Faye Ruddock

Faye is Chair of the Caribbean and African Health Network. The national Black led network is a thriving one that seeks to address health inequities and one that operates to influence policy and practice for the Black community across a number of prevalent health and wellbeing challenges. She is a clinician by background and also a programme director within Manchester Metropolitan University where she leads on a Masters Programme in public health. Faye holds a doctorate in decolonisation and health inequities in Black Caribbean & African people. She is the Maternal Medicine Network Service user reference group lead North West of England and undertook this role to ensure that all voices were heard in maternity services. Faye is a Non-Executive Director on two NHS boards in the North West. She has three children and uses her own maternal experiences to help other mothers and families get better care than what she received during her pregnancies. Faye is a Deputy Lieutenant in the county of Greater Manchester

Charles Kwaku-Odoi

Charles Kwaku-Odoi DL MFPH is Chief Executive of the Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN), a leading national Black health organisation at the forefront of reducing health

 Inequalities and wider disparities. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Greater Manchester, an honorary member of the esteemed Faculty of Public Health (FPH), and the honorary Ecumenical Canon at Manchester Cathedral.

He has trustees and board roles including the NHS Race and Health Observatory; Manchester Foundation Trust Council of Governors; and Government SAGE Ethnicity Subgroup. Charles was named in the Health Service Journal 50 most influential Black Asian and Minority Ethnic people in health in the UK for two years running (2022 & 2023).

Charles is a Patient Public Voice Partner for NHS HIV Clinical Reference Group and NHS Quality Governance Group. He is a great advocate for equity and fairness across a range of important health and wellbeing issues for people of the Caribbean and African Diaspora. He is involved in work that influences the research, policy, and practice at regional and national level.

His special interest includes civic and democratic participation, blood & organ donation HIV, domestic violence, modern slavery and hate crime. Reading, walking, and football are his hobbies.

X (former Twitter): @charleskod

LinkedIn: Charles Kwaku-Odoi

Lorna Downer