Our people

Senior leadership

• Richard Murley

  Chair
• Professor Steve Thornton

  Interim Managing Director
• Professor Peter Fonagy

  Programme Director Mental Health and Behaviour Change
• Dr Dominique Allwood

  Director of Improvement and Partnerships
• Rebecca Graham

  Director of HR and OD
• Dr Matt Kearney

  Programme Director for CVD Prevention and Proactive Care
• Laks Khangura

  Finance Director
• Katie Mantell

  Communications and Engagement Director
• Dr Jenny Shand

  Director of Strategy and Partnerships

Designation directors

• Dr Chris Laing

  AHSN Director
• Dr Charlie Davie

  DATA-CAN Director
• Dr Francesca Faravelli

  Clinical Director - North Thames Genomic Medicine Service Alliance
• Professor Margaret Johnson

  Co-Clinical Director - NIHR CRN North Thames
• Professor David Lomas

  AHSC Director
• Professor Rosalind Raine

  Director of NIHR ARC North Thames
• Professor David Wheeler

  Co-Clinical Director - NIHR CRN North Thames

Programme leads

• George Garrad

  Head of Mental Health and Behaviour Change
• Daphne Amevenu

  Deputy Programme Director
• Dr Erin Walker

  Patient Insight and Involvement Lead
• Laura Boyd (Maternity leave)

  Deputy Director
• Valentina Karas

  Interim Head of Patient Safety
• Frances Sanderson

  Head of Communications
• Lucy Brock

  Head of Education and Simulation Programmes
• Suzanne Ali-Hassan

  Deputy Director, Commercial and Innovation
• John Illingworth

  Interim Evaluation Lead
• Rachel Penniston

  Head of Improvement and Assurance