Meet Our Team

Ei SMART is a registered charity, with teams focused on research and development, education, and representing Ei SMART globally. Meet our team of Trustees, Professionals, Parents, and Expert Advisory Panel members below.

The Ei SMART Management team is made up of 4 members:  Betty Hutchon, CEO, who also co-leads Clinical Content with Christine Barber, Sibylle Erdmann leads on Co-Production and Laurence Galland leads on Education.  In addition, we have Sally Jary leading our Research initiatives.

The broader Ei SMART  team is made up of a further 18 members, including parents who bring to the organisation their unique experiences and skills, as well as specialist paediatric physiotherapists, occupational therapists, neonatologists, psychotherapists, neurologists, speech and language therapists, nurses and doctors both from the neonatal intensive care unit and from the community.

We are fortunate to have the support of an Expert Advisory Panel whom we can call on for advice and guidance. Our expert panel members are all leaders in their fields and are international academics and researchers and practitioner experts in perinatal medicine and/or early intervention.

We also have a team of Project Volunteers who are always there to support and help us.
Ei SMART seeks to work closely with other organisations devoted to improving neurodevelopmental outcomes, such as BANNFU and BAPM.

Trustees

Meet Our Advisory Panel

  • Jenny Carroll

    Physiotherapy
  • Bobbi Pineda

    Occupational Therapy
  • Janet Cooper

    Speech and Language Therapy
  • Andrea Guzzetta

    Child neurology
  • Prof. Samantha Johnson

    Developmental Psychology
  • Prof. Neil Marlow

    Neonatal Medicine
  • Prof. Mijna Hadders-Algra

    Developmental neurology
  • Prof. Gillian Forrester

    Developmental psychology
  • Dr. Deanna Gibbs

    Occupational Therapy
  • Amanda Richardson

    Special Educational Needs

Parents & Healthcare Practitioners

  • Catherine Arbuckle

    Speech Language Therapist
  • Elaine Mc Mahon

    Occupational Therapist
  • Dr Maria Lasokova

    Neonatologist
  • Dr Audrienne Sammut

    Consultant Neonatologist
  • Nikki Shack

    Physiotherapist
  • Maria Furtado

    Neonatal Physiotherapist
  • Leah Healy

    Neonatal Nurse
  • Maria Chifa

    Parent
  • Dr Sally Jary

    Physiotherapy
  • Neela Basu

    Parent Infant Psychotherapist
  • Betty Hutchon

    CEO / Occupational Therapy
  • Dr Phill Harniess

    Physiotherapy
  • Dr Anna Purna Basu

    Paediatric neurology
  • Dr Sibylle Erdmann

    Parent
  • Natalie Gonn

    Parent
  • Laurence Galland

    Parent
  • Anita Panchmatia

    Parent
  • Patricia Flynn

    Occupational Therapy / Researcher
  • Belle Donati

    Parent
  • Christine Barber

    Physiotherapist
  • Gosia Jon-Dare

    Physiotherapist
  • Elisa Liu

    Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
  • Kathy Chant

    Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Neonatal Nurse
  • Kerry Belgrove

    Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Previous Members

  • Prof. Christa Einspieler

    Developmental Neurology