Michelle Marden

Michelle has dedicated nearly 20 years to working in Mental Health services. She began her career with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in the UK in 2005, where she held a variety of senior administrative, managerial, and operational positions, with a particular focus on Child and Adolescent Services. Her responsibilities included collaborating closely with front-line staff to ensure high-quality clinical service delivery across community mental health teams, national and specialist outpatient services, inpatient services for children under 12, as well as adolescent and forensic services.

In 2017, Michelle relocated to the UAE, initially in the role of Clinic Manager supporting the development of the private clinic in Abu Dhabi. She subsequently joined the team in Dubai in 2019 as part of the Al Amal Management Contract. In this capacity, Michelle led the Training and Professional Development (TPD) department at the Psychiatric Hospital for three years, where she was responsible for overseeing workforce development planning and conducting training needs analysis. She managed the development and delivery of a structured academic program, ensuring that training was aligned with discipline and subspecialty-specific needs, facilitating over 6,200 attendances per year. In addition, devising and logistically managing the delivery of a comprehensive mandatory training programme with over 9,000 attendances per year. From her department, she coordinated a student body of over 300 students joining the hospital for placements annually from a range of clinical disciplines.

Currently, as a Project Manager, Michelle oversees the operational components of education and training activities across the Maudsley Health organisation. Her role involves overseeing the development and delivery phases of various clinical training activities and specialist programs.