Meet the team

As our Chief Executive, Laura leads the team to help bring about social change and create a future where all young people feel hopeful, powerful and valued.

As Director of Communications and Campaigns, Tom oversees all our youth engagement work and helps young people to raise their voices about mental health.

As Director of Strategy and Services, Mike helps bring together our service delivery teams across the organisation and supports their strategy planning work.

As Director of Finance and Business Operations, Sacha is responsible for making sure we are on good financial footing and that we have the right processes in place to support our organisation's goals.

Catherine is a Project Support Apprentice at Mind and a Trustee. Find out more about our Trustee.

Caroline is the Chair of our Board of Trustees, and a Partner at Deloitte. Find out more about our Chair of our Trustees.

Imogen is a student doctor and a YoungMinds Trustee. Find out more about our Trustee.

Jenny is a Partner at Ernst & Young, and a YoungMinds Trustee.

Julia is a Materials Science and engineering student and a YoungMinds Trustee. Find out more about Julia.

Mems is a Civil Servant at the Department of Education and a Trustee at YoungMinds. Find out more about our Trustee.

Olugbenga is one of our Trustees and the Director of Finance & Operations at HelpAge International.

Veronika is a Consultant and our Lead Safeguarding Trustee. Find out more about our Lead Safeguarding Trustee.

Billy is part of our Youth Panel and is passionate about reaching more young people who are struggling with their mental health.

Blaise is part of our Youth Panel and wants to represent other young people of colour who have struggled with their mental health.

Diya is part of our Youth Panel so she can help young people access the mental health support they need.

Emily is part of our Youth Panel and wants to use her experience in the charity sector to support our work and help more young people who are struggling with their mental health.

Jade is part of our Youth Panel and wants to improve support for young people's mental health so they don't have to go through what she did.

Joseph is part of our Youth Panel and wants to have his voice heard in the discussion around mental health.

Ken is part of our Youth Panel and wants to bring his perspective to the mental health scene to support queer visibility.

Nathan is part of our Youth Panel and brings his experience with mental health and his strategic skills to support our mission.

Noelle is part of our Youth Panel and is passionate about empowering young people to use their voice.

Oliver is part of our Youth Panel and wants to help influence decisions around mental health.

Ruby is part of our Youth Panel and wants their perspective to be represented in conversations around mental health.

Scarlett is part of our Youth Panel and wants to bring her experience as someone who has struggled with her mental health to the decision making at YoungMinds.

Thusani is part of our Youth Panel and is passionate about advocating for all those struggling with mental health.