Experience

Friendship Bench Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and CEO

  • Jan 2006 - Present

  Providing vision and leadership anchored in rigorous research which has resulted in over 60 peer reviwed publications over a 10 year period. Building capacity of the local team to deliver Friendship Bench in diverse settings in and outside Zimbabwe. Fund raising to ensure sustainability of the administration of Friendship Bench and scale-up strategy over time. Telling the FB story to the world through various global platforms such as TED & Davos.

• Prof.

  • Jan 2005 - Present



London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  LSHTM Running the Design and evaluation of mental health programmes module for the MSc in Global Mental Health, supervising MSc, PhD students and teaching. Leading in research focusing on task shifting with an emphasis on low resourced settings. LSHTM Running the Design and evaluation of mental health programmes module for the MSc in Global Mental Health, supervising MSc, PhD students and teaching. Leading in research focusing on task shifting with an emphasis on low resourced settings.



University of Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor, Clinical Research Center

  • 2017 - Present

  Providing clinical services as a senior psychiatrist and developing a research base for mental neurological and substance use disorders across Zimbabwe. Providing clinical services as a senior psychiatrist and developing a research base for mental neurological and substance use disorders across Zimbabwe.



African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI)

• Director

  • May 2015 - Present

  Directing the consortium’s activities across Africa and building networks with collaborating partners in the UK. Overseeing the capacity building of over 40 PhD fellows across Africa and developing a sustainability pathway for future AMARI activities through the African Academy of Science based in Nairobi. Directing the consortium’s activities across Africa and building networks with collaborating partners in the UK. Overseeing the capacity building of over 40 PhD fellows across Africa and developing a sustainability pathway for future AMARI activities through the African Academy of Science based in Nairobi.



Inuka Coaching

• Netherlands
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder Chief of Research

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Co-founder and chief of clinical division involved in overseeing all activities linked to services provided by Inuka online, including training and supervision of coaches. Co-founder and chief of clinical division involved in overseeing all activities linked to services provided by Inuka online, including training and supervision of coaches.


Medical
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• Medical Doctor- Consultant Psychiatrist

  • Jan 2004 - Present