Our people

Adetola Obateru

Adetola is a Researcher with a strong passion for research relating to mental health and mental health inequalities.

Agnieszka Dajczer

Agnieszka is our Associate Director of Finance and Resources

Alethea Joshi

Thea is our Associate Director of Communications. She oversees the Centre’s publications, website and social media to communicate our life-changing work.

Andy Bell

Andy Bell is the Centre’s Chief Executive and leads our work towards equality, social justice and mental health for all. He has worked at the Centre since 2002 and has extensive knowledge of policy and campaigning.

Catherine Rennie

Catherine is our Associate Director of Communications (maternity cover). She leads the Centre’s communication work and strategy and has overall responsibility for Centre’s website and social media,  publications, media, brand and marketing.

David Woodhead PhD

David Woodhead leads our research team, with a particular interest in issues relating to racism, the criminal justice system and LGBT health

Graham Durcan

Graham is a Senior Fellow at the Centre. A psychiatric nurse by training, his research work has had a particular focus on the criminal justice system.

Greg Kay

Greg is the Public Affairs Adviser for the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition (hosted by the Centre), and is responsible for the Coalition’s parliamentary engagement.

Hannah Bevis

Hannah is our Internal Business Administrator. She provides administrative support across the organisation.

Holly Jones

Holly is our Communications Specialist. She leads on design, graphics and video production at the Centre.

Inna Keldi

Inna is our Executive and Finance Officer. She is responsible for executive leadership support and assists with financial operations across all business functions.

Jan Hutchinson

Jan Hutchinson is our Director of Operations. A qualified social worker, she has run mental health services and leads on our employment work.