DIRECTORS
Rachel Mortimer
Founder Rachel has a Montessori Diploma with distinction and a BSc (Hons) Psychology (Open). She is a professional artist and has worked as a carer. Her love for people motivates her to want to help those who face challenges with dementia. Rachel's nurturing workshops revive life skills and improve mental condition, helping and inspiring participants to remember, reminisce and rediscover forgotten aspects of their lives. To view Rachel's paintings please click the link below www.rachelmortimer.co.uk |
Darran Green
Director Darran has worked in the private equity industry for 9 years, starting out in finance at Terra Firma Capital Partners now working at Rockpool Investments and is a volunteer director at Engage & Create. He is a certified accountant and has studied law and completed an MBA. Darran has personal experience of dementia and is always the voice of reason and great advice helping Rachel in the day to day running of the business. |
Advisory Board
Dr Naji Tabet
Senior clinical specialist, educationalist and researcher in dementia In addition to diagnosing and treating patients, Dr Tabet is involved in the teaching and training of professionals caring for people with dementia. Increasing knowledge and awareness among staff and indeed the public, will translate into better care for dementia patients. Dr Tabet’s research activities are directed at understanding how life styles’ interventions, maintaining cognitive reserve and targeting risk factors including physical illnesses might help in prevention or slowing down progression of the illness. Dr Tabet has over 70 publications in the field. |
Anders Randrup
Digital entrepreneur & Professional Footballer Anders is a contented 'dropout' of Copenhagen business school as the world of professional football beckoned. He now juggles the demands of the Swedish Premiership and digital entrepreneurship, creating partnerships and exciting products. He enjoys working with talented and dedicated people in the world of sports and business, always keen to connect people and make things happen. |
Beth Britton
Freelance Campaigner and Consultant, Writer and Blogger Beth specialises in issues affecting older people, health and social care and specifically dementia. Beth’s dad had vascular dementia for approximately the last 19 years of his life. She aims to provide support and advice to those faced with similar situations, inform and educate health and care professionals and the wider population, promote debate and create improvements in dementia care. |
Lucy Marsters
Dementia Champion (Nurse Specialist) Lucy is Dementia Champion in every sense of the word - advocating for change, an inspiring educator and very passionate about working with people living with dementia and assisting those that care for them. |
Alise Kirtley
Dementia Consultant Alise works in change management, practice development and product/service innovation relating to older adult and dementia care services. Supporting organisations that seek to improve the lived experience of people with dementia and their carers she believes in genuine collaboration with and empowerment of these groups. Alise's interests are in wellbeing, sustainability, and social enterprise. Her passions are for community, human rights, music and wilderness (and she's very good at the music bit especially!) |
Dr Geri Parlby
Art Historian Geri Parlby is the chairman of REPoD (Rotarians Easing Problems of Dementia) a Rotarian network set up to initiate and support community projects that help local families living with dementia. She is Vice Chair of the Tavistock Dementia Action Alliance and sits on the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge sub group for Civil Society and the Voluntary sector. Her day job is as an art historian and she has been lecturing for the past eight years for a variety of universities and arts and heritage societies across the UK, Europe and Australia. She runs visual arts distance learning courses at Exeter University, is principal lecturer on the NADFAS South West Area History of Art Foundation Course and Honorary Research Fellow at Roehampton University. |
Henrik Andersen
Project Manager Curious about life, the universe and everything. Applying his degrees in psychology and language, Henrik researches and writes content for our Ignite Sessions. He is an important piece of the puzzle in the day to day running of E&C, and works as consultant on many of our projects. Loves chocolate, dogs, movies and a good laugh. When let loose he will put on his walking boots or go listen to the soothing sound of the waves. 
Mish Maudsley
Web Designer/Artist As an all round creative wonder woman, Mish is a web designer, artist and illustrator. Using her brilliance to design the wonderful Engage & Create logo, she also advises on many other creative aspects of the business. |
Jane Dallaway
Software Developer Jane is mainly curious. By profession she is a software developer, mainly as a result of asking "but why?" a lot. During her spare time she plays with yarn and fabric. She has recently started reading a lot of material about psychology, mainly as a result of trying to understand more about dementia and her Mum's ongoing demise due to the disease. When not in front of a computer, a loom or a sewing machine, she can often be found walking the beautiful Sussex coastline and countryside with her husband and her Jack Russell Terrier. |
