Core Team

OliTool’s Co-founders, Lisa Erickson and Deborah Werbner, draw on diverse experiences in psychology, design, healthcare, business and law. They are committed to making engaging, aesthetic and clever ‘smart’ tools that promote mental health and wellbeing – a subject that they are passionate about.

Advisory Council

Psychology:  Dr Ed Watkins, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Exeter University - Expert in personalised medicine, anxiety, CBT, digital health; Prof Rob DeRubeis, Psychology, University of Pennsylvania - Leader in personalised medicine and depression; Dr. Kyoko Murakami, Lecturer University of Westminster, Honorary Research Fellow and Teaching Fellow Department of Education, University of Bath - Expert in cognition, learning, identity and memory.

Business Mentoring: Hans Nilsson, Business Consultant  - Expert in scale up for technology companies; Mark Roomans, UK CEO, Morningstar - Expert in research analytics and business management.

Education, SEN EdTech Mentoring: John Galloway, Advisor ICT/SEN and Inclusion - Expert technology for SEN pupils.  Advises local councils (e.g. Tower Hamlets) and groups such as London Grid for Learning, a community of schools and local authorities using technology to enhance teaching and learning; Eylan Ezekiel, Digital education consultant, former teacher, leader in government programmes for teachers CPD, EdTech founder; Nina McKay, Teaching Practice Coordinator in Education, University of Bedfordshire, Education Consultant, former primary school headteacher.

Below, is a selection of OliTool funders and supporters.