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Jo Shingler is a Chartered Psychologist and Registered Forensic Psychologist, currently working within STRIVE (Core OPD & IIRMS service), a co-commissioned service between HMPPS and the NHS as part of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway.

Nicola Bowes is an HCPC registered forensic psychologist and Professor of Practitioner Psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. She is Past Chair of the British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology. Nic leads the largest University provider of forensic psychology training in the UK.

Tassie Ghilani is National Lived Experience Lead for HMPPS and a passionate advocate for system reform. Drawing on professional and lived experience, she works to improve outcomes for people in prison and probation, influencing peer support, culture change, and the meaningful inclusion of lived experience in justice policy and delivery.