The Access by Design Team

Clive Loseby

Founder, TED Speaker

Clive is the founder of Access by Design. He is a recognised authority on digital accessibility for disabled people and is a passionate speaker about the subject.

His TED Talk on website accessibility has been watched by over 950.000 people.

Clive has worked with computers for over 40 years. He also has a Post-Grad in Music and has previously been an international, award-winning composer for TV and Film. His credits include BBC, Channel 4, Universal Studios, Discovery, Jaguar, British Airways and Walt Disney. 

Sonia Jennings

Account Manager

Sonia is a highly experienced account manager who has worked for Access by Design since 2016.  After studying Business Studies at Oxford Brookes University she obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing at the University of the West of England, Bristol, as well the CAM Diploma (Communications, Advertising and Marketing) and the Diploma of the Institute of Marketing. She has previously worked for a number of London agencies on a wide variety of projects before joining Access by Design.

Pollyana Miranda

Head of Design

Polly is a very talented and highly-skilled web designer who has worked for Access by Design since 2009. She previously graduated from Chichester University with a BA Hons in IT Management for Business. Polly possesses a unique combination of both programming and design skills and ensures that every websites/E-commerce Access by Design produces, meets our stringent criteria before launch. She believes in staying lean and testing regularly and has an extensive experience in PHP and WordPress. She lived in the UK for 12 years, but currently resides in her native Brazil.

Iona Bateman

Iona was previously a photographer of many of the world’s biggest rock bands until a brain injury left her without the use of one hand and very limited use of her other hand. She uses Dictation Software to navigate websites, which brings some very interesting perspectives with her website audit work. She is also currently studying for a Degree in Physiotherapy at Southampton University and is active in promoting the wider cause of accessibility with every opportunity.

Mede Akran

Mede Akran is a storyteller at heart with a BSc in communication and media studies and presently studying an MSc in marketing, branding and communication at the University of Brighton. She had a degenerating eye condition at age nine which left her severely visually impaired/partially blind.

Sara Ahmad

Sara obtained a Degree in Engineering at Southampton University. She is also neurodivergent, having severe ADHD and Dyspraxia. This allows her to bring some remarkable insights to her website audits.

Miriam Nabinger

Miriam is a UX Designer and Accessibility Coach, who previously worked at IBM. She has years of experience designing SaaS solutions and coaching designers, developers towards more accessibility. Her mission is to empower people to create more inclusive products.

Lia Stoll

Lia is a disability content specialist and the Founder of Disability Writer, a content and business blogging service empowering businesses in voicing disability awareness, accessibility, and inclusion. She is also a guide dog mobilly instructor and founder of Lara Guide Dog School in Greece.

Fiona Jarvis

Fiona is the Owner of the Blue Badge Access Consultancy and the Founder of Badge Style. She is an Hon. FRIBA for her work in the built environment and is an expert in the physical accessibility of buildings within the leisure industry.