Michelle McDermott
Co-Chairperson
Michelle McDermott is Co-Chairperson of the Thera Trust board, alongside Sally Warren.
Michelle McDermott is Co-Chairperson of the Thera Trust board, alongside Sally Warren.
Sally Warren is Co-Chairperson of the Thera Trust board, alongside Michelle McDermott.
John has worked in the U.K. Financial Services Industry for 35 years and is formally the Managing Director of the U.K. General Insurance business within the Ecclesiastical Group.
Christine Chang is Deputy CIO at Big Society Capital and is a member of its Executive Committee and Investment Committee.
Simon Conway studied Classical Archaeology at Cambridge University before starting his career with the National Audit Office.
Matthew Smith shares the Group Director - Learning Disability Leadership role with Jenny. Matthew brings both his personal and professional experience to the director role in Thera, ensuring that the quality of support Thera provides is monitored and that people are fully involved in the planning and delivery of their support.
Jenny is Group Director - Learning Disability Leadership at Thera. She is dedicated to facilitating and enabling the leadership of Thera by people with a learning disability.
Nicola is founder and Deputy CEO of PHSC plc which specialises in safety, management systems and security. She has a background in occupational safety and risk, environmental management, and is a Registered Expert Witness.
Elizabeth is founder of Pink Mingo marketing.
Jill has a background in delivering care and support services and now works for Gloucestershire VCS Alliance.
Chris’s career spans marketing, advertising and communications acting as client service director on UK and Europe wide campaigns. While running his own marketing consultancy, he joined the board of Thera East Anglia in 2014 and became Chair two years later.
Priya is a national Deputy Director in the NHS with a career focused on improving population health through commissioning, transformation & improvement and service redesign, working at a national level in operations, strategy and policy.