Change Grow Live ADVICE AND INFO FIND LOCAL SUPPORT STORIES Search for something Submit search query Search Our people Executive Leadership Team Trustees Executive Leadership Team Mark Moody - Chief Executive Mark took on the role of Chief Executive in February 2018. He joined Change Grow Live in 2000 as a frontline drug worker. Mark previously held the position of Executive Director, responsible for the performance and financial management of all Change Grow Live’s health and social care services. In this post, his strategic, values-led leadership brought about significant organisational expansion and exceptional financial performance. While in a former role as Director for services in the North and Midlands, he introduced new models of service delivery and led a fundamental transformation that placed recovery at the heart of service delivery. Follow Mark on Twitter: @MarkMoodyCGL Nic Adamson - Executive Director Nic has always had a real passion for making a difference. She’s spent the last 25 years working in health and social care. starting as a volunteer. She then worked her way through a variety of roles within homelessness, criminal justice and substance misuse. Nic believes in 'the art of possible and the joy of simple’. Working for the National Treatment Agency and in commissioning, she has seen the systems she knew from a different perspective, which has reinforced this belief. Nic is a strong advocate for learning, together, about what genuinely makes a difference. She is passionate about keeping our work real and focused on what matters - supporting people to find new choices and chances. Dr Prun Bijral - Medical Director Dr Prun Bijral is a consultant psychiatrist and Medical Director. He has held a medical leadership role at Change Grow Live since 2011, becoming Medical Director and Responsible Officer in 2015. He trained as a medical doctor at both St. Andrews and Manchester Universities, specialising in psychiatry. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, sits on the Addiction Faculty Executive, and is a co-opted member of the Technical Committee of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). He has supported a number of national and international programs over the years; most recently as a Consultant for the United Nations (UNODC) involved in the development of national clinical guidelines for Nigeria. He currently supports the Public Health England national Good Practice Program for Opioid Substitution Therapy. His priorities include improving safety and health opportunities for people who use drugs, and doing so through effective cross-sector collaboration. Follow Prun on Twitter: @DrBijral Bernie Casey - Executive Director Bernie has worked for over two decades across a range of treatment and social care services. His experience includes both community and custodial settings, as well as award-winning outreach teams. Bernie started his career as a frontline practitioner and held a range of posts with Change Grow Live from 2000 to 2008 before leaving to become East of England Regional Manager for the National Treatment Agency, and then Head of Alcohol & Drugs for Public Health England, Eastern Region. Bernie re-joined Change Grow Live in 2014. Bernie currently looks after our services in Scotland and the North East. He is people-focused and at his best when collaborating with others to create the conditions in which everybody can reach their full potential. Vicki Markiewicz - Executive Director Vicki is one of four Executive Directors responsible for service delivery at Change Grow Live. She has worked in the substance misuse sector since 1998 and has years of valuable experience in a number of different roles. She has a Master’s Degree in Criminology from the University of Cambridge and previously worked for the Home Office Drug Prevention Advisory Service. Vicki's previous role as Director involved providing strategic and operational leadership to services in the Eastern Region and East London. Follow Vicki on Twitter: @VickiMarkiewicz Andrew Mondon - Chief Finance Officer Andrew looks after the financial wellbeing of the charity, helping to ensure we operate sustainably and in the interests of the people who use our services. He works with the Chief Executive and other members of the Executive Leadership Team to develop and define the financial strategy and set objectives for the near, medium and long term. This includes measuring the organisation against those objectives. Andrew is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with an audit background. He has worked in a service environment for several large organisations, including significant experience of providing outsourced government contracts. Andrew has also consistently driven change aimed at improving delivery at the frontline. Sue Shaw - Executive Director Sue is one of four Executive Directors responsible for service delivery at Change Grow Live. She has wide-ranging experience of social care and housing, including social work, housing advice, homelessness, special needs housing and teenage foster care. With a Diploma in Counselling Skills and a degree in Shiatsu, Sue is a firm believer in the need for a holistic approach to supporting individual recovery. She is passionate about providing an integrated approach that meets people's needs. Trustees Professor Mike Pringle - Chair of the Board A former chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Mike is emeritus professor of general practice in the University of Nottingham. At Change Grow Live he leads the talented members of the board in holding the executive to account for providing best care for our service users. We do this by ensuring that our strategy is clear and is met; and that the charity is financially sound. Dr Andreas Raffel - Vice Chair of the Board Andreas has over 30 years’ board level experience, including executive vice chairman at Rothschild - where he is currently a senior adviser. Andreas is a former managing director at Morgan Stanley in London and has also held operational leadership and strategic advisory roles in Europe, the US and Asia. Andreas is a member of the international advisory board of the Cranfield School of Management, the board of Imperial College NHS Trust and the Board of Trustees of Bristol University. He was previously a trustee of the charity Beyond Food Foundation, which inspires homeless people, and those at risk of homelessness, to gain meaningful employment. Professor Sheena Asthana - Trustee Sheena has a long-standing interest in the development and evaluation of community-based strategies to promote health and wellbeing. She undertook doctoral research on health development in Indian slum communities and helped to develop community-based responses to HIV prevention in India. Sheena has since focused on health and healthcare inequalities in the UK. Her book, What Works in Tackling Health Inequalities? Pathways, Policies and Practice through the Lifecourse (Asthana and Halliday 2006), explored a wide range of public health issues, including early years disadvantage, anti-social behaviour and substance misuse. Sheena has a strong track record in senior level governance and ministerial appointments, including non-executive directorships of the Countryside Agency, the Commission for Rural Communities and the National Institute of Care and Excellence (NICE). Previous appointments include trustee for the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), trustee for Plymouth Age Concern and member of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA). Rachel Atkinson - Trustee As the Department of Education (DfE) lead on developing the teaching profession, Rachel is delivering increased support for teachers and schools. She has been a civil servant for over 15 years, working primarily within education, criminal justice and health. During this time she has sought to find better ways to help people move on from substance misuse and mental health challenges and turn their lives around. Nick Burstin - Trustee Nick's principal role at Change Grow Live is to ensure that the charity's reputation develops in line with a sound strategic vision. He has over 30 years’ experience in brand marketing and communications, working with clients including Unilever, Kraft, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, LG Electronics, Colgate, Jaguar, Special Olympics and Citibank. Nick has also worked as a subject matter expert and a special adviser for private equity. Jean Daintith - Trustee Jean trained as a social worker and has over 40 years’ experience in housing and social services, including children's and adult social care. She worked as Director in the North West and in London until 2012. Jean then chaired a Local Safeguarding Children Board for five years. She has served for eight years as a non-executive director of South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust and is a trustee of Open Age. Craig Denholm - Trustee Craig works as a consultant providing executive coaching to public sector leaders. He has extensive experience in developing and mentoring senior executives. Craig has also acted as an advisor during the development of public sector selection processes and the validation of new post-graduate level degree courses. Before moving into consultancy, Craig served as a senior police officer, his last post being Deputy Chief Constable with Hampshire Constabulary. He has a broad range of policing experience, both operational and in strategic development. He served as a chief police officer in three forces, including Commander in the Metropolitan Police Service. He led several national programmes, including the development of multi-agency mechanisms designed to support vulnerable individuals at risk of radicalisation into violent extremism. John Harris - Trustee John is a management consultant in children's services and education. He works in partnership with local authorities, the police, NHS and schools to help them innovate and improve their overall effectiveness. John has recent and successful experience working at national level in children’s services, and a track record of achievement over twelve years as a chief officer in children’s services and education. Dr Rahul Jaitly - Trustee Rahul has over 25 years' experience working across a number of industry sectors including travel, media and entertainment, retail, financial services, housing, construction, healthcare, education and private equity and venture capital. He has provided broad global IT leadership, digital transformation management and board advisory services. Rahul is a Non-Executive Director at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and previously served as the Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) at L&Q Group. He was previously the CIO for 2 of Kuoni Group’s global travel divisions and a consulting CIO in the private equity and venture capital industries. His earlier career included senior IT leadership roles at Universal Music Group, GlobalNetFinancial.com and the Financial Times leading global digital transformation programmes. Rahul undertook his doctoral research in artificial intelligence at King’s College London. He has more recently supported an award-winning NHS study that used cutting edge technology to improve the quality of life for people with dementia. Stuart McMinnies - Trustee Stuart has been a trustee at Change Grow Live since December 2015. He chairs the Audit and Finance Committee and is a member of the Quality and Performance Committee. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he has spent over 25 years in the private equity industry. He is Managing Partner of Duke Street LLP and a non-executive director of Ardent Hire Solutions Ltd and Voyage Care Ltd, the latter being a residential care business for adults with severe autism. Outside of the commercial sector, Stuart is a non-executive director and member of the Audit & Risk Committee of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, a part of the Department for Education. Dr Caroline Shuldham - Trustee Caroline is a registered nurse with a background in critical care and cardiac nursing. She is an independent consultant, with experience in clinical governance, management, research and teaching. She is a Non-Executive Director at community care provider CSH Surrey, where she chairs the Quality and Safety Governance Committee, and of the Board of Directors of RCNi (RCN Publishing Ltd, of the Royal College of Nursing Group). Caroline is an advisor on care matters to the trustees of a charity which provides independent living accommodation and a care home for older residents. Previously Caroline was Executive Director of Nursing and Clinical Governance at Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. Caroline has a strong commitment to the wellbeing and safety of patients and beneficiaries and providing excellent care. In 2009 she was awarded an OBE for services to nursing and healthcare. 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