Our wider team bring experience backed by science in order to educate about nutrition & lifestyle to support brain health. We have a committed core team who each bring valuable experience from other professions, mostly working part-time for the charity alongside other related roles and studies. We are supported by some key contractors and by volunteers in order to deliver our mission.

Everyone works remotely so please note we no longer have a dedicated physical office address. If you would like to contact us then please do so so by email, social media or phone if possible.

Patrick Holford BSc, DipION, FBANT, NTCRP

Patrick is a founder of the charity, is the voluntary director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Project. He is a retired visiting professor, specialising in nutrition and mental health, author of 46 books and is in the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame. In 1984 he founded the Institute for Optimum Nutrition. He is also the voluntary Secretary of the Scientific Advisory Board.

Laura Lam BSc, DipBCNH DipCIM mBANT regCNHC

Laura is the Marketing & Communications Manager. Prior to becoming a registered Nutritional Therapist, Laura was a Chartered Digital Marketer (DipCIM) and led the marketing department for a leading herbal medicine supplier for 7 years. She is now using her extensive marketing toolkit to help Food for the Brain spread awareness of the benefits of nutrition for chronic illness.

Kim Close

Kim runs COGNITION SUPPORT helping and supporting people through their journey to better cognition starting with the Cognitive Function Test. She is focused on improving the effectiveness of the COGNITION app in reducing people’s Dementia Risk Index. Kim is a Nutritional Therapist, Life and Nutrition Coach and is a Lecturer in Culinary Nutrition, with a BSc in Psychology and a Level 4 Certificate for Technology in Learning Delivery.

Kate Newton BA, DipCNM, mBANT

Kate is Digital Marketing Lead, focused on website and conversion optimisation, in charge of digital advertising. She is a Registered Nutritional Therapist and co-director of White Light Digital Marketing.

Steff Colquhoun

Steff is our Operations & IT manager primarily concerned with institutional digital transformation – influencing organisational use of innovation and technology to improve outcomes. Specialist within web dev and digital marketing. He is co-director of White Light Digital Marketing, helping ethical organisations make a difference.