Our people

Married to co-owner Helena, James is the third generation to own our first beautiful site: Oxton. He’s focused on expanding our work across the UK, enabling more people to choose natural burial. As a farmer he’s passionate about rewilding, protecting nature, and making sure our sites are maintained for generations.

Married to co-owner James, Helena’s grandfather ran his own respected funeral directors across the Midlands so she understands how to help people through loss. Helena has over 20 years of marketing experience, overseeing our brand & customer experience. She wants more people to discover natural burial.

After over 20 twenty years in marketing and business management, Tracey retrained in Horticulture, which is what first brought her to Tithe Green. She’s our key customer contact point, guiding everyone we help with kindness and compassion. Tracey knows everything about what we offer and how it works.

Ella loves working in sectors that have a meaningful impact and a clear purpose, where she can contribute to initiatives that drive positive change. She brings over a decade of experience in marketing and communications to Tithe Green, helping us hold a high standard of experience with our customers and audiences.

Like a few of our team members, Trace worked at a funeral directors before working at Tithe Green, for over a decade in her case. For Trace, helping families during their most difficult moments is a privilege and she takes great pride in doing this work within our gentle and serene site at Oxton.

Emma feels strongly that people should have the send off they wished for and she feels fortunate to be able to help make that happen in the beautiful setting at Tithe Green Ketton. Before joining Tithe Green Emma worked for over six years as a funeral arranger, which helps her do her job today.

With over 30 years experience in farming, Richard has worked for the O’Donnell family for 14 years. He is instrumental in creating our beautiful wildflower meadows, buzzing with butterflies, bees and other important pollinators. Richard and is team help maintain all aspects of our sites.