IHQ Leadership Team

Peter Rouch - Secretary General

I joined the Mission as its Secretary General on 1 August 2024, having spent the preceding three years as Chief Executive Officer of Church Army UK & Ireland. After leaving university and a lengthy spell in finance with Barclays Bank, I trained for ordination in the Church of England at Westcott House in Cambridge and there followed curacy in London, a Research Fellowship and a Chaplaincy role at Oxford University, and time as vicar of two parishes in Manchester. I spent the next ten years as an Archdeacon in the Diocese of Winchester, before a short period as a consultant to Lambeth Palace

Tomi Toluhi - Chief Operating Officer

I’ve worked at the Mission since 2007 and now have oversight of Strategy Delivery, HR, Governance, Risk Management, Learning and Development, Property Management and IT.

Before joining the Mission, I’d been working as an architect for nearly a decade. I left that industry to join the charity sector and after being here for four years I gained a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management. I’m also a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and recently gained an MBA.

Ben Bailey - Director of Programme

I’ve been working at The Mission to Seafarers since 2007, and am responsible for our advocacy and crew engagement programme. I oversee our international Grants agenda, our Family Support Networks in India and the Philippines, the Seafarers Happiness Index and our award-winning WeCare suite of mental health and wellbeing courses. My team also provides research and development to our Regions and works to establish new welfare services, such as port chaplaincies and seafarers’ centres.

Before working for the Mission, I trained as a journalist and worked for The Salvation Army. Most recently, I have been studying Leadership at the Alliance Manchester Business School

Follow me on Twitter @mtsbenbailey

Jan Webber - Director of Development

I’ve been working for the Mission to Seafarers since June 2017, overseeing that charity’s fundraising, marketing and communications.

I started out in the charity sector in 1994, raising funds for a children’s charity, then a science and research laboratory. It was in 2005 that I began working in maritime fundraising, taking care of key supporters and exploring new corporate partnership opportunities.

Follow me on Twitter @JanWebber200

Eileen Reilly - Director of Finance

I’ve been working at the Mission since September 2006, when I joined the Finance team as the Branch Accountant.

I became the Director of Finance in April 2017, leading on areas such as budgets and statutory reporting, and providing strategic financial advice to the Board and colleagues.

I have worked in the charity sector since 2000, initially in mental health promotion at a small charity called mentality, then at the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.