Our Team – Medics Against Violence

We are a registered Scottish charity of healthcare prlth approach to violence reduction because we believe prevention is better than cure.

Our MAV Team

Our charity Board of Directors oversees the strategy, with our full-time employees helping run our programmes.

The Board Members

Christine Goodall, OBE

Christine is a founding member of MAV and Professor of Oral Surgery and Violence Reduction/Honorary Consultant Oral Surgeon at the University of Glasgow and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. As a founding member Christine has been on the board since 2009. She assumes responsibility for overseeing the development of MAV's programmes and for our all of our social media channels.

David Koppel

David is a founding member of MAV and was formerly Consultant Craniofacial and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. As a founding member David has been on the board since 2009. He now lives in Montreal, Canada and works at Magill University.

Michael Murray, Chair

Michael was one of our first volunteers and joined the MAV board in 2012. He is a Consultant Neuroanaesthetist in the Institute of Neurosurgery at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and Clinical Lead. Michael currently chairs the board.

Scott Diamond

Scott is Capacity and Flow Manager at NHS Lanarkshire and paramedic by background. Scott was a volunteer with MAV on the schools programme, before joining the board in 2018.
Scott designed and built our website & is responsible for all of our IT.

Tom Berry

Tom is a surgeon by background and recently qualified in law. He has been very active in the charity sector in recent years. He has volunteered with MAV since we started and joined the charity's Board of Directors in 2017. Tom has a particular interest in our schools programme for alternative school provision.

Karyn McCluskey

Karyn is the Chief Executive of Community Justice Scotland and former Director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit. Karyn was instrumental in helping us set up MAV she has been on the board since 2010 and is our source of expertise on violence.

Our Patron

Paul Gray

Paul was formerly former Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director General, Health and Social Car. Now retired he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences and a huge source of expertise on public service and leadership.

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Our Chief Executive Officer

David Duncan

David joined MAV as our first ever CEO on the 1st May 2024. Formerly an Assistant Chief Constable with Police Scotland and with a background in law, David's focus has always been on prevention and partnership working, He brings expertise in these and many other areas to his new role with MAV.

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Our Head of Service

Geraldine Lennon

Geraldine has been working with Medics against Violence since 2017 and was promoted to Head of Service in November 2022. She has a background in social work. She is a trained Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate. Geraldine heads up all of our support programmes providing line management, professional supervision and support for the Regional Supervisors and their teams in Navigator, Youth Navigator and Pathfinder. She also provides expert advice and training to the whole team on domestic abuse.

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