global Managing Partners), has placed her in good stead to set up on her own as a virtual assistant. Along with being a proud member of The Advocacy Team, she is also a virtual assistant to individuals, start-ups, companies and, on a voluntary basis through the pandemic, a charity.
Zahra Beg
Junior Public Affairs & Policy Associate
Zahra Beg joined The Advocacy Team in January 2021 to support client work in the UK and the EU such as media monitoring, drafting briefings and contributing to advocacy strategies. Professional experience includes working as a Junior Researcher for the Brussels-based think tank, European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) where she published articles on EU-China relations as well as working as an Assistant Manager for The Anglo-Omani Society to promote cultural and educational activities in the UK and Oman. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies in 2019. Being fluent in the use of social media, enjoying photography and discovering different cultures, she launched a photoblog, during her year abroad in Jordan, to promote travel within different countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon and the West Bank. A product of living in Luxembourg, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Scotland and Jordan she is always eager to expand her horizons and have a new language under her belt.
Reem Berrada
Junior Public Affairs & Policy Associate
Reem joined The Advocacy Team in February 2021 as a Public Affairs Intern. Her professional experience started at the London Stock Exchange within the International Government Relations team, where she assisted on several key projects aimed at promoting green finance initiatives to international stakeholders. She has also previously provided legal assistance at Leadenhall Law Group and volunteered as a Student Mentor at IntoUniversity. Reem holds an MA in Legal and Political Theory from University College London (UCL). Reem is particularly passionate about economic development policies, technology ethics and North African and Middle Eastern affairs. In her spare time, she enjoys travelling and cooking.
Areeshya Thevamanohar
Policy & Research Assistant
Areeshya is currently a final year Politics student at King's College London. She began contributing research to the Advocacy Team in September 2020 and is now a Policy & Research Assistant. She conducts research & analysis and supports the development of advocacy plans and strategies. She is currently a member of the King's College Women & Politics Society where she first interviewed Lorriann for a piece on international development. She was also previously a member of the Economic and Business Policy Centre at the King's Think Tank and published a policy paper with a colleague in their annual policy journal.