The Doctors in Distress Team

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Interim CEO

Susannah Basile

Susannah has been working for Doctors in Distress since 2021. She has a passion for removing the stigma around speaking about mental health and providing all healthcare staff with support for their mental health when they need it.

Before joining Doctors in Distress, Susannah worked for a high profile Member of Parliament. She has a masters in Governance and Political Development and speaks 3 languages.

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Head Of Operations

Carolyn Peers

Carolyn is an operations professional with over 14 years leadership experience in the third sector and has worked in a range of settings. From an international hospitality trade association, where she managed membership and ran training programmes to a rehabilitation centre delivering therapeutic wellbeing courses with equines. For three years Carolyn led the team delivering a national network of empowering prosocial community groups for young women. Carolyn has a creative background and helped form a business mentoring charity for young people starting out in the creative sectors. Carolyn is keen to erase the stigma and judgment around mental health problems and values open conversations and active listening.

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External Affairs Manager

Naomi Gornall

Naomi is an experienced communications manager, having worked in the civil service for nine years. Prior to this, she was a journalist for 13 years across a range of regional and trade publications. She has a passion for supporting mental health and reducing the stigma around it, and is a trained mental health first aider.
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Head of Fundraising

Sarah Jones

 

Sarah has worked in the charity sector for over 25 years, starting out as a community fundraiser and progressing to chief executive of a regional charity, with experience in many areas of income generation including trusts and foundations, corporate support and campaign fundraising. Her personal experience of losing an immediate family member to suicide is the foundation of her passion to support others following bereavement, and she is a proactive advocate of the importance of mental health care.

Outside of fundraising, Sarah is currently undertaking a Diploma Level 5 in Psychotherapeutic Counselling to further inform her understanding of the vital role that practical mental health support plays in recovery and prevention.

Sarah is very happy to speak with anyone who would like to know more about our work and help us to raise essential funds. Email her at sarah.jones@doctors-in-distress.org.uk

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