We’re happy to announce that we’ve welcomed two new trustees to the board of The Migraine Belief.
Dr Gina Kennedy
Gina has been within the publish of Neurology Marketing consultant with specialist curiosity in Headache, at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Belief, since April 2013, and Medical Lead since 2019. She accomplished a PhD analysis diploma at Cambridge College in 1993 after which graduated in Medication at Oxford College in 2001. She accomplished Neurology Specialist Registrar Coaching in Neurology within the South West in March 2013 earlier than settling within the North-East.
On a nationwide degree, Gina has been a member of the British Affiliation for the Examine of Headache (BASH) since 2021 and is the present Scientific Officer. On a regional degree, she is Chair of the Northern Regional Headache Multidisciplinary group. She is concerned in growing native, regional and nationwide pathways of look after sufferers with headache. She has an energetic function in headache scientific trials and updated headache remedies with a eager curiosity in app expertise to enhance headache administration.
Gina stated:
“I’m honoured to be a part of a nationwide charity which has such a big presence within the lives of migraine victims and in my very own skilled life. I’m hoping to assist drive migraine consciousness and therapy provision to succeed in the sufferers locally through native pharmacies and assist help truthful superior therapy entry on a regional ICS degree. I even have the distinctive perspective of being a BASH Council member to strengthen alliances in direction of the shared objective of enhancing lives of migraine victims.”
Iain Pelling
Ian educated as a Chartered Accounted and brings audit and audit oversight expertise mixed with important monetary stewardship experience and understanding of charity governance. He’s a profitable organisation builder who has labored at board degree with plenty of organisations and is dedicated to utilizing his monetary and administration abilities for societal enchancment. Ian has labored with a variety of organisations together with KPMG, the BBC and quite a few media and manufacturing firms.
Ian stated:
“The Migraine Belief is an incredible organistion that helps so many individuals. As a enterprise founder and Chartered Accountant, I need to use a few of my time to assist create enhancements in our well being and wellbeing and I hope my abilities shall be helpful to The Migraine Belief.”
Chair of The Migraine Belief and CEO of TXG Ltd Michelle Walder stated:
“Gina and Iain deliver a wealth of expertise to The Migraine Belief and I’m delighted to welcome them to our board. Iain brings monetary and strategic experience that shall be invaluable to help our progress as we proceed to extend our influence over the approaching years. Gina’s background in neurology and her deep understanding of the challenges confronted by folks residing with migraine will additional strengthen our give attention to evidence-led help and campaigns. Their mixed expertise shall be an amazing asset to The Migraine Belief as we work to enhance the lives of these affected by this complicated and infrequently misunderstood situation.”
