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by Olivia

Executive Director Lived Experience, Department of Health, Victoria, Australia.

Mary O'Hagan

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Lived Experience

Mary O’Hagan was a key initiator of the psychiatric survivor movement in New Zealand in the late 1980s and was the first chairperson of the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry between 1991 and 1995. She has been an advisor to the United Nations and the World Health Organisation. 

Mary was a full-time Mental Health Commissioner in New Zealand between 2000 and 2007. Mary established the international social enterprise PeerZone which provides peer support and resources for people with mental distress. 

She has written an award-winning memoir called ‘Madness Made Me’ and was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2015. All Mary’s work has been driven by her quest for social justice for one of the most marginalised groups in our communities. 

Addie Wooten

CEO, Smiling Mind, Australia

Prof. Andrew Greenshaw

Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience University of Alberta, Canada

Angie Chew

Adjunct Associate Professor of mindfulness, National University of Singapore

Anna Elders

Clinical Lead, Just a Thought, New Zealand

Ashley de Silva

CEO of ReachOut Australia

Dr Bruce Arroll

Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Professor Chee Ng

Professor and Healthscope Chair of Psychiatry, The Melbourne Clinic, Australia

Colin Seery

Chief Executive Officer at Lifeline Australia

Dr Craig Hassed

Senior lecturer at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Daniel Fung

CEO, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore

Ed Mantler

SVP Chief Program Officer, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Fran Silvestri

Former President and CEO, International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL)

Jay Buckey

Professor of Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA

Juanita Ryan

Deputy Chief Executive at Ara Poutama, New Zealand

Liz Ashall-Payne

Founder and CEO, ORCHA

Louise Bradley

Former Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Mary O'Hagan

Executive Director Lived Experience, Department of Health, Victoria, Australia

Nicholas Watters

Director of Access, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Nick Titov

Executive Director, Mindspot, Australia

Niki Legge

Director of Mental Health and Addictions, Government of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Dr Nina Ferencic

Senior Regional Adviser on Adolescent Health, Development and Participation, UNICEF

Piers Gooding

Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia

Richman Wee

Senior Researcher, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Victoria Hornby

CEO, Mental Health Innovations, UK

Dr Judith Kuriansky

Professor of Psychology and Education, Columbia University Teachers College; Advisor, Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations

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Victoria Hornby

CEO, Mental Health Innovations, UK

International Phone and Text Helplines

Victoria is CEO of Mental Health Innovations, the charity behind SHOUT, the UK’s first 24/7 crisis text service. From 2011 to 2017, she was Director of Programmes at The Royal Foundation, building a portfolio of projects including the Invictus Games, Coach Core, United for Wildlife and Heads Together.