Trustees

Our Trustees provide the strategic leadership of Mind in Kingston, and ensure we meet our aims and objectives. All trustees are volunteers who have a personal or professional connection to mental health issues.

Trustees scrutinise and oversee our various procedures and delivery of our services, and they ensure we comply with legal and statutory regulations. The Board of Trustees meets monthly, and are supported by four sub-committees – Finance, HR, Marketing & Fundraising, Equality Diversity and Inclusion.

Current Trustees

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Kevin Mitchell

Chair

Kevin was appointed co-chair of mind in Kingston in 2019 and currently holds the position of Chair. 

 

Kevin joined the board in the summer of 2017 and has a background in senior leadership of public services and business. Expert in transformation, strategy, coaching and consultancy with extensive experience across sectors and services including local authority services, NHS organisations, community based businesses and highly regulated sectors.

 

Contributing from lived experience Kevin champions better mental health and inclusivity, engagement, influence and co production in the sector.

 

Kevin has lived and worked in Kingston and the surrounding areas for most of the last thirty years and brings his expertise and experience to support our work. 

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Bijal Dattani

Trustee & Company Secretary

Bijal joined Mind in Kingston in 2019. With a background of working in the financial and governmental sectors in a legal capacity and training in psychology Bijal also brings risk and governance expertise to the team. 

Bijal has led our work in equality, diversity and inclusion and in 2024 became company secretary for Mind in Kingston.

Bijal is particularly passionate about de-stigmatising mental health issues and associated treatments, with a particular focus on BAME communities and women.

This has been Bijal’s first trustee role and one she has remained committed to, bringing her personal and professional experience and expertise to support Mind in Kingston and our work.

 

 

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Sophie Adam

Trustee

Sophie joined Mind in Kingston (MiK) Board in May 2022. She has over twenty-five years of experience as a senior manager in the charity sector leading the development, implementation and evaluation of high-impact mental wellbeing and resilience programmes to secure improved outcomes for children and young people, their families and their communities. She has twenty years of committee and board experience, including three years as Chair of Trustees of a young people’s counselling charity. In addition to being a trustee for MiK Sophie is currently Co-Chair of a women’s counselling organisation in Kingston and sits on the local Youth Justice Panel. Sophie is passionate about improving access to mental health support for all and ensuring the voices of service users meaningfully inform and influence all our work.

 

 

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Camilla Tooley

Trustee

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Amelia Vinnell

Special Advisor: People

Amelia joined the board of trustees as a Special Advisor: People in April 2024. Amelia has an extensive background in Human Resources (HR), including working for the Civil Aviation Authority. While not a full trustee, Amelia will provide the board and the senior leadership team with advice and guidance on Human Resources (HR) matters.

Amelia is a member of the HR Sub-Committee, in an advisory capacity.

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