Dasha Nicholls is Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Deputy Head of the Division of Psychiatry at Imperial College London; Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Children and Young People’s Eating Disorders; National Specialist Advisor on Eating Disorders to NHS England; and Clinical and Strategic Director for National Audits and Research at the College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI) of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Previously she co-led the Feeding and Eating Disorders service at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Her research focuses on prevention and early intervention for young people’s mental health, predominantly but not exclusively around feeding and eating disorders and those living at higher weight.

Anna has served as councillor for Primrose Hill in Camden since 2022. She sits on the council’s Disability Oversight Panel, Health & Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee, and Pension Committee overseeing the authority’s £2bn fund. She is also a governor at Regent High School and Trustee of Burgh House.

A strategy consultant in energy and sustainability, Anna has worked in over 25 countries. She holds an MSc (Sloan Fellowship) from London Business School and a PhD in High Energy Physics from the University of Liverpool. As the proud mother of two teenagers, Anna cares deeply about protecting the environment and supporting mental health and wellbeing. Anna is a council-appointed governor of CNWL NHS Trust and brings public service and private sector experience and insights to the role.