Our people

Rt Hon Lord Bradley PC

Lord Bradley is a former MP and has served on the Health Select Committee. He led our review of his own government report from 2009 on how people with mental health problems or learning disabilities are treated within the criminal justice system.

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

Stephany Carolan

Stephany Carolan has expertise in service and strategic development and has wide-ranging experience of working across systems to support change.

Steve Appleton

Steve Appleton has over 25 years’ experience of working in health and social care, as a practitioner, senior manager and as a consultant.

Steve Gilbert OBE FRSA

Steve is an emerging anti-racism consultant who works with senior leaders, helping them tackle racial inequality in their organisation

Tara Kierans

Tara is an associate with 25 years’ experience in mental health and has designed and delivered training for the social care sector

Victoria Bleazard

Victoria Bleazard grew up in a family affected by mental illness and has spent her career seeking to improve care and eradicate inequalities.

Zainab Shafan-Azhar

Zainab is Policy and Public Affairs Assistant for the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition and the Centre, working with the policy team to influence Parliament on key issues related to mental health.

Zak Palmer

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

Zil Palladino

Zil is our Business Development Assistant. He supports the organisation’s income generation and bid-writing processes.