Our Trustees
Sir Mark Rowley, QPM - Chair of Trustees
Sir Mark has been the Commissioner of the
Metropolitan Police since September 2022. He was knighted by HM the Queen in the 2018 Birthday Honours list for his “exceptional contribution to national security at a time of unprecedented threat and personally providing reassuring national leadership through the attacks of 2017.” Outdoors has always been his mental recharge such as through running many times a week and walking holidays. Indeed, taking a couple of months between careers trekking to Everest base camp and doing yoga in the foothills around Kathmandu was one of the best experiences of his life. Sir Mark became Chair of Trustees for Dose of Nature in January 2021. His interest in mental health and well-being arises from recognising how much police work is the tragic result of the failure of state provided health and care support to someone facing serious mental health challenges leading to a sadly preventable crisis requiring police involvement.
Amelia Gosal
Amelia is CEO of DEBK, a 400-year-old grant-making charity, where she leads its day-to-day management, including governance, organisational development, investment and endowment oversight, and grant-making. She has more than 25 years of experience across the voluntary, arts and community sectors, with expertise in strategy, fundraising, financial management, stakeholder engagement and organisational change. Previous senior leadership roles include positions with the Highway One Trust, LWPT, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and BEfriend. Amelia has also served as a trustee of The Sheppard Trust and is currently a trustee of SFCN.
Originally from rural Suffolk, Amelia developed her career from a lifelong passion for music and drama and remains an enthusiastic amateur musician, playing with Barnes Concert Band and The Motleys music group in Kew. Having never imagined she would one day live in London, she now makes a point of seeking out a daily dose of nature wherever she can.
Toby Seth
Toby is a qualified accountant by training, and spent his career in the financial services industry, with PricewaterhouseCoopers, JP Morgan Investment Bank and, most recently, with Partners Capital where he was a Partner and the firm’s Chief Financial Officer. Toby has been involved in several community roles. He was a Governor of The Queen’s (now King’s) C of E Primary School and, for many years, the Treasurer, Vice Chair and a coach of Kew Park Rangers Football Club which provides football coaching to over 800 children in the local area. Having now retired, Toby spends much of his time travelling to see the many wonders of the world. He has recently done the trek to Machu Pichu in Peru and been to visit the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia. When he is home, he likes to get out into the fresh air on his bike or to walk their dog, Olive.
Amina Abonde-Adigun
Amina is a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she advises healthcare providers and charities on enterprise strategy, growth and transformation. Her career began in the NHS as a paediatric audiologist before moving into leadership roles within the hearing healthcare industry. She holds a Master's in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and has contributed to global health projects in Kenya with VSO and Cameroon with Sound Seekers and the WHO. Passionate about volunteering and community building, she spent five years as Co-curator of TEDxEuston, helping amplify ideas and stories from Africa and the diaspora whilst celebrating the innovators and changemakers shaping the continent's future.
Outside of work, Amina loves exploring new places through their food, running outdoors and seeking out live music.
Kerry Godden
Kerry has a background in nursing, health visiting (older people) and working with homeless men. After retiring from paid work, she trained and worked as a volunteer adviser with Richmond Citizens Advice for several years and also volunteered for Cruse Bereavement Care. More recently she has held volunteer roles with Marie Curie, as a companion for Kew Neighbourhood Association, and has been a Butterfly volunteer and involved with patient experience assessments at West Middlesex Hospital. Through her various roles, Kerry has gained a wide range of experience of working with people with mental health issues. Kerry gets her own daily ‘dose of nature’ walking with various friends along the towpath and in Richmond Park, and finds being by water particularly therapeutic, escaping to the coast whenever possible.
Prof. Martin Milton
Martin is Professor of Counselling Psychology at Regents University London, a chartered counselling psychologist and existential psychotherapist. Having previously worked in the British National Health Service as Consultant Psychologist in Psychotherapy he runs an independent practice in psychotherapy and supervision. Martin’s research and specialist interests include difference and discrimination (and their links to mental health) and eco-therapy and the therapeutic aspects of the natural world as is evident in his recent book ‘The Personal is Political’. Martin has contributed to the Education committee of the Jane Goodall Institute UK and on Bristol Zoo’s Advisory Group on the Social Sciences and served a term on the editorial board of the Journal of Ecopsychology.
Dr Faisal Islam
Faisal is a GP at Cross Deep surgery in Twickenham. He went to medical school at Royal Free Hospital and did an Intercalated BSc in Pharmacology at UCL. He qualified in 1999 and went onto complete his GP training at Ealing Hospital. His qualifications include a Diploma in Child Health and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He was a partner at Ealing Park Health Centre for over ten years before relocating to Twickenham where his two daughters go to school.
He became a GP appraiser two years ago. He has a specialist interest in Diabetes and is also passionate about Mental Health care. He enjoys running, playing football and golf, as well as walking their dog Lily.
Julie Friend
Julie has extensive experience as a Senior HR Leader within the corporate sector. She has held multiple global and regional HR roles across different industries; leading projects and partnering with executives on their strategic initiatives. Julie’s passion to help mental health, comes from having witnessed the increase of burnout amongst colleagues during her years in HR. In addition to her Trustee role with Dose of Nature, Julie has been a volunteer Nature Guide with us since July 2025. She is also a Trustee for Voluntary Action South-West Surrey; a charity which helps support voluntary and community groups working in the boroughs of Guildford and Waverley. In addition, Julie volunteers with the Research Team at Shooting Star Children's Hospices and serves on her local Patient Participation Group. In her spare time Julie loves travelling and exploring nature in the far-flung corners of the world, as well as appreciating the outdoor world much closer to home.
Andy Canniford
Andy joined us in 2026 as a Trustee and has forged a career within the third sector, supporting organisations to diversify and grow their impact for individuals and communities through high-quality public services. Passionate about system change, new models of care and integrated services, he has worked across funders to influence commissioning new ways of working which deliver better outcomes which outlast programme delivery. Now at the national charity Catch22 where he is Chief Officer for Impact & Growth, overseeing their portfolio of impactful public services and strategy for sustainable growth. Andy is a keen sports enthusiast, playing cricket and golf, enjoying running and being involved in his local rugby club.