MQ Psychological Well being Analysis is delighted to announce that Andy Ratcliffe has been appointed as their new CEO.
Andy brings intensive expertise from his time as CEO of Impetus (A number one social mobility charity), Deputy CEO of Tony Blair’s Africa Governance Initiative, and Government Director of Affect on City Well being.
Andy additionally has a background in coverage, having beforehand labored within the Prime Minister’s Technique Unit underneath Gordon Brown.
““I am thrilled to be becoming a member of the MQ group.” Says Andy.
“I do know the significance of psychological well being, from private expertise, and from my profession understanding and tackling inequality.
The struggling attributable to psychological ill-health is big, however the quantity of latest analysis and innovation to make issues higher is tiny by comparability. That’s the problem that I need to assist MQ tackle. It is also a possibility as a result of under-researched areas maintain the most important potential for main breakthroughs.”
Andy will likely be taking over his place in January and joins MQ at an thrilling time. The charity is delivering extra analysis partnerships than ever earlier than, together with tasks analyzing psychosis and growing new options for despair, nervousness issues and PTSD.