Who we
are

James Partridge is the founder and CEO of Changing Faces and manages a 30 strong team of counsellors and psychologists, education, employment, health and social care and communications specialists.

The Trustees of Changing Faces are:
Tony Hobson
Chairman, The Sage Group PLC and Northern Foods PLC
Mike Okninski
Hon Treasurer, ex-HR Partner PwC
Mark Landon
Hon Secretary, Partner, Weightmans Solicitors
Alan Baines
Accountant, formerly partner of KPMG
Viki Cooke
Founder, BritainThinks
Pieter Folmer
Formerly Group Legal Director, Royal Dutch Shell
Dr Felicity Mehendale
Consultant Cleft and Plastic Surgeon, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
Philip Rogerson
Chairman, Carillion plc, Aggreko plc and others
Dr Theresa Rose
Consultant Psychotherapist, Department of Psychological Therapy, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead
Prof Susan Standring
Professor of Anatomy and Human Sciences, King's College, London
His Honour Judge Paul Thomas QC
Swansea Barrister
Christopher Walker FRCS
Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Immediate Past President of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
Stephen Woodford
CEO, DDB UK

Our Patrons are:
Sir Christopher Benson
Ms Gloria Hunniford
Mr Terry Mansfield
Ms Jan Ravens
Mr William Simons
Mrs Fiona Squire
The Duke of Westminster KG, CB, OBE, TD, CD,DL
Mr Simon Weston OBE
Mr Benjamin Zephaniah

Councils
The charity is supported in its work by three Councils:

  • The Advisory Panel, composed of a multi-disciplinary group of psychologists, journalists, education and employment professionals, parents and adults who have disfigurements based in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
  • The Research Council, composed of academics and scientists accountable for making and monitoring grants from the Changing Faces Research Fund.
  • The Young People’s Council, composed of young people with disfigurements.