Ruth Sutherland

Ruth took up post as Chief Executive of Samaritans on 3rd August 2015. Ruth began her career as a Registered General Nurse but has spent the majority of her career in public health roles gaining degrees in Social Policy and Health Promotion. Ruth was the founding Director of the Community Development and Health Network, a charitable membership network committed to addressing inequalities in health and wellbeing based in Northern Ireland.

Prior to joining Samaritans Ruth was the CEO of Relate and prior to that Ruth held senior executive leadership roles at Rethink, Alzheimer’s Society and Scope.