Meet the Team

FLM UK Team

Photo of Founder and Director Sundar Pinninty and his wife and co-founder Dr Sarah Pinninty

Mr Sundar S Pinninty, BA, BA (Hons), MA. Founder and director, FLM International Dr Sarah L Pinninty, MBChB Co-founder and trustee
Sundar who directs the charity is married to Sarah, who is working as a doctor and also very involved in the charity. They have a little boy Timothy who is 4 and full of energy! Together they live in the UK, in the beautiful Peak District, heading up the admin for the charity as well as initiating and overseeing projects in India, and taking substantial, frequent trips to India three to four times a year.

Photo of Phil and Abby Thomas, Architectural design and illustration.

Philip and Abigail Tromans Illustration/design & architectural input.
Phil and Abby are a gifted couple whose skills, ideas and creativity have brought fresh inspiration to the charity. Abby has prepared the plans for the Home of Hope and Phil has prepared 3d images and designed our literature. Their first trip to India is in December 2009.

Photo of Pastor Graham Hooke and Ruth Hooke, advisors.

Graham and Ruth Hooke Senior pastor.
Graham is a pastor in the North of England and Ruth who is a gifted worship leader also runs a cell group praying and supporting FLM. Together they are a great encouragement to the ministry, offer advice, and are shortly coming out to India for their second trip to be involved with ministering and speaking at FLM conferences and other events.

Bert Duffel Senior trustee.
Bert has an engineering background and is a prayerful man of God. He visited India in December 2008 gaining more insight into the running of the charity and helping plan for future projects.

John Kay Advisor & speaker.
John is a visionary man who has been able to contribute helpful input after seeing the land and ministry last year. He is also a gifted preacher bringing deep insights into biblical truth, with a messianic perspective, being married to a messianic Jewish lady, Carmella.

Dave Keegan Web designer.
Dave is a Methodist lay worker who has created this brand new website. His wife, Debbie, is a lovely worship singer/song-writer who is selling her CDs with all profits to FLM (you can order some by getting in touch on our contact form).

Howard Bull Film producer.
Howard lives in Northern Ireland and has produced a short film on our ministry for abandoned children. He is looking forward to producing further short films to help bring the ministry in India to life for supporters.

FLM India Team

Photo of Rev Swamy Das, Missional Supervisor.

Rev Swamy das and Esther Pinninty Pastor.
Swamy das is pastoring two churches and assists with overseeing FLM projects. He especially has a heart for evangelism and is also very pastoral. His wife, Esther supports him in this and is particularly involved with women's and children's ministry

Phot of Sunil Kumar, Operations Co-ordinator.

Sunil Kumar (Sony) Operations Co-ordinator.
After completing his Discipleship Training School with Youth With A Mission, Australia, Sunil now looks after the everyday running and logistics involved with the varied projects. He is very practically skilled and hard working.

Photo of Santosh, Evangelist and driver.

Santosh Evangelist and driver.
Santosh comes from a tribal background. As he speaks the tribal dialect he continues to be an asset to the team. He is particularly good with children and leads them in songs and scriptures, as well as looking after the ministry's vehicle to a high standard and getting the team safely to many places.