Our People

Our diverse, global network

Led by our CEO, Richard Johnson, we bring a highly experienced, international HBGI team alongside our Board, Advisory Council and Lived Experience Council.

To fully embed the perspectives of people most affected by mental health in both our strategy and action, we have formed our Lived Experience Council. To learn more about our Lived Experience Council and their work, click here. If you are interested in collaborating with our Lived Experience Council to support your work, please click here.

Richard Johnson
CEO

Jonathan Sherin
Chief Medical Officer

Andrew Hatfield
Director of Technical Assistance

Anna Delvig
Chief of Staff

Sally Carruthers
Senior Adviser - Philanthropy

Julia Greenland
Managing Director for Africa

Stacey Ann Pillay
Partnerships & Performance Director, Africa

Erin McGuinness
Performance & Partnerships Director

Deanne Ferro
Strategy & Special Projects Manager

Cindy Dyar
Head of Accounts

Aneta Wierzynska
Legal, Assurance & Risk Advisor

Craig Nunn
Finance Advisor

By fostering collaboration and driving systemic change, HBGI is leading the way in transforming mental health care, advancing solutions that bring real, measurable improvements to individuals and societies. It is a privilege and pleasure to work with HBGI.

Garen Staglin
One Mind – Co-Chair

Husseini Manji
Oxford University – Co-Chair

David Chen
Equilibrium Capital

Damian Juma
Chair of Lived Experience Council

Nawal Roy
Holmusk

Yogesh Rajkotia
ThinkWell

Helen Christensen
Black Dog

Gary Gottlieb
Harvard Medical School

Shekhar Saxena
Harvard Medical School

Geoffrey Ling
Johns Hopkins

Ranga Krishnan
RUSH University

Vaibhav Narayan
UK Mental Health Mission

HBGI’s LEC is a group of smart, caring, loving, and exceptional professionals who are working at different levels to catalyze change across the mental health spectrum.

If you are interested in collaborating with our Lived Experience Council to support your work, please click here or email info@hbgi.org.

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Damian Juma
Chair

Joanna Grace Farmer

Maureen Gikonyo

Jason Grant-Rowles

Carlos Larrauri

Thandiwe Mkandawire

Kulbir Sandhu

Charlene Sunkel

Godfrey Kagaayi

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