Meet our Staff

Shaul grew up in Liverpool and still supports the best team in football. He studied for his smicha at Aish Hatorah in Jerusalem where he met his first wife Elana a”h who passed away in 2001 after a long struggle with cancer. They had four children together and Shaul has a further two with his second wife Chana who he married in 2003. Shaul has written a book, ‘Finding Light in the Darkness’ dealing with the issue of facing hardship in a positive way. Shaul founded Aish UK in 1993 and Tikun UK in 2006. He enjoys most things in life.

Julian was born in London, grew up in London and currently lives in London! In between he has lived in Manchester at University, Kent working in Military Software and Israel both working on Kibbutz and studying at Yeshiva. Ten years ago Julian met Jo on a trip to Israel with aish that helped change his direction in life. Julian helped set up Tikun and now splits work between educational and operational requirements.

Jo has taken on the challenge of encouraging everyone to give of their time and volunteer for their local community. Jo has been involved with Tikun for the last 3 years and after leaving the world of PR and events, decided to come and join us.
She runs projects such as Feed the Homeless, food packing and distribution, visiting the elderly, working with children and lots more exciting things.

Emma is Tikun's amazing Centre Manager / TLC giver! She ensures that all the venue's needs are catered for and that all events run smoothly and with ease. Emma has studied Psychology and is a trained Life Coach. She has always been interested in personal and self development and is delighted to be part of such an incredible team dedicated to doing such wonderful work for both the individual and the community.

Darren was born in sunny Johannesburg and has been living in London since 2007. He comes from a media production background and is responsible for all Tikun’s marketing needs. Darren is constantly abreast of new technologies and techniques and loves sharing new innovative ideas. He is always working towards his own personal growth as well as professional; making sure everyone he meets stays awesome.

Yosef was born and raised in Johannesburg where he mastered the fine arts of barbequing and waterskiing. He spent seven years in Tel Aviv mastering the subtleties of marketing communication and another eight in Jerusalem where he mastered the intricacies of Jewish law and philosophy, receiving smicha at Aish Hatorah in 2010. As of yet, he doesn’t quite know which words best describe his recent move to London to take his position as Tikun’s new educator but for sure sunny, hot and tropical are not one of them. His is joined in his mission to help Jews reach their potential by his beautiful wife Carri, their three gorgeous daughters and cute little son.

George is passionate about making a difference to people's lives. She has a background in marketing communications which she worked in for many years, before joining Tikun to help develop its Tikun Hanefesh segment which teaches Innate Health. She has experienced the profound impact that this approach can have on individuals and society as a whole and is now keen to enable as many people as possible to discover it for themselves.