Ep 17 Julie Whelan

Luke talks to Julie Whelan, the CEO of Nordoff Robbins.


Julie has had extensive experience of senior roles in education,
local authority services, government and the charity sector.


Her most recent roles were as founding CEO of the Dame Kelly
Holmes Trust and in her seven years there she established the
charity, it was recognised with a charity excellence award and it
supported over 200,000 young people with mentoring
programmes. 


She joined Nordoff Robbins in 2015 and since her arrival the
charity has already met its overarching goal to increase by 100%
the number of people it can support with its life-changing music
therapy. Julie is now leading the trustees and executive team
into the next strategic planning process for 2019 -2024.


In this interview Julie talks about some of the challenges she
has faced in her new role, her personal perspectives on the music
therapy profession, the importance of accountability, and lots
more.