We’re delighted to announce that Chris Martin is becoming a member of MQ as an interim CEO.
He’ll work with the Charity’s dynamic group to drive extra impactful analysis and funding partnerships and construct on their sturdy monitor file of success established during the last 13 years.
Chris brings a wealth of charity and psychological well being sector expertise to MQ, having beforehand led The Combine, a digital psychological well being charity for younger individuals, which he merged with Psychological Well being Improvements in 2024 to create the UK’s largest early intervention service for psychological well being underpinned by information perception and digital outreach.
Chris is the Chair of BEAT, the nationwide consuming problems charity, and likewise serves as a trustee of the Psychological Well being Basis. In 2017, he labored with the Royal Family and 7 different nationwide charities to essentially problem stigma across the nation’s psychological well being by the ground-breaking ‘Heads Collectively’ marketing campaign.
“It’s an unimaginable privilege to be becoming a member of MQ throughout such an thrilling interval” says Chris.
“The chance for MQ has for making a world influence on psychological well being by modern analysis is extra wanted than ever. I’m wanting ahead to working with our proficient and bold group to rise to this problem.”
Chris’s appointment follows the departure of Andy Ratcliffe who’s leaving MQ to pursue different pursuits. His appointment coincides with a very thrilling time for MQ because the charity is at the moment supporting 39 energetic analysis tasks, together with 27 grants and 12 analysis partnerships throughout 9 nations. You’ll be able to learn extra in MQ’s most up-to-date Annual Report.
MQ’s Chair Dr Shahzad Malik mentioned “The board stays clear that MQ is exceptionally positioned to satisfy a basic hole in psychological well being analysis wants. We’re dedicated to construct additional momentum for better psychological well being analysis influence going ahead, each instantly underneath Chris’ skilled interim management, and from the appointment of MQ’s long run successor CEO.”
