Linda Farrant
Linda was appointed to the MHP Board in June 2006. A CIPFA qualified accountant, Linda spent much of her early career in local government in Birmingham, working on finance, regeneration policy, bidding and implementation and gaining an MSc in Public Service Management. She has extensive experience of partnership working and community involvement including developing devolved public sector services.
More recently, Linda was Vice Chair of Parentline Plus, a national charity supporting parents and families and a member of Victim Supports’ National Funding Panel on which she served for several years. She subsequently joined her local PCT as a non – executive Director in May 2003 and was appointed as a board member to Hertfordshire Probation Board in September 2003.