Meet the DBI Programme Board & National Partners
A DBI programme board brings the Scottish Government together with a DBI central team, national lead agencies and key partners to oversee and support the effective delivery of the programme. Members of the Programme Board are listed below:
As at March 2023
- Anne McDougall, Change Mental Health Area Manager – Highland
- Kimberley Irwin, Change Mental Health DBI Level 2 Manager
- Lisa Anderson, Change Mental Health DBI Level 2 Manager
- Nick Ward, Change Mental Health Chief Executive Officer
- Haylis Smith, COSLA Suicide Prevention LeadOfficer
- Louise Keir, NHS Borders Dr, Senior Clinical Psychologist, DBI
- Laura Corfield, NHS Borders Dr, Senior Clinical Psychologist, DBI
- Phillip Grieve, NHS Borders Operational Manager, Mental Health
- Simon Burt, NHS Borders Joint Manager JLDS + General Manager MH Services, Learning Disability Service
- Duncan Clark, NHS Highland National DBI CY&P Advisor, Clinical Director, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Amanda McKay, NHS24 CSM, Service Delivery
- Katherine Robertson, NHS24 Senior Nurse for Mental Health
- Adam Daly, NHSL Dr, DBI Clinical Lead & Interim Associate Medical Director (North Lanarkshire HSCP)Psychiatry
- Karen Spiers, DBI Central Team, DBI National Clinical Support Co-ordinator & Lanarkshire Lead
- Kevin O’Neill, DBI Central Team, National DBI Programme Manager
- Monica Gray, DBI Central Team, DBI Project Administrator
- Paula MacLeod, NHSL Chair of DBI Programme Board & General Manager Mental Health & Learning Disabilities
- Jane Cumming, Penumbra Director of Programmes
- Rachel Middleton, Penumbra DBI Network Manager
- Allana Lewek, Police Scotland Sergeant, Mental Health & Suicide Prevention |Partnerships, Preventions and Community Wellbeing Division
- Rachel Branney, Police Scotland Police Constable, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Partnerships, Preventions and Community Wellbeing Division
- Caroline Martin, PHS & DBI Central Team Principal Information Analyst
- Craig Colins, Public Health Scotland Programme Portfolio Manager, Public Mental Health (Sub-Dept)
- Martin McCoy, PHS & DBI Central Team Dr, DBI Deputy Programme Manager
- Alex Cumming, SAMH Assistant Director of Delivery & Development
- Angela McCann, SAMH Service Manager
- Katherine Wilson, SAMH Servcie Manager – Edinburgh and Wes Lothian
- Oxana McGregor-Gunn, SAMH Head of Employment
- Joanne McLean, ScotCen Social Research Research Director, NatCen
- Billy Ridler, Scottish Ambulance Service Dr, Dementia & Mental Health Lead
- Iona Crawford, Scottish Ambulance Service Clinical Effectiveness Lead – Mental Health
- Gavin Russell, Scottish Government Distress Interventions
- Hilary Third, Scottish Government Joint Head of Distress Interventions & Suicide Prevention Unit
- Morag Williamson, Scottish Government Head of Distress Interventions & Suicide Prevention Unit
- Alastair Cook, Scottish Government DR, Principal Medical Officer for Mental Health, in Scottish Government
- Ambrose (Jack) Melson, University of Glasgow Dr, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
- Krystyna Loney, University of Glasgow Research Assistant, Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory
- Rory O’Connor, University of Glasgow Professor, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
- Edward Duncan, University of Stirling Professor of Applied Health Research, Associate Dean of Research