As CEO of Mindroom, Alan collaborates closely with the Chair, Board of Trustees, and Senior Management Team. With over 20 years of senior leadership experience, Alan transitioned to Mindroom from HRH The Prince of Wales Responsible Business Network, Business in the Community. He operates across the public, private, and voluntary sectors to raise awareness of neurodiversity, supporting organisations to develop, embed, and share best practices.

Sophie, the founder and visionary behind Mindroom, brings her 30 years of experience as a journalist and writer. As Mindroom’s ambassador, she tirelessly spreads awareness about the charity and advocates for neurodiversity. Indeed, she was awarded the prestigious medal of the 8th order by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden for ’significant contributions to society’ in February 2024. Additionally, Sophie spearheads special projects on behalf of Mindroom.

As a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Judy began her career as a Chartered Accountant. She worked in commerce before co-founding FWB (now FWB Park Brown), an international executive search business with offices in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Houston, Texas. She is an Associate of the University of Edinburgh Business School and Joint Programme Director for the University’s Executive Women’s Leadership Programme and Non-Executive Director Programme. 

Adrian has over 20 years of experience in technology and commercial roles, ranging from PLCs to early-stage startups, and 14 years of experience in the Private Equity sector. He has worked on and been responsible for advising clients (on technology matters) on over 300 Private Equity and M&A deals across multiple industries and geographies. He is a University of Dundee and Strathclyde Graduate Business School graduate. 

Harry has worked in government, for museums and cultural organisations, for charities and in the arts. After education at Falmouth College of Arts and University College London, Harry joined the British Army, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was wounded in action and is now a double lower-limb amputee. He has written two books, Anatomy of a Soldier (2016) and Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine (2022), which explores ideas of disability and technology. Harry is currently the Deputy Director of the Royal Drawing School and lives in London. He loves to sea kayak in his spare time.

Kirsty is responsible for cultivating a high-performance culture at Seccl and holds executive accountability for executive performance, people, communications, and proposition. Her human-centric yet first-principles approach has been shaped over twenty years, during which she has adopted non-traditional methods to deliver people strategies that enable inclusive, engaged, and performing workplaces. 

Eileen Hogan was born in London and studied at Camberwell School of Arts, Royal Academy Schools, the British School of Archaeology at Athens, and the Royal College of Art. She is a Professor at the University of the Arts London and a Trustee of the Royal Drawing School.  

Diagnosed with ADHD at 56, Rory Bremner is a Scottish impressionist and comedian noted for his work in political satire and impressions of British public figures.