Senior management team
Find out who’s who in our Senior Management Team, what they do and what experience each person brings to the team.

Karen Tyrell
Chief Executive Officer
Karen Tyrell
Chief Executive Officer
Karen is Drinkaware's Chief Executive Officer and joined the organisation in October 2022.
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Annabelle Bonus
Director, Research, Policy and Strategy
Annabelle Bonus
Director, Research, Policy and Strategy
An experienced social researcher with a record of applying behavioural science to policy problems, and running and designing robust randomised controlled trials.
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Pru Daniels
Director, Marketing and Communications
Pru Daniels
Director, Marketing and Communications
A highly experienced senior marketing leader with expertise in brand strategy, communications, and customer experience in the consumer and charity sectors.
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Sarah Dyer-Hall (SDH)
Director, Digital, Data and Technology
Sarah Dyer-Hall (SDH)
Director, Digital, Data and Technology
An experienced digital director previously with charities, Relate and BeatBullying, and a number of digital agencies (including her own).
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Adam Jones
Director, Business Development and Partnerships
Adam Jones
Director, Business Development and Partnerships
Adam joined Drinkaware in 2019 after previously running a successful family food business.
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Katrina Leighton-Hearn
Finance Director and Company Secretary
Katrina Leighton-Hearn
Finance Director and Company Secretary
Katrina joined Drinkaware in September 2022 as Finance Director and Company Secretary.
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Drinkaware Trustees
Drinkaware's Board of Trustees are from a broad range of professional backgrounds. Read about them here.

Lucy Armstrong
Chair
Lucy Armstrong
Chair
Lucy Armstrong is the Chair of the Board of Trustees. She has spent more than 30 years working with businesses to accelerate their development and success. She is currently Chair of the Port of Tyne Authority, Chair of the Cumbria based Holker Estate, and a Director of the Business Banking Resolution Service.
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Paul Wells
Paul Wells
Paul Wells is a non-executive chair of two family-owned private companies, Muntons plc and Wells & Co, both located in the East of England.
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Dr Colin Hunter OBE
Dr Colin Hunter OBE
Dr Colin Hunter was a General Practitioner for over 33 years in Skene, Aberdeenshire. He has held various roles in the Royal College of General Practitioners, including four years as Chair of Scottish Council, ten years as Honorary Treasurer and six years as the Chair of Trustees of the College which he completed in November 2018.
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Remalie Comport
Remalie Comport
Remalie Comport is a Global Business Lead at Google
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David Hutchinson
David Hutchinson
David’s career spans over 30 years across multiple business sectors and brands where he has held leadership roles in marketing, commercial, operations and management in both FTSE, ASX and private equity-backed businesses.
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Simon Stephens
Simon Stephens
Simon Stephens is a Partner at Deloitte
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Board of Trustees’ Register of Interests
Board of Trustees’ Register of Interests
View Drinkaware’s Board of Trustees’ Register of Interests
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Independent Medical Advisory Panel
Drinkaware works with an independent panel of expert medical advisors to ensure that our information and advice is based on the most current medical evidence.

Professor Jonathan Chick
Professor Jonathan Chick
Consultant Psychiatrist, Medical Director, Castle Craig Hospital, Scotland.
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Professor Graham Ogden
Professor Graham Ogden
Emeritus Professor University of Dundee. Former Head of Oral & Maxillofacial Clinical Sciences, University of Dundee Dental Hospital & School, Former Dean (Dental Faculty), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Honorary Consultant Oral Surgeon NHS Tayside.
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Iona Lidington
Iona Lidington
Associate Director of Public Health - Royal Borough of Kingston.
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Helene Leslie
Helene Leslie
Helene Leslie Is a Retired Lead Alcohol Liaison Nurse, and has worked extensively in alcohol harm.
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