Senior Leadership Team

Heather has worked with Cerebral Palsy Cymru as a Paediatric Occupational Therapist since December 2021, and stepped into the role of Head of Therapy in September 2022. Previously, Heather has almost over 30 years of experience as a Paediatric Occupational Therapist and has worked for The Bobath Centre in London and for the NHS. As an Occupational Therapist, she works with children and families using her Bobath Clinical reasoning skills to promote their development and participation in a variety of areas of life at different ages. As Head of Therapy, she is responsible for promoting the therapy team's ongoing development of excellence and day-to-day practicalities of work.

Marc joined Cerebral Palsy Cymru in January 2023 as the Head of Retail. Marc was previously the Head of Retail and Enterprise at Emmaus South Wales. Marc brings to Cerebral Palsy Cymru over 20 years of experience in Retail Management and Operations in both commercial and charity retail sectors.

Marie joined Cerebral Palsy Cymru in January 2023, with responsibility for leading the Fundraising and Communications team. She was previously Head of Revenue Fundraising at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and Director of Development at Wales Millennium Centre. She brings to Cerebral Palsy Cymru over 25 years of fundraising experience and knowledge of fundraising sources in Wales and beyond.

Jenny has been Centre Director and Consultant Physiotherapist at Cerebral Palsy Cymru since 2006, having joined Cerebral Palsy Cymru in 1998 as Therapy Manager.
Jenny has over 30 years’ of experience in the field of cerebral palsy and childhood disability.

She brought with her a wealth of NHS experience, clinically and managerially, her previous NHS post was Service Manager for Physiotherapy, Orthotics and Limb fitting services for Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust.
Jenny has a keen interest in service development and family-centred services and led the Luton and Dunstable Hospital physiotherapy department to be the first to receive the UK Governments Charter Mark Award.

Jenny has always contributed broadly to the field and held a variety of external roles.

Previous roles include:
• Chair of the Birmingham branch of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
• Treasurer of European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD).
• BABTT Newsletter editor.
• International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability (IAACD) Covid 19 Task Force.

She is currently:
• Co-Lead for the Cerebral Palsy Register for Wales
• EACD representative on the Governing Council of the IAACD
• Chair of the Global Professional Education Committee (GPEC) of the IAACD
• Chair of the IAACD Nomination Committee.
• Curator IAACD Knowledge Hub, free to access resources in the field of childhood disability.
• Reviewer for Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (DMCN), the leading journal in the field
• Expert Advisory Panel Member for EiSMART an approach to early intervention

Jenny has taught and presented work in 17 countries.

Beci has worked at Cerebral Palsy Cymru since April 2019 as the Head of Finance & Operations. Prior to this, she worked as the Business Manager at Sancta Maria Hospital and brings to Cerebral Palsy Cymru over 25 years of experience in finance, covering a range of sectors, industries and organisations.