BRITISH PSYCHOTHERAPY FOUNDATION - Key Persons


Adesola Osuji

Adesola Osuji is a seasoned lawyer, and audit and compliance professional with 20 years of experience spanning private and non-profit sectors. She has held significant roles at esteemed organizations, including Save the Children, Mercy Corps, First Bank, etc. Renowned for her dedication to promoting ethical practices and strategically integrating compliance, Adesola is a trusted advisor and sought-after expert. Her expertise in audit, risk management, ethics, and compliance empowers organizations to build ethical cultures, implement effective risk management programs, and drive process improvements, contributing to organizational growth.

Akin Ojuma

Job Titles:
  • IPCAPA Course Tutor

Alex Duval - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Finance Officer
  • Head of Finance
  • Corporate Services & Finance Team
  • Finance Enquiries

Angela Marsh

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Services Director
  • Member of the Clinical Services Team

Angelina Verduzco

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Training

Anna Fitzgerald

Job Titles:
  • Course Tutor

Caroline East

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Once Weekly Psychodynamic & Jungian Low Fee Psychotherapy Scheme

Cathie Moore

Job Titles:
  • Property and Office Manager

Dani Convey

Job Titles:
  • Events and Marketing Officer

Danielle Lloyd-Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Placement Officer
  • Clinical Placement Tutor

David Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Director of Corporate Services

Dorothee Magni

Job Titles:
  • Director

Dr Frances Gillies - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Dr Wayne Full

Job Titles:
  • Director of Diversity, Development and Research

Edina Kernbaum

Job Titles:
  • IPCAPA Training Coordinator

Eleanor O Donovan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Librarian

Elizabeth Murphy

Job Titles:
  • IPCAPA Clinical Course Director

Indira Ondhia

Job Titles:
  • Financial Controller

Jay Dhillon

Job Titles:
  • IPCAPA Tutor

Jeremy Stockwell

Jeremy worked in risk management in financial services for over 35 years - for regulators, exchanges, consultancies and banks, most recently for Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, where he led the Conduct, Compliance and Operational Risk teams. In an environment subject to huge flux, Jeremy has focused on identifying and addressing opportunities, leading diverse teams to implement operational and cultural transformation. Crucial to this has been a commitment to integrity, honesty and empathy - encouraging a culture of debate, equity and inclusion. Jeremy is currently a Governor and Audit Committee Member of Canterbury Christ Church University, and a Trustee and the Finance Committee Chair for Design South East (a not for profit dedicated to improving the built environment).

Jo Russell

Job Titles:
  • Senior Tutor, Child and Adolescent Therapy ( and Nominated Child Safeguarding Lead )

Linnie Pontin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
  • Head of Quality and Patient Safety at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Member / Head of Quality & Patient Safety, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Linnie Pontin has been Head of Quality and Patient Safety at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, an integrated care trust in East London, since July 2018, leading on all aspects of governance, including risk management, quality assurance and patient safety. Prior to that, she spent ten years at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust working in quality improvement and patient safety with a particular focus on maternity and surgical safety. She has worked in healthcare governance since 2003, when she started out at the Healthcare Commission (the predecessor to the CQC) working on the clinical governance reviews and specialist inspection programmes.

Lisa Prendergast

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Services Officer

Lyn Foster

Job Titles:
  • Governance Officer

Maite Elizalde

Job Titles:
  • Training Coordinator

Mark de Souza

Job Titles:
  • HR Business Partner

Matthew Aldridge

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications, Marketing and Engagement
  • Director of Marketing, Communications & Engagement
  • Head of Membership & Communications
  • Media, Marketing and Communications Enquiries
  • Membership & Marketing / Communications Team

Melanie Catling

Melanie has spent the last 20 years working in Sales and Marketing positions for large international brands, spanning the beauty, spirits, mobile gaming and technology industries. She is currently the VP Marketing for a global app-based travel service and leads a team responsible for all Marketing strategy and execution for the company. She has a keen interest in psychotherapy and mental health following many years spent working in fast paced & demanding working environments, and given the team responsibilities associated with her leadership role. She lives in London with her partner and two young children.

Michela Biseo

Job Titles:
  • IPCAPA Tutor

Nat Singh

Job Titles:
  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Coordinator

Polly Mortimer

Job Titles:
  • Library Manager

Rachel Brown

Job Titles:
  • Head of Safeguarding ( and Nominated Adult Safeguarding Lead )

Ravi Popat

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Certified Accountant
Ravi is a chartered certified accountant and an experienced leader in Internal Audit, Risk Management, and Internal Control across tourism and FMCG industries. He has considerable experience in transforming these functions to ensure that they support strategic objectives of multinational organisations as well as meeting corporate governance requirements. Ravi has a proven track record of challenging the status quo and working collaboratively with management.

Sandra Pereira

Job Titles:
  • Training Coordinator
  • Operations

Sarah Williams

Job Titles:
  • Membership and Engagement Officer

Sheelagh Lippell

Job Titles:
  • Director of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training

Steven Flower

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee
  • Training Analyst and Supervisor for the BJAA
Steven Flower is a Jungian Training Analyst and Supervisor for the BJAA. He is a Fellow of the bpf, and has previously served as Chair of the BJAA, the British Association of Psychotherapists and the British Psychotherapy Foundation, the bpf. He has worked widely as a trainer and organisational consultant and has written a number of papers and conference presentations.

Urvashi Chand

Job Titles:
  • Director of Foundation Course