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.

Charlotte Rainer

Charlotte is Coalition Lead for the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition and is responsible for their policy and public affairs work.

Chiamaka Okafor

Chiamaka is the Centre’s Digital Assistant and promotes our work through engaging digital content across our social media channels.

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

Ed Davie

Ed is our Policy & Public Affairs Lead. He is is passionate about reducing health inequalities by addressing social and environmental determinants.

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.

Hannah Bevis

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

Holly Jones

Holly is our Digital & Communications Lead. She communicates the Centre’s life-changing research through our podcast, videos and newsletter.

Jan Hutchinson

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