Vanessa Cameron is currently the Chair of the Federation on Global Psychiatry (FGIP) having previously been the Secretary. She works as a consultant to the World Psychiatric Association.  She was previously the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a post she held for over 30 years.  She was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours in 2013 for services to psychiatry and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Her particular interests are in the public perception of psychiatry, the eradication of stigma in psychiatry, equality issues and organizational change.