Dianne Whitfield

BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

Dianne is Chief Officer of Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (CRASAC), one of the biggest Rape Crisis centres in the country. She has significant experience working within a range of public sector organisations before training as a Gestalt therapist and joining the voluntary sector. Her background includes working as a Human Resource specialist in a variety of management/ senior management roles. She has an MBA and has also worked for a number of years as a management consultant specialising with working with NHS organisations and its strategic partners. In total Dianne has had over 30 years’ experience of delivering public services. Dianne is also a consultant on the Kings Fund Cascading Leadership Programme for the voluntary sector. Her more recent experience has been focussed in the field of sexual violence in a variety of different roles and has substantial experience working at a strategic level, having advised national organisations such as the IPCC and participating on national groups such as the National CPS/ ACPO Scrutiny Groups as Rape Crisis England and Wales (RCEW) representative. Dianne is currently the Co-Chair of RCEW, and she continues to work clinically as a Gestalt therapist and group counsellor to survivors and victims of sexual violence.

 

Qualifications

In addition to her clinical qualifications Dianne also holds an MBA and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.