Staff
Kathy Roberts
Chief Executive
Bringing with her over 40 years’ experience in NHS, local authority and third sector leadership roles at a strategic level, Kathy has been the Chief Executive of the Association of Mental Health Providers since April 2012. She is an advocate for true coproduction, and throughout her career, Kathy has championed the need for whole-person and…
Dania Hanif
Director of Policy and Programmes
Dania joined The Association in April 2016 as Policy and Communications Officer and has since developed into the Director role. Dania leads on, and is responsible for, the organisation’s policy and communications projects, as well as managing our various Programmes, and supporting our member and community engagement. Dania specialises in health and racial inequalities, social…
Duncan Tree
Director of Strategy and Relationships
Duncan has more than 35 years’ work experience in both the public and voluntary and community sectors, at national and local levels. He has worked for East and West Sussex County Councils’ Social Services, the Local Government Association, the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government and the charity formerly known as Community Service Volunteers,…
Victoria Buyer
Associate - Social Care Programme
Victoria’ experience spans across Housing, Social Care and Healthcare having worked with numerous organisations from start up to PLC in size. Recently she has been the programme manager for the Care Provider Alliance with the Department of Health and Social Care on programmes of work developing strategic policy and communication regarding EU exit and COVID19.…
Jyoti Shah
Finance Officer
Jyoti joined The Association in January 2012 as the Finance Officer and is responsible for all the finance work. This includes invoicing, payments, payroll, VAT Returns, preparing the monthly management accounts and corresponding with the Revenue. She also manages the annual audit and assists the auditors in the preparation of the annual financial accounts. Jyoti…
Ella Dunthorne
Communications Officer
Ella joined The Association in January 2022 as a Digital Content Assistant. She is responsible for creating content for our social media channels, producing newsletters, and developing content calendars. Ella grew up in Berkshire. She has a personal understanding of the importance of early intervention and quality mental health support services for young people. In…
Aqsa Suleman
Aqsa has over four years of experience working across mental health, inequality and racial justice. She formerly worked at Mind on the development and delivery of its strategic anti-racism work and at the Black Equity Organisation on delivering insights and messages advocating and amplifying the needs and voices of the Black British community. She is…