Team
Interim Minister
Rev. Manuel Zimmermann Grey
Email: minister@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
Mobile: +44 7778 516 211
Manuel Zimmermann Grey joined the Swiss Church in London in September 2024. He studied theology at the University of Bern and Durham University, UK – where he met the person who later became his wife, the theologian Carmody Grey. After his ordination in the Reformed Church in Bern in 2023 they moved to England, and in early 2024 their son Benjamin was born. Today Manuel and his family live in North London, in the Vicarage of the Swiss Church.
Manuel’s passion for church and people was formed in his early years. He believes that churches, at their best, seek to speak from the heart of the Christian message to the heart of human needs, both personal and in relation to the social and ecological crises of our time. He loves his multi-faceted role, which constantly challenges him to do only do one thing: to love God and to love people.
Venue Manager
Therese Theurillat
Email: venue@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
Mobile: +44 7590 879 201
Therese Theurillat joined the Swiss Church in early 2023. She grew up in Basel, and after extensive travels, she studied International Relations in Geneva and obtained her Masters in International Policies and Crisis Management in Rome. She gained some insightful work experience at the Swiss Embassy in Washington DC and various international Organisations in Geneva.
Peter Yardley-Jones FRSA BMus(Hons), is a first-class honours graduate in music from the University of Glasgow. From 2006-2008 he was University Organ Scholar and in 2008 he was appointed Assistant Organist at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow and Organist at Houston & Killellan Kirk. During his time in Glasgow, Peter studied organ with Kevin Bowyer and renowned Bach scholar, Prof. John Butt OBE. Widely respected as a performer, Peter was awarded the Muriel Thorne Hague Memorial Prize, by his University for achieving the greatest distinction in performance and in 2005 won first prize in the nationwide Geoffrey Spiers Organ Competition.
As a recitalist he has performed at many UK Cathedrals and Concert Halls and has performed on many solo USA tours. In addition Peter has been organist for several BBC Radio 2 and Radio 4 broadcasts and for BBC Television’s Songs of Praise.
Outside of his music profession, he works in online advertising and is also a licensed flying instructor for aeroplanes.
Finance Officer
Janice O’Brien
Email: finance@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
Janice grew up in the Midlands and after an initial career in finance and HR left BT to take up a place at drama school. After completing her studies, she moved to London where she has lived ever since. After a time of performing in fringe and West End stage productions Janice moved into stand-up comedy working in London cabaret venues and taking one-woman shows to the Edinburgh fringe. This is when she discovered a love for writing and began to write for other comedians and artists, for stage, TV, and short films.
She then returned to her finance career working for an advertising company, progressing onto operations and systems in other business industries in the UK, US and EC. Janice very much enjoyed the challenges of operations, solving organisation’s complex business needs whilst minimising disruption. But feeling a strong need for a creative outlet, (and after years of intensive travel and long hours), Janice decided to downsize her career to free up time for writing.
In recent years she has worked part-time in operations whilst having time to write. She has entered writing competitions and been shortlisted for, a TV comedy series based on her voluntary experience with the police community, a short film script about a blind boy and a thriller feature film depicting a compulsive and destructive attraction. Janice feels that she has finally got the balance right with dual careers. The satisfying, rewarding issues of business productivity and process, and the creative nourishment of putting pen to paper.
Facilities Manager
Rupert Ackroyd
Email: caretaker@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
Project Lead ‘Breakfast on the Steps’
Catherine Thomé
Email: localoutreach@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
Cleaning manager and venue assistant
Lisa Gregory
Facilitators of ‘Breakfast on the Steps Arts Club’
Lizzy Drury, Amanda Camenisch
Email: artscommunity@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
Consistoire / Board of Trustees
The Consistoire (equivalent of a Parish Council) is the Governing Body of the Swiss Church in London and administers and manages the Swiss Church in London, its property and its internal and external affairs in accordance with the constitution.
Members of the Consistoire
Philip Rauber, Vice-Chair
Hanspeter Lüthi, Treasurer
treasurer@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
Philip Maillardet, History and Archives
Since 2009
P.Maillardet@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
Cécile Mistry, Catering and Food safety
Since 2009
cecile.mistry@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
Fletcher Pasque, Partnerships
Since 2026
partnerships@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
Thomas Wagner
Ex-officio observer from the Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom, since 2022.
We are pleased to invite you to the Annual General Meeting on Sunday, 21 June 2026 at 12.30 pm
It will be held at the Swiss Church in...