The Doctors in Distress Team

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.

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.

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.

Fatou Taal

Fatou has 14 years’ of professional experience including Public Administration and Disaster Risk Reduction, with a strong international track record in executing impactful projects across both public and private sectors. She holds a master’s degree in Public Administration and BSc with Honours in Business Information Systems. Her academic and professional background has deepened her understanding of humanitarian principles through collaboration with various stakeholders. Notably, she has organised multi-stakeholder engagement workshops, involving key participants such as government bodies, UN agencies, and civil society organisations. Fatou is passionate about mental health, particularly for health professionals, advocating for support systems that prioritise their wellbeing.

Partners

Broadcast Revolution offers specialist broadcast PR services for its portfolio of clients. As both a video production agency and podcast production agency, it also provides a host of asset creation services, alongside talent sourcing, media training and relations, and much more.

Vacancies

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