Thomas Nilsen – Executive Masters of management. Additionally, teaching, pedagogics, and guidance counselling education. Officers education from the Norwegian Cavalry. A Vocational school manager who has been working with vocational education and training since 2000, and primary/secondary education since 1990. Specialising in education for Neurodivergent students, disadvantaged/special needs students and migrants/refugees. Thomas has 22 years of experience working with European projects in Comenius, LLP, Erasmus+, Nordplus, Interreg, Cost, and Capacity building, and was the Vice president of cost action IS1210- Appearance matters.  He has 30 years of experience as voluntary within the YOUTH and sports sector. Our ECVET, evaluation and assessment expert. Thomas is the co-founder and chairman of Triskelion.

Amy Charles – LLB. Chief Operational and legal advisor for Triskelion. Many years of experience as a contract specialist and head of the legal contracts team at the University of Bristol and Bath.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-charles-680b3938/

Steve Smith, SFHEA, MPhil, MSc, BSc, RN managed a sales team for ten years before qualifying as a nurse. Within that profession, he specialised in the management of care facilities for people with neurological disorders and also undertook the role of Clinical Nurse Educator in this field over another decade before teaching health professionals at The University of East Anglia (UEA) School of Health Sciences for the past 22 years, first as a lecturer then Associate Professor, member of the School Executive and Director of Employability.  

As well as teaching pre-registration nurses and students of all professions allied to medicine, Steve collaborated with colleagues to develop and run many courses for senior health professions focused on leadership and management.  

Steve authored two books on his nursing field and, over three decades, has frequently presented at International conferences and symposia, often invited to speak to staff teams at international centres of excellence for neurological care.  Steve has done extensive international presentations on Neurological Care / Huntington’s Disease and Co-led a collaborative project (UEA, UK and Ekwendeni Nursing School, Malawi) in 2012, developing a Nurse Mentorship programme.

On retiring from UEA, Steve was awarded the Chief Nursing Officer for England Gold Award for outstanding services to Nursing.   Steve continues as a Registered Nurse working on National and International projects relating to his field of expertise.

Steve is now retired and works part-time for Triskelion.

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/steve-smith-8767b7159

Nichola Rumsey OBE (order of the British Empire) – Professor Emerita Nichola Rumsey was, for many years professor of Appearance Research at the University of the West of England. She was Co-Director of the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) from 1992-2017. After completing her PhD, ‘Psychological Problems Associated with Facial Disfigurement’ in 1983, Nichola has built an international reputation for her research in this field. She was awarded a lifetime honorary membership of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons in 2009, and also worked as the British Psychological Society’s consultant to the Department of Health from 2004 to 2010, and is an Honorary Life Member of the South African Burns Society. She has published widely and has led or been involved in many research projects in the field of cleft, burns, skin diseases and other conditions resulting in visible differences. Nichola is keen to improve the current understanding of the psychological factors contributing to resilience to the challenges posed by cleft and its treatment, with a view to improving the effectiveness of interventions to support those experiencing difficulties in adjustment. Nichola is now retired and works part-time for Triskelion. Many years of experience from Erasmus + projects. For more info and publications see:

https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/NicholaRumsey

Dr. Heidi Willamson is an Associate Professor in Applied Health Research with an international reputation for conducting impactful and mixed-methods research with multi-disciplinary national and international partners. Heidi was a critical care nurse before training to become a chartered health psychologist. She completed her BSc in Psychology (1999), MSc in Health Psychology (2007) and Professional Doctorate in Health psychology (2012) at the University of the West of England (UWE). Her doctoral thesis focused on health professional’s experiences of caring for young people with an altered appearance as a result of cancer treatment. She is also passionate about increasing health professional’s awareness and knowledge of the common appearance issues and concerns of their patients and increasing patient access to appearance-related support. Heidi has a successful record of working collaboratively to secure grants from UK and international funders, including the National Institute for Health Research, The Scar Free Foundation, European Commission, and the Norwegian Research Council. She often works alongside businesses, health and non-profit organisations (e.g.: NHS England, Unilever, Shriners Hospitals for Children in Boston, UNICEF), has authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, and is regularly invited to discuss her research at international conferences and public knowledge exchange events. Heidi is a Registered Health Psychology Practitioner and Higher Education Academy Fellow, with recent experience as a MSc Health Psychology Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer. She supervises PhD and Professional Doctorate students in the UK and overseas; many working on a range of initiatives in hospital, school and community settings to improve the health and wellbeing of those impacted by appearance concerns and socially disadvantaged because of an unusual appearance. Before becoming a Health Psychologist, Heidi was a Critical Care Nurse working with multi-disciplinary NHS teams, with leadership and teaching responsibilities in Accident & Emergency, General and Cardiac Critical Care Units across the UK.

Frida Feline – Bachelors of Arts (Hons). Administrator

Specialist in local adjustments for Autistic students. Also, Triskelion Youth worker. Primary interest fields are Autism field, socially disadvantaged groups, music teaching, and body image-related topics. Administrative role in Triskelion and board member. Her homepage can be found at: https://www.auralart-productions.com

Elodie Irons – BA (Hons), Master’s Degree in international relations at the University of Liverpool. Youth worker and researcher for Triskelion. https://www.linkedin.com/in/elodie-irons-044738177/

Gareth Davies– BA (Hons). Executive Director and founder member of the European Cleft Organisation. Gareth Davies has worked as a leader and innovator in the voluntary sector nationally and internationally for most of his career, working in the fields of human rights (Amnesty International), homelessness, and disadvantaged children. His current interest in developing better practices for treating children born with clefts began in 1995 when he became the first CEO of the UK Cleft Lip and Palate Association. He was a key member of the UK government advisory committee on cleft care, which recommended and subsequently oversaw the development of UK centres of excellence in cleft care, working from a full multidisciplinary perspective. Gareth works part-time for Triskelion. Gareth has extensive experience with Erasmus+, Cost Action and Capacity building projects.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gareth-davies-72887213/

Mikkel Brekne Munkvold- Media responsible

Mikkel has worked for 15 years in the media industry with film and photography and is constantly involved in TV productions, short film productions and commercials for different companies. He is also working as teacher for young film & photography talents in Stavanger area. Runs his own film company.

https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm4716036/

https://www.facebook.com/Foton4/

 

Sofia Simm – Graduate of psychology at Open University UK. Triskelion Youth worker. Primary interest field youth exchanges, socially disadvantaged groups, appearance, and body image-related topics.

 

 

 

 

Dr Martin Persson

Martin is co-founder of Triskelion and is a professor of Health science in Sweden.

Master’s degree (2002) in psychology; PhD (2007) in medical science; Master’s degree (2007) in public health; Associate Professor (2018) in Health Sciences; Professor (2019) in Health Sciences; Board member of the European Cleft Organization (2013); Smile Train Research and Innovation Advisory Council (STRIAC) medlem  (2020); Chairman of cost-action  CA16234 European Cleft and Craniofacial Initiative for Equality in Care. 20 years of experience in European development projects.