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Barry O'Donovan

Trustee

Barry moved to North Islington in 1997 and has strong connections with Islington and surrounding boroughs. He holds a business management and Spanish degree with further qualifications in Psychotherapy, CBT, Brief Solution Focused Therapy and Teaching. He holds MBACP (Accredited), QTS and MAPM accreditations.

Barry started his career in Financial Services and spent time with Prudential, PwC and ABN Amro as Director of Governance. He changed direction to qualify as a Psychotherapist and worked at ICAP, London Friend, Hungerford Drug Project, Haringey CMHT, HNG and now works as a Senior Programme Manager in the NHS. 

Barry speaks Portuguese, Spanish and French and enjoys travel, dance and the theatre and joined the HNG board in 2018. 

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