Monica Shafaq

Monica Shafaq is a British mental health advocate and chief executive at Kaleidoscope Plus Group.

Education Shafaq has a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Birmingham and a master's degree in housing from De Montfort University.

Career After her graduation from university, Shafaq undertook various roles including working as security personnel at Birningham International Convention Centre; in the departures lounge at Birmingham Airport and then a job as the manager of an Asian women's refuge. This is where her interest in mental health developed. She then went to work as the CEO at Sandwell Mind, a small mental health charity that was affiliated to the national Mind network. It is under her leadership that Sandwell Mind was rebranded and became the Kaleidoscope Plus Group from 2014. She is the CEO at Gordon Moody. She is on the board of Manchester United F.C. Foundation.