Our board and team
Meet the people who lead ARMA.
Our board of trustees and leadership team are responsible for our governance and strategic direction and are all deeply committed to our mission.
Chair
Chris Martey is a Chartered Physiotherapist and Musculoskeletal Advanced Clinical Practitioner with experience across primary, community, secondary care and the third sector.
Dr Jane Taylor has a background in higher education and is a leading patient advocate with lived experience of multiple long term MSK and autoimmune conditions.
Ruth Sephton is a Consultant Physiotherapist who has specialised in musculoskeletal care for over 30 years.
Sally Pembery is a specialist podiatrist with more than 35 years’ experience, focusing on musculoskeletal lower limb biomechanics.
Rupal Parikh is an Advanced Spinal Physiotherapy Practitioner with more than 23 years’ global experience in musculoskeletal assessment, rehabilitation and chronic pain management.
Treasurer
Funmi Odejayi is a Chartered Accountant with more than a decade of experience across audit, risk and financial governance.
Zoë Chivers is a strategic leader with over 20 years’ experience in the third sector, delivering UK wide services across health, social care and community settings.
Noha Al Afifi is Deputy CEO of Arthritis Action and a senior leader in communications, fundraising and public relations, with more than 20 years’ experience across the health and charity sectors.
Chief Executive
Adrian Bradley is a charity leader with over 30 years’ experience across government, national charities and community systems.
Vice Chair
Dr Dale Webb is Chief Executive of the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS) and a senior charity leader with nearly 20 years’ experience in health policy, research and service improvement.
John Williamson is a registered chiropractor who has been in clinical practice since 2005.