Meet the trustees
Chris Dzikiti
Chris is the Chair for ZHTS. He was born in Zimbabwe and spent the first 20 years of his life there before migrating to the UK in 1999. He is a published author with an interest in mental health well-being. He has 20 years experience of working in different psychiatric services. Currently he is a Deputy Director of Programmes for NHS England & Improvement. In the last 10 years Chris has had the opportunity to lead on transformational service redesigns across mental health services, including writing standards and supporting the development of mental health services in other countries
Charles Todd
Charles moved to Zimbabwe in 1982, after completing his training as a GP. Over a 20 year period he worked as a government medical officer then lecturer/professor in the country’s principal medical school, including a spell as chair of the Department of Community Medicine. From 2000-2005 he was employed by the UK Department for International Development, for most of that time working on health programmes within the European Union. He has now returned to general practice, working at a practice near Aylesbury. He maintains close links with Zimbabwe.
Dalia Majongwe
Dalia works as a research practitioner at the Government Office for Science and is a monitoring and evaluation adviser at Health Improvement Project Zanzibar. Her passion for health grew when she worked for doctors without borders researching maternal health in Zimbabwe.
Kate Adams
Kate is a GP with NHS management experience and a journalist and lives and works in London. Her medico-political interests include health and human rights, patient safety, skills drain and supporting overseas doctors and diaspora.
John Cookson
John is emeritus professor of medical education at the Hull York Medical School. Until 2010 he was professor of medical education and undergraduate dean. For most of his career he was consultant physician in Leicester. He took an increasing interest in medical education and re-organised the clinical undergraduate course at Leicester Medical School following the publication of the first Tomorrow’s Doctors. He moved to Hull York as the foundation professor of medical education in 2002 responsible to the dean for the delivery of an innovation medical curriculum.
Dorcas Gwata
Dorcas was born in Zimbabwe. She is a Global Health Consultant working in London. She is a visiting lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research explores intersectional issues of youth violence, mental health and inequalities. Dorcas is an advisor at THET and is hugely committed to giving back to Zimbabwe through training health care workers and collaborating with the arts industry to support mental health programs in Zimbabwe. Dorcas is the co-founder of the Global Health Café, an innovative African-led platform for health enthusiasts in London.
Brighton Chireka
Brighton Chireka was born in Zimbabwe and trained as a doctor at the University of Zimbabwe Medical School, qualifying in 1997. He moved to the UK in 2000 and is now a GP partner at Manor Clinic in Folkestone. He is also a clinical lead in child health and maternity services for South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group. Brighton was voted the winner for the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards 2015 UK Community Champion for his involvement in charity work. His academic interests include medical leadership, medical ethics, medical education, child health and maternity services.