Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees are responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of the Charity, in accordance with the terms of its constitution, legal and regulatory requirements and best practice. They are:

Eric Feltin - Chair

Eric Feltin is the founder and Operations Director of Switchfire Ltd, a mobile entertainment company that has been in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 for the past three years. Prior to this he had a small consultancy business that engaged local communities, helped write business plans, secured funding and manage a range the construction of a range of NHS health centres and Sure Start community facilities. He joined the Board of the Blenheim Project in 1997, became chair in 1999, and remained Chair through the merger with CDP in 2006. 

Michael Farrell - Vice Chair

Dr Michael Farrell, is a Reader in Addiction Psychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist and Director of Postgraduate Medical Education at SLAM and KCL. He has extensive research interests in the social and epidemiological aspects of addictions. He is a Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Drugs Monitoring Centre, Member of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependenced and Chair of the Addictions Faculty of the College of Psychiatrists. 

Ralph Weller - Treasurer 

Ralph Weller is the Project Manager at a Complex Needs facility that offers residential drug and alcohol treatment to substance mis-users with dual diagnoses, secondary illnesses and disabilities both physical and sensory. Ralph became involved with The Blenheim Project Management Committee in 1998 through his work in the field and remained to support the new organisation following the

Briony Chisman

Briony Chisman joined the board of Blenheim CDP in June 2006 when the organisation merged with the Blenheim Project where she was on the board. She is currently working towards qualifying as a Drugs Worker.

Kevin Hanner - Secretary

Kevin Hanner is Operations Manager of City Reach Health Service a pioneering project providing primary care health to the homeless, traveller, sex worker, refugee and asylum seeker populations. As a qualified Social Worker Kevin has worked with vulnerable and excluded groups in society primarily those with a history of homelessness, mental illness and problematic substance use.

Stephen Dawson

Stephen Dawson was a solicitor in private practice involved in criminal law work. He therefore gained experience of the problems associated with drug misuse through this professional connection. He has sat on a number criminal law orientated committees looking at interventions in connection with drug problems in London. He has been a District Judge for the past 12 years and sits in East London

Adam Shutkever

Adam Shutkever joined the board of Blenheim CDP in September 2008. A qualified barrister, he has a wide range of commercial finance experience including the provision of services to the public sector whilst Chief Financial Officer of Accord plc. He previously worked for SG Warburg and Deutsche Bank and is currently a Managing Director of Palatium Investment Management, a speciality Real Estate fund manager.

David Rice

David Rice joined  the board of Blenheim CDP in September 2008. He works in business administration at the Salvation Army Headquarters for the UK and Ireland specialising in enterprise risk management. He is also a Chartered Surveyor and managed Salvation Army property before studying for an MBA from Reading.