Irene Ibarra
Founder & Director
 
Irene is originally from Spain and moved to Singapore in 2013, after living in Sydney, Munich and Madrid. After working in Human Resources (Learning and Development, Recruitment and Internal Communication) in the banking industry and the manufacturing sector, Irene transitioned to non-profit program management in education and entrepreneurship promotion. In Singapore she created Expatgiving as a platform to connect expats with skilled volunteering opportunities and until 2015 was also a consulting business in Human Resources, Communication, Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Management. 

Laura Grijpink
Volunteer Program & HR Manager

Laura comes from the Netherlands and graduated in International Business and Languages in Amsterdam.  Before moving to Singapore she worked in consumer banking for 15 years.  While in Singapore Laura finished a degree in Human Resources Management. She is very excited to join Expatgiving. She believes Expatgiving is a great initiative as it helps local charities to connect with the expat community.

Kumudi Sooriyaarachchi
Volunteer Program Coordinator

​Kumudi is originally from Sri Lanka graduated in Business and Human Resource Management at Coventry University. She has worked in Human Resource Managment field for more than 4 years before moving to Singapore. Kumudi believes Expat Giving is a bounteous involvement for everybody and a perfect way to blend with the local communities in Singapore.

Jingjing Yap
Volunteer Program Coordinator

Having spent 3 years working in Japan as a HR practitioner in a Japanese MNC, Jingjing who is originally from Singapore, was later assigned back to her home country as an expat in year 2015 to support the Regional HR. 
Throughout her life, she has always believed in giving back to the society and is very honored to join Expat Giving in bridging local and foreign communities in various ways possible

Natasha Tulsi
Communications Manager

Natasha is originally from India and has over 10 years of experience across Communication and Marketing in Retail, Online and FMCG businesses. She moved here after years of living an expat life in Dubai and working with best in class organizations such as the Dubai Government, Marks and Spencer and Henkel.
​Expatgiving to Natasha is the perfect way of giving back to the community and helping fellow expats and locals to do the same - at their own pace and convenience. 

Geetika Agarwal
Digital Marketing Coordinator

Geetika is of Indian origin and has worked in Singapore and India. She brings a wealth of experience from both the corporate and non-profit worlds. This is her second stint in Singapore and she earlier served as the Student Affairs Manager, at Aidha Singapore. Her corporate career includes Academic content writing, corporate training and Technical writing. Geetika is a Masters in Science from BITS, Pilani, India. She holds an Honours degree in Engineering from Pune Univeristy.  
She believes Expatgiving is the ideal platform for expats to give back to the society and Singapore.
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Emma Nobes
Content Writer 

Emma has nine years professional experience of working in publishing, including more than six years within the non-profit sector in a UK-wide charity and a world-wide international development organisation. She has also spent years volunteering: translating texts from French to English to help promote the empowerment of women in the Republic of Congo and to help impoverished people develop independent revenue-generating activities to improve their living conditions, and working alongside children with disabilities.
When she isn’t spending time with her little family, Emma likes to do arts and crafts, play the ukulele and campaign for primates' rights.
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Christofer Sindunata
Partnerships Manager 

Chris is originally from Indonesia and relocated to Singapore in 2017. Prior to Singapore, Chris has lived in the US for 9 years. He had earned his degree in Food and Bioprocess Engineering  from University of Wisconsin – Madison, and later joined a dairy products company as an R&D Scientist. In this role, Chris very much enjoys working closely  with his clients driving product innovation, and in turn help them grow their business.
Chris is eager to broaden his contribution and deepen his connection with the local community in Singapore. Expatgiving offers a perfect platform for him to do so.

Past volunteers