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The Board

 
 
 

The CMHA was founded and is led by senior leaders from professional, legal and financial services. The current board members are:

 
 
Alison Unsted

Alison Unsted

Chief Executive Officer

Alison is CEO & Global Strategy Director for the City Mental Health Alliance.  Alison works closely with the Board to set and deliver the CMHA strategy to ensure CMHA is well positioned to deliver to its future vision. 

 
Brian Heyworth

Brian Heyworth

Non-Executive Chair

Brian Heyworth became Chair of the CMHA in May 2018. Brian joined Lansdowne Partners in January 2021 as Co-Managing Partner and is the Chair of the Management Committee. 

 
John Binns MBE

John Binns, MBE

Non-Executive Director

Awarded an MBE for his services to Mental Health at Work, John has enjoyed a long and successful career in the blue chip commercial professional services sector.

 
Susan Bright

Susan Bright

Non-Executive Director

Susan Bright is UK Managing Partner and Global Managing Partner for Diversity & Inclusion and Responsible Business at Hogan Lovells. 

 
Ed Thurman

Ed Thurman

Non-Executive Director

Ed is the Chief Commercial Officer for Global Screening Services (GSS), a regulatory technology business.

 
Gill MacLeod

Gill MacLeod

Non-Executive Director

Dr Gill MacLeod is Senior Executive Occupational Health Physician at HCA.  Previously, Gill was CEO of Roodlane Medical.

 
 
 

We believe our work, and the work of our members is critical to ensuring we create mentally healthy workplaces across the world where people can flourish. To address stigma, and to change the way society, governments, education and workplaces respond to mental illness, we need to create a global movement that includes awareness campaigns, public education, guides on changing practice and even more evidence on what works. We can only achieve that kind of change by working together.


Brian Heyworth, Co-Managing Partner
Lansdowne Partners