Akiko Hart Chief Executive Officer Expand Akiko Hart is the CEO of the National Survivor User Network. She has previously worked as the Hearing Voices Project Manager at Mind in Camden and the Director of Mental Health Europe. She is a Trustee of ISPS UK, the English Hearing Voices Network and National Voices. [email protected]
Zoe Kirby General Manager Expand Before joining NSUN in 2016, Zoe worked as a project manager for Volunteering Matters. Prior to that she worked for some time in the private sector in Reading before travelling extensively and subsequently living in Cambodia where she taught English and did other voluntary work. After returning to the UK, in 2013 Zoe set up a now award-winning mental health peer support group in her native South Wales SWADS. She is a passionate advocate of peer support and its ability to transform, and indeed save lives. Outside of work, Zoe's interests are playing tennis, hiking, cycling, travelling, photography and pub quizzes. You can email Zoe directly at [email protected] or call on the office number 020 7820 8982 Monday to Wednesday.
Jen Beardsley Finance and Administration Officer Expand Jen Beardsley, FCA, is NSUN's Finance and Administration Officer. [email protected]
Amy Wells Communications and Membership Officer Expand Originally from Grimsby, Amy graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Zoology and is still based in West Yorkshire. Amy's lived experience of mental health difficulties led to her time working and volunteering in roles relating to peer support and mental health. She was elected as the Welfare Officer 2019/20 on Leeds University Union's Student Executive team, becoming a director and trustee of the charity alongside Unipol Student Homes. She worked on health and wellbeing campaigning and advocacy, particularly around mental health, drug harm reduction, and period poverty. She is a current member of the student mental health charity Student Minds' Advisory Committee. [email protected]