Our people

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.

Jenny Banks

Jenny is our Associate Director for Business Development. She has a long-standing career in income generation and business development activity within the not for profit sector.

Julia Doyle

Julia is a Researcher with particular strengths in qualitative research and interest in research which intersects with social (in)justice topics

Julie Bailie

Julie is the Centre’s Head of IPS and has worked in mental health for over 20 years.

Kadra Abdinasir

Kadra Abdinasir is Associate Director for Policy at Centre for Mental Health. She leads the Centre’s policy work to drive mental health equality across the life course.

Katie Yau

Katie is one of our Researchers whose interests include experiences of solitude and loneliness, issues of inclusion and exclusion, and female health empowerment.

Nick Treloar

Nick is a Senior Researcher at the Centre. His research interests include the impacts of structural racism and climate change on mental health.

Shizana Arshad

Shizana manages the Equally Well UK campaign and coordinates the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Coalition which is hosted by the Centre

Zainab Shafan-Azhar

Zainab is Policy and Public Affairs Assistant for the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, hosted by the Centre.

Zak Palmer

Zak is our Internal Business Lead who manages our Chief Executive’s diary and coordinates our IPS courses.