Gregor Henderson
Gregor Henderson works as a consultant and advisor to a number of Government Departments, both in the UK and overseas, working with public sector, not for profit, community based and private sector agencies on mental health and wellbeing. One of Gregor's current roles is leading a programme of work on Well-Being and Population Mental Health for the National Mental Health Development Unit, based in London. The Unit works in support of the implementation of national mental health policy in England (www.nmhdu.org.uk).
From 2003 - 2008 Gregor was the first Director of Scotland’s innovative and internationally acclaimed National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing (www.wellscotland.info). Prior to that Gregor was the founding Director of the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London.
Gregor is also an adviser to Mental Health Europe, Chair of Young Scotland in Mind and an Adviser to ThePlace2Be, a national UK children's school based mental health charity.
Gregor is interested in combining policy, research, evidence, practice and people’s lived experiences to transforming the way people, families, communities and societies think and act about mental health.