As a former Head Master with a career spanning day, boarding, independent and international schools, Greg combines a wealth of operational, strategic and regulatory experience. He has led the education, developmental and emotional care of children from Nursery years through to sixth form, holding the key role of Designated Safeguarding Lead for this age range. Before entering the education sector, Greg worked as a scientist in industry.

Consultant Child and adolescent psychiatrist

Dr Nishchint Warikoo is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, fully registered with the General Medical Council. With over ten years experience treating all child and adolescent mental health conditions, he currently works as consultant psychiatrist at the Sussex partnership NHS trust, Hampshire. Dr Warikoo is also a qualified educational supervisor, trainer and Lead Psychiatrist for Hampshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). He has a special interest in gender identity dysphoria and harmful sexual behaviours.

Dr Rajiv Mathur is the co-founder chief technologist at Chainvine (www.chainvine.com ) –  a Blockchain/DLT technology company headquartered in the UK. Dr Mathur has 20 years of extensive industry and academic research experience with numerous years in technology leadership roles both in the UK and internationally with some of the best known companies in the world such as Vodafone, Telefonica, Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC, Nationwide Building Society etc. His experience in the industry has been in technology architecture, fraud detection and security of payments, digital transformation, and agile delivery. In addition to his work in the industry, Dr Mathur also comes from an academic research background with his last academic position at Imperial College London. Dr Mathur has a PhD in Mobile Communications Architecture from University of Strathclyde.

Dick Jaine started his career teaching at Marlborough College and then on to St Paul’s school in London. He held several leadership positions, including being directly in charge of the pastoral care of the pupils and then on to being Acting High Master. Dick widened his experience with GEMS, an International Education group, developing the groups position in the UK, including being Headmaster of their flagship UK school. In 2017 he was appointed as Managing Director and Director of Education at Astrum Education. As part of this role he led the launch of a new 11-18, co-ed, day and boarding school in Kensington, London which opened in September 2018. The theme that has run through all these posts has been the pastoral care of pupils and staff.

“Welfare, mindfulness and wellbeing are central to education, and in my view, are the central pillars that prepare us all to handle the ebbs and flows of our personal and professional lives. Many of us feel well prepared to handle most things but there are inevitably life events which can cause us to doubt and question ourselves. It is often in these moments we look for help. For children and young adults,such help is almost impossible to find without some guidance and direction. I have seen first-hand how good the best help can be and the positive impact it can have on the those who have benefitted from it. We must seek to provide access to the very best professional advice, for the widest range of people.”

Dr Gwen Adshead is Visiting Professor of Psychiatry at Gresham College and currently consultant forensic psychiatrist at Ravenswood House. Prior to this post, she worked at Broadmoor Hospital from 1996, first as Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, and then as a Consultant in Forensic Psychotherapy.

Professor Adshead qualified in medicine in 1983 and was elected member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1987 before being made a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2005. She has a Masters’ Degree in medical Law & Ethics; is a qualified member of the Institute of Group Analysis; and holds a Master’s Degree in Mindfulness based Cognitive therapy. In 2013 she was awarded the Jochelson visiting professorship at Yale School of Law & Psychiatry and later that year, was awarded the President’s medal for her work in ethics in mental health. She has over 20 years practice in the NHS and has contributed to the work of the Royal College of Psychiatrists as chair of their Ethics Committee; and she has also contributed to Department of Health policy in relation to abnormal maternal illness behaviour.

In addition to being a practising clinician, Professor Adshead has authored over 100 academic papers in books and journals. She is a regular guest on radio and television, where she has discussed issues as diverse as criminal mental health and her “Desert Island Discs”. She regularly teaches medical students, psychiatric trainees and presents at conferences nationally and internationally.