Paul Ward

Paul has nearly thirty years' experience in the mental health field having managed mental health services and commissioned mental health services. He has served on a number of government working groups in the mental health field, and early in his career lead a major mental health hospital re-provision programme.

More recently Paul has joined the board on a mental health NHS foundation trust in a non-executive director capacity. He has also been a non-executive director on a strategic health authority and has held senior management positions in both the NHS and charity sectors.

Paul joined Mind from Terrence Higgins Trust, where he had been Deputy Chief Executive since 2000 and Acting Chief Executive. He brings with him a wealth of experience in charity sector