Bharat Mehta OBE
Bharat was appointed as a Trustee in 2003. He is Chief Executive of Trust for London, formerly known as City Parochial Foundation. Before taking up this post, he was Chief Executive of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship (NSF renamed RETHINK), one of the largest British mental health charities working with severely mentally ill people, their carers and relatives. He joined NSF as Director of Development in 1989 and became its Chief Executive in 1993.
Prior to joining NSF, he was a Principal Officer in the Social Services Department of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. He has also worked as a Research Assistant for the Medical Research Council (MRC), as a Community Development Officer for a London based charity called Pensioners Link, and as a Policy Officer for the National Council for the Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).
Bharat was a non-executive director and vice chair of the North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (2005–2009) and a founder member and currently, a patron, of the Revolving Doors Agency (1996–present). From 1999 to 2004 he was the chair of governors of Bowes Primary School, a local state school.
Bharat is Chair of the Investment Committee.
