Meet Our People

Charlie Mowat

Founder & CEO

An experienced and responsible entrepreneur with a proven track record in building multi-million-pound businesses, Charlie was schooled in the Brecon Beacons, then at Oriel College, Oxford where he completed an IT degree. Starting his careers at Marakon Associates, a strategic management consultancy, Charlie, founded The Clean Space in 2003 with the core belief that looking after the cleaners would lead to a better service for customers.

Stefano Cabras

Managing Director

Having left his native Italy for the UK, Stefano spent 13 years at eurochange, a fast growing and highly profitable UK retail and global wholesale currency provider, with a turnover in excess of £1bn. A chartered accountant, Stefano has led The Clean Space Finance team for the last ten years. Today, Stefano is MD of The Clean Space and is responsible for integrating all the departments’ work and ensuring we stay on course to meet our business goals.

Richard Cowley

Operations Director

With an extensive strategic retail operations background with store, divisional and national trading expertise, Richard is responsible for leading The Clean Space’s Operations Team and delivering on our operational promises to customers, including delivering value for money and an outstanding service. With a focus on efficiency, quality and performance management, Richard is always on hand, thriving on building long-term relationships with our customers and cleaners.

Mayur Patel

Finance Manager

Following an Accounting and Business and Management degree at the University of Westminster, and a brief stint in retail – Mayur joined The Clean Space team as an Accounts Assistant in 2011. Over the next ten years he has advanced to become our Finance Manager, leading a team of five people in our Accounts department. Mayur joined the executive team at The Clean Space in 2020.

Sasha Hanau

Marketing & Communications

Sasha is a chartered marketer and joined The Clean Space in 2018 bringing with her more than 18 years’ in B2B marketing and communications. Working predominantly in the digital technology, agency and HR sector prior, she is responsible for our internal and external communications and branding. She is also responsible for helping to spread The Clean Space message including cultivating our company culture.

Aby Khodja

Operations Manager, London

April Collingwood

Deputy Operations Manager, London

Andy Rowen

Contract Manager, Birmingham 

Michelle Watson

Contract Manager, Bristol & Bath

Elsa Goncalves

Contract Manager, London

Dipesh Patel

Contract Manager, London

Ayo Raji

Contract Manager, London

Simeon Preddie

Contract Manager, London

Robert Claudiu Ionescu

Contract Manager, London

Paul Johnson

Project Manager

Michael Asare

Project Manager

Wes Smith

Sales Manager

Sam Lewin

Business Development Manager

Lucy Johnston

Acquisitions Manager & EA to the CEO

Sean Francourt

HR Assistant

Annette Lewin

Central Operations

Romeo Ardael

Asst. Management Accountant

Sam Diep

Accounts Assistant

Mark Manuel

Credit Controller