Our trustees

Nick McNally (He/Him)

McPin Chair and Managing Director, Research at UCLH/UCL

Nick has been in leadership roles in clinical research and experimental medicine since 1999, most recently as the Director of Research Support at University College London and Chief Operating Officer for the NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre. He is also chair of the UKRD leadership team. Nick has extensive experience of research management and support, and is passionate about the importance of mental health awareness and support from early to old age.

He has a PhD from the University of Nottingham and Queen’s Medical Centre, and has published widely, including articles in The Lancet.

Amy Meadows

Communications Consultant

Amy is a communications consultant providing research, stakeholder management and branding advice to a range of clients working on social and environmental issues. She spent over 14 years at social change agency Forster before establishing her own agency, Meadows Communications, in 2012. She has worked with the Department of Health, local NHS Trusts and Time to Change to help raise public awareness and understanding of mental health problems. In 2009, following the death of her mother, she founded the Judi Meadows Memorial Fund to help save lives threatened by suicide. She is a founding member of the Alliance of Suicide Prevention Charities.

Colby Benari (She/Her)

CEO of In2ScienceUK

Colby Benari is a passionate leader and CEO of In2scienceUK, a charity dedicated to empowering young people to choose education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

She has over ten years’ experience developing organisations that promote diversity in higher education and research, as well as building career pipelines to increase access to the full range of opportunities available in STEM.

Mental health research is especially close to Colby’s heart because of her experiences supporting close friends and family with mental health conditions.

Laura Anstey (She/Her)

Chief of Staff, NHS North East London

Laura is a Chief of Staff in the NHS, working in north east London and has over a decade of experience working across health and social care in communications and operational roles.

She has experience as a carer of a close family member with serious mental illness and is an advocate of mental health research, particularly where the lived experience of people is at the heart of this – ensuring things are done with people, not to them - which is why she is thrilled to be a trustee for McPin.

Nathan Cope (He/Him)

Chief Operating Officer, Otsuka

Nathan is responsible for a range of operations and activities in his role as chief operating officer for Otsuka, a pharmaceutical company with a heritage in mental health.

He is a trained management consultant and has held senior roles across the healthcare sector in scientific research, consulting and pharmaceuticals.

He has previously led digital health teams exploring how technology could be used to assist clinicians and individuals with serious mental illness in their recovery. Nathan has served as a judge for the UK Positive Practice in Mental Health, is a Mental Health First Aid England practitioner and previous SANEline volunteer.

Rhys Dore (He/Him)

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics

Rhys is a paediatric doctor at Barts Health NHS Trust and an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at University College London.

He is a recipient of the Michelle Zalkin Scholarship for research into child protection and safeguarding and has a particular interest in the mental health of children and young people.

He has previously been a young trustee with The Archway Foundation and was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Social Impact Award for this and further charitable efforts at the University of Oxford.

He became interested in mental health research after seeing family and friends’ experiences of mental health issues.

Rose McCabe (She/Her)

Professor of Clinical Communication at City, University of London

Rose is Professor of Clinical Communication at City, University of London.

Her research focuses on how meaning and shared understanding is negotiated between healthcare professionals and the people they treat. She records professional-patient encounters and uses conversation analysis to identify how meaning is socially produced.

She also works on translating these findings into interventions to improve communication and patient experience and outcomes in mental healthcare.

Rose uses patient and public involvement approaches in her work, including involving young people in research on crisis support in A&E and self-harm.

Sarah McLoughlin (She/Her)

Director of Programmes & Partnerships at Turn2us

Sarah is a senior leader with over 20 years’ experience working across civil society to tackle inequality and promote social justice. She is currently Director of Programmes and Partnerships at Turn2us, where she oversees the design and delivery of co-produced programmes that aim to address the root causes of financial insecurity and shift power to those with lived experience.

Her passion for McPin’s mission is rooted in her own mental health journey and the experiences of people close to her. She believes deeply in the importance of centring lived experience in research and decision-making.

Leigh Spanner (They)

Programme Lead at Student Minds

Leigh is a senior leader with extensive experience designing and delivering innovative programmes to advance mental health and intersectional inclusion across diverse sectors. Leigh is currently Programme Lead at Student Minds, the UK’s student mental health charity, where they lead the University Mental Health Charter Programme and Award - supporting universities to adopt a settings-based approach to mental health and wellbeing. Leigh’s passion for McPin’s mission is grounded in their own lived experience of mental ill health and of supporting loved ones with serious mental illness.

Wunmi Ademosu (She/Her)

Senior Brand Marketing lead at Unilever Food Solutions

Wunmi is a senior Brand Marketing leader with 20 years of experience across global brands including Persil, Surf, and Knorr. She currently leads brand strategy, visual identity, partnerships, and communications at Unilever Food Solutions. She is passionate about mental health and is a Trustee at Mental Health Research UK, where she supports efforts to make mental health research more inclusive, especially for underrepresented communities. She strongly believes that people with lived experience must have a voice in shaping mental health research and policy.