Steve has worked clinically in primary care and neuropsychiatry before going into management. He has been chief executive of two mental health trusts and has been lead director in the National Institute of Mental Health in England and director of the North East, Yorkshire and Humber Development centre. Steve Shrubb has an excellent track record in working in partnership in developing services and supporting the implementation of policy. Steve places a high priority on working with service users to increase their influence on service delivery and improvement. He is particularly interested in the continuing challenge of combating stigma and discrimination which so negatively affects the lives of people with mental health problems.