Senior Management Team
Meet the Nexus Senior Management Team
Senior Management Team
Meet the Nexus Senior Management Team
Meet the Nexus Senior Management Team
Our Senior Management Team (SMT) consists of our CEO, Senior Managers and Service Managers, who share their expertise and knowledge to deliver against the organisation’s objectives. The function of our SMT is to lead and manage, review, and develop the services we provide across Northern Ireland including service performance, budgets, stakeholder engagement, employee performance and recognition compliance to regulatory and legislative frameworks. Learn more about each member of the team by clicking below.
Jan Winton
Early Intervention and Prevention Services Manager
Jenny Dilgoci
Business Services Manager
Mags Dunne
HR Business Partner
Patrice Morris
Communications & Engagement Lead
Susan Ellison
Clinical Services Manager
As Clinical Services Manager, Susan oversees the provision of Nexus’ therapeutic services to ensure the highest standard of delivery and service provision. She has overall responsibility for service development and delivery to agreed outputs and outcomes, contract management, monitoring and reporting, professional and clinical governance to ensure safe, compliant, and ethical practices.
Susan is a BACP accredited counsellor with over a decade of experience working in the field of Counselling and Trauma. She has worked extensively with anxiety, depression and psychological trauma stemming from abuse. She has developed specialisms in addiction and complex mental health.
Susan is also a qualified clinical supervisor delivering supervision to both students and qualified counsellors. During her counselling career she has worked extensively with voluntary organisations both as a practitioner and being responsible for coordinating a team of counsellors providing therapeutic support.
Jan Winton
Early Intervention and Prevention Services Manager
Jan is the Early Intervention and Prevention Services Manager here at Nexus. Jan has over 11 years’ experience working directly with victims of domestic and sexual abuse and is deeply passionate about raising awareness and empowering people to recognise the signs and respond effectively. She has many years of experience working in refuges and supporting families in the community who have experienced domestic abuse as well as working closely with other agencies like NIHE, PSNI, HSC Trusts and GP practices supporting them to recognise and respond to abusive relationships.
Jan also has extensive experience and knowledge in developing and delivering bespoke training and awareness sessions on sexual abuse, abusive relationships and associated issues to external organisations, including statutory and voluntary agencies, schools and youth groups.
Mags Dunne
HR Business Partner
Mags is a HR Professional with over 20 years’ varied and comprehensive experience across all areas of people and change management.
Using her skills and organisational insight, Mags is creative in making change happen to improve individual and team performance, developing and delivering people-focused HR strategies to deliver organisational growth and cultural change. She is responsible for leading on recruitment for the organisation. Mags has built and values strong relationships across Nexus and is passionate about people, whilst ensuring that our team are making a difference for our clients and service users.
Jenny Dilgoci
Business Services Manager
In her role as Business Services Manager, Jenny is a dedicated and hardworking professional who pays meticulous attention to details. She is an integral part of the Business Services team, providing support and guidance to ensure high-quality services are delivered to all clients, staff, and stakeholders.
Jenny is responsible for the development and implementation of systems and processes to support the delivery of counselling services for our clients. She provides leadership and support to the administrative team, helping to streamline processes and improve the overall quality of service.
Adept at building relationships and working collaboratively – she enjoys a lively chat, coffee and loves outdoor walks in her spare time.
Patrice Morris
Communications & Engagement Lead
Patrice is an experienced communicator with a 1st Class Honours Degree in Communications and Public Relations. She has a 15-year history of working in the public relations and communications industry within public and voluntary sectors, across issues such as age and children’s rights.
As Communications and Engagement Lead at Nexus, Patrice leads and coordinates the internal and external engagement strategy which includes media relations, digital media, policy and research, fundraising, event management and internal communications.
She is passionate about social justice issues and tries her best to instil this in her two young children when they are in the mood to listen to her.
