Our trustees
Our trustees bring a diverse range of skills and knowledge. Find out more here.
Vivienne Evans OBE is the Chief Executive of Adfam, the national organisation for children and families affected by someone else’s substance misuse.
She has a long history of senior positions in the public and charity sectors with a background in drug and alcohol education, prevention and young people, and families and substance misuse policy and practice. She is a former member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and chaired its working group on the implementation of the report of the inquiry into the children of problem drug users - Hidden Harm.
She is a board member of ISSUP and The Halley Stewart Trust.
Mike worked in the NHS for over 30 years, 18 of which were as a CEO. During this time, he had extensive involvement in the development of mental health services. He has had a number of non-executive appointments being Vice Chairman of two university boards as well as having been on three NHS boards. Most recently he was Vice Chairman of Oxford Health NHS Trust and continues to meet patients who often have co-occurring conditions, as a Mental Health Act Manager. He has an interest in improving the well-being of older people particularly, being a Trustee of the Dunhill Medical Trust and is Secretary of the local U3A.
Helen is a pharmacist and Associate Director of Education and Professional Development at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, with extensive experience of strategic planning, project management, and working for not-for-profit organisations. She has dedicated her career to advancing the pharmacy profession and fostering positive change in healthcare. She is passionate about influencing policy and increasing access to support, to reduce alcohol harm for patients, their families, and the wider society.
She actively contributes to the quality improvement of healthcare research. She is a member of a research ethics committee with the Health Research Authority and is a peer reviewer for two international scholarly journals. She is additionally completing a PhD at University College London, exploring the developmental experiences and needs of early career pharmacists.
Fiona Cumberland is a Director at Kreab. She brings experience in strategic communications to the Board, specialising in international reputation and crisis management, with a focus on multijurisdictional campaigns in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. She is also a Trustee with global NGO One Voice and sits on the Advisory Board of UK education charity Solutions Not Sides, and the advisory board of Sussex University’s Liberal Arts degree. Fiona is currently undertaking a ESRC-funded PhD at Royal Holloway, with a case study examining mobile sports betting in Kenya.
Raveena Dhadwal (she/her) is an Inclusion, Diversity and Equity specialist who has worked in multiple professional services firms including SThree and KPMG. Raveena has media experience and is an award nominee for her work creating systemic change and being an ally in the corporate world. Raveena is driven by her values and understands the widespread impact of alcohol harm which she hopes to help us in reducing while creating a healthier drinking culture for all.
Herdeep has over 30 years of experience working in the financial services legal industry and has had leadership roles at various global financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and most recently The Bank of New York. Herdeep has a keen interest in the reduction of alcohol harm to individuals, families and communities. Her focus is informed by a background of care and support for family members affected by alcohol dependency. She also has a long-standing interest in social equality, mobility and diversity. Herdeep has acted as a trustee for Founders4Schools and in a volunteering and mentoring capacity for students from less advantaged backgrounds
Emily is Clinical Director for Addictions - Southwark at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. In her role as Clinical Director of the Addictions Clinical Academic Group (CAG), Emily has responsibility for Addiction services across Lambeth, Bexley, Wandsworth and Richmond as well as a variety of specialist addictions services . She is currently clinical lead for the Alcohol Assertive Outreach Team and carries out assessments for liver transplants and a member of the Partnership Southwark Strategic board. She teaches in a variety of settings and is engaged in research on a range of addiction topics.
Emily is joint chair of the recovery committee of the advisory Council on the Misuse of Drug and is currently chair of the addictions faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She is joint chair of the London Joint working Group on hepatitis C. In the past she has chaired NICE guidelines groups and been part of the group developing the UK guidelines on the clinical management of drug misuse and dependence.
Emma is a Director in Hanover’s Healthcare Policy, Advocacy and Public Affairs team, providing senior counsel to clients on policy strategy and engagement. Prior to joining Hanover, Emma was the Director of Policy and Public Affairs at major charity Cancer Research UK where she oversaw the organisations policy development and led successful and high-profile campaigns in prevention, diagnostics, access to treatments and the research environment.
In addition to commissioning numerous policy research studies whilst at Cancer Research UK, Emma has played a leading role in reviews and strategies that have led to meaningful and sustainable change in both the NHS and the UK science environment. She led the programme which developed the national cancer strategy for the Government and NHS England in 2015, subsequently integrated into the 2019 NHS Long Term Plan.
Emma is a Governor for her local NHS Trust and sat on the International Advisory Board for the Health Protection Research Unit (in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance) for several years. Emma has a Masters in Biotechnological Law and Ethics and a degree in Genetics.
Hannah is the CBI’s Chief of Staff and works closely with the Chief Executive and President providing strategic oversight. In her seven plus years at the CBI, Hannah has worked in a range including in Public Affairs, Proposition and Events, as well as being a Co-Lead of the CBI’s Women’s Network. She has also taken two external secondments to work on political campaigns. Prior to joining the CBI, Hannah held roles at the Local Government Association, Dods Political Intelligence and Policy Exchange, she also has a BA in Media and Politics from De Montfort University.
Jeremy has a Cranfield MBA and over 15 years senior level leadership experience in strategy, transformation and change, and is currently in TMT (technology, media, and telecoms). He is a facilitator and leadership coach with an Advanced Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching and Certificate in Personal Growth. Jeremy is passionate about belonging, diversity and inclusion, and empowerment, and has supported people with mental wellbeing and dependency behaviours for five years.
Emmert is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Addiction Psychiatry at the National Addiction Centre, King’s College London (KCL) and a Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist at the South London and the Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust. Emmert's research focuses on population health studies of alcohol and drug-related mortality and hospitalisation.
Having qualified in 1977 as a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries during 4 years with Duncan C Fraser, Jon then spent 12 years at Clay & Partners, followed by 28 years at GAD until May 2018. All in all, he has been a UK pensions consulting actuary for over 40 years and he also qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Now he has previously had the privileges of serving as Treasurer of Law For Life since February 2018 (stepping down in February 2026), Helplines Partnership since November 2019 (stepping down in November 2025) and Lawyers Against Poverty since September 2024. Although not an accountant, his actuarial background has enabled him to focus upon the wider financial background as well as the detailed numbers. He would like to think that has been helpful over the last several years.
In December 2022, Jon resigned from IFoA but remains an actuary. Apart from worrying about actuaries focusing on risk without taking account of reward, he maintains websites on trying to estimate long-term inflation sensibly (with Con Keating), why discounting should be abandoned and long-term equity returns.
Mick Urwin is a retired Police Sergeant who specialised in alcohol harm reduction. He created policies and strategies to tackle underage drinking and alcohol related anti-social behaviour and violence on the night-time economy. He was a member of the National Police Chiefs Council Licensing and Alcohol Harm group advising the Chief Officer lead and Home Office. Mick is currently an advisor to his local Police & Crime Commissioner as a subject matter expert on alcohol harm, He is passionate about reducing alcohol harm he is Chair of a local community project tackling underage drinking and is Vice Chair of the board of trustees for One Punch UK.
