Meet the team

Andréa Grosbois

Vice Chair of Trustees

I have over 10 years’ experience working in communications and campaigning, predominantly for the NHS. I believe in inspiring and empowering people to communicate confidently and am a keen campaigner for mental health awareness. I am passionate about co-production and using creative communications to bring people together to create positive change. I have been a carer to family members with mental health challenges and am dedicated to promoting awareness and understanding of mental health. I am incredibly proud to be Vice Chair for CPSL Mind and am a strong believer in the organisation’s values and vision to improve local mental health and build community resilience.

Maria Huber

Trustee and Treasurer

I moved to the UK for my post-graduate studies at the University of Cambridge 15 years ago and later began my working life as a Chartered Accountant for various organisations in Cambridge.  I am now working as the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis at the Royal Society of Chemistry so charity finance is my métier. I enjoy sharing my professional skills to support the fantastic work of CPSL Mind and, having had both personal and family experience with mental health issues, am truly excited to be part of this Board. I consider it a real privilege to work with such an innovative organisation dedicated to making a difference.

Carol Clarke

Trustee

I have a real desire to help the world be a better place, bring communities together and support better mental health for all. I have wide professional experience in Human Resources both in the UK and abroad and am a MCIPD generalist with focus on transformation, talent, leadership coaching, training and development.

I have been supporting a local University/college in leading their testing programmes and have held other voluntary roles at CPSL Mind prior to becoming a Trustee.

In recent years I have refocused my life goals and recognise the importance of this for anyone’s wellbeing. I also believe in lifelong learning; have most recently achieved level 1 in BSL (British Sign Language).

Sharon Gilfoyle

Trustee

My career in mental health started 33 years ago as a Nursing Assistant and Support Worker, then subsequently training as a Mental Health Social Worker. I have experience in teaching, peer support, recovery and equality, diversity and inclusion. Throughout my career, I have also experienced my own psychiatric challenges and have used this to help others on their recovery journey.

I have always worked closely with CPSL Mind and became a Trustee in 2017. I am proud to support an organisation that is close to my heart and has a brilliant local reputation.

Anna Granta

Trustee

I am a speaker and coach for neurodivergent adults, I help adults with ADHD, Autism, and Dyslexia to progress at work while having the energy to enjoy life. I volunteer with CPSL Mind because of my desire to support vulnerable people in my local community. As the people who most need help are least able to pay for it, I balance my coaching business with work that benefits a wider section of the community. I believe that mental health is a huge area of need and that CPSL Mind has a crucial role to play in meeting that need locally.

Alex Page

Trustee

I first came to CPSL Mind as a client going through my own challenges with mental illness and having volunteered within peer support and co-production it is now my absolute privilege to sit on the board of trustees. As I am a Trade Union rep and HR consultant in my day-job my specialism is in people: specifically leadership, coaching and employee relations; I’ve spent most of my career in the finance sector but also worked for newspapers, retailers and for a private language school in Japan.

In my free time I can most often be found reading with my headphones on or grumbling about football results – I am a supporter of Cambridge United and a qualified FA coach working with young players for Ely City Crusaders FC. I’ve also been known to play video games, but I try and (falsely) claim its only to join in with my son.

Olly Biswas

Trustee

Growing up in Cambridgeshire, I am keen to support our community wherever I can. Coming from a humble background, my journey has allowed me to be exposed to some wonderful and often challenging experiences, and I am blessed to have met some extraordinary individuals along the way. My hope is to draw on those experiences to add my flavour of life to the diversity of thinking already offered at CPSL Mind.

Stuart Jessup

Trustee

I have a lifetime’s experience of being treated for depression and have been supporting mental health charities since 2011, when I walked around England with my Springer Spaniel, campaigning against mental health stigma and fundraising for mental health charities. Since then, I have been pleased to volunteer with CPSL Mind as a trustee, and I am a past chair of trustees.

Professionally, I am an electronic engineer. I used to design mobile phones and have many years of senior management experience in technology companies. However, following the death of my wife from cancer in 2005, I retrained as a teacher. I was teaching at Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge before moving to Lincolnshire in 2009, where my father-in-law is a semi-retired farmer. I now teach science at Boston Grammar School and have a special interest in the mental health challenges faced by communities in this large, sparsely populated, and mainly rural county.

Andrew Paylor

Trustee

I am an audit manager working predominantly in the local government sector. I am originally from Canada but moved to the UK in 2021. Now that I have established myself and put down roots in the community, I am looking for ways to give back. I have been an advocate for mental health in the workplace founding wellbeing committees in the offices I have worked at in the past. I am looking forward to applying my knowledge to support the continued important services that CPSL Mind provides.

Katarzyna Smith

Trustee

I am a new trustee, I started in April 2023. I suffered from mental health problems in my adult life and as a result I want to help others now. Apart from becoming a trustee for CPSL Mind, I am also studying to become a counsellor and volunteering with Age UK and Thames Valley Partnership providing emotional support to elderly people and victims of crime.

My professional background is in the education sectors. I have MA in English and I spent 10 years working for Cambridge University Press in various marketing and management roles.

I speak fluent Polish and I have experience and knowledge of Eastern European cultures and migration issues. I also have experience and knowledge of long- term illnesses – I’m a cancer survivor.