The OMF is fortunate to have a family of dedicated and skilled mindfulness teachers/trainers/researchers and operational staff who share the OMF’s values/mission. They work to deliver the OMF’s goals across research, training, MBCT provision and education. They are a vital, valued and essential part of the OMF.
Kevin Fong
International Advisor & Trainer
I am a mindfulness practitioner who started the mindfulness journey from traditional mindfulness meditation practice, then moving onto learning and teaching MBSR and MBCT. Before becoming a mindfulness teacher, I have a business background working in Asia and Europe for 19...
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John Ford
Financial and Charity Management Advisor
I am Treasurer, Finance Director and Governing Body member of St Anne’s College, Oxford. I combine over 30 years of international experience in the banking industry with specialist knowledge of charity financial management, risk management, sales and marketing. I am also a Trustee of the Nuffield Oxford...
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S. Helen Ma
International Advisor - China
I have worked as a clinical psychologist in the health care field for many years. I have been offering MBSR and MBCT to patients and healthcare professionals. I founded the Hong Kong Centre for Mindfulness. As an associate MBCT teacher and trainer of the...
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Neil Midgley
Teacher and Communications Advisor
First, I was a corporate lawyer, qualifying as a litigator at the City firm of Linklaters in the 1990s. Then I decided to change careers, became a newspaper journalist in the 2000s, and ended up as the media editor of the Daily Telegraph. These high-pressure jobs ultimately caused me to burn out – and...
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Sarah Post
Communications Advisor
My background is in strategic communications and engagement for both...
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Zindel Segal
International Advisor
Dr. Zindel Segal is the Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorders at the University of Toronto Scarborough and a Senior Scientist in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. His research has helped to characterize psychological markers of relapse vulnerability to affective...
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