Independent Advisor

Nana is a respected mental health leader, public speaker, and campaigner with 20 years of experience as a registered CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist and Therapist. She is currently the Head of the Clinical Division at Anna Freud, where she oversees the strategic development and clinical management of programs aimed at promoting young people’s mental health. Nana is also an independent

Fiona is a child and adolescent mental health specialist, coach, and a former teacher with over 30 years’ experience. She is Senior Clinical Advisor at Mental Health Innovations (MHI)/Shout 85258 and was previously Clinical Director at Place2Be.  Fiona spent many years as a teacher in primary and intermediate schools, special needs education, and counselling in schools. She has also undertaken mental health

Dennis is a serial entrepreneur who over the last 40 years has been involved in investing almost exclusively in start-ups. He has also Chaired a number of large companies. The remaining 50% of his time he has spent for the last 50 years on not-for-profit activities. The key ones apart from mental health have been chairing the commission to advise

Delyth has over 25 years’ experience of teaching and senior leadership in education. She is currently Director of Safeguarding at Wellington College. Delyth is passionate about the area of safeguarding and speaks regularly about culture within schools and the work that she has pioneered at Wellington on values, behaviours and attitudes interviewing and low-level concerns. Her work has been recognised

Jen is Regional Director and Co-Chair of Words Matter’s Australia Board. She is an established social policy leader with cross portfolio experience in public service. Her career is focused on systems review, reform and developing high-impact policies to support children and families, including in justice, disability, housing, child protection and family violence settings.   She has extensive experience building and managing