Meet The Retreat By Gordon Moody Team

Jon Murray is the Chief Executive Officer of Gordon Moody. After spending 13 years in the Royal Air Force Regiment, Jon has built more than 18 years’ experience within the addiction and recovery sector.

He began his career in social care as a Criminal Justice Drug Worker in Walsall before progressing through regional and national leadership roles spanning operations, volunteering, veterans’ services, business development and organisational leadership. Jon joined Gordon Moody in 2023 as Operations Director before being appointed Chief Executive Officer, leading the organisation through a period of significant transformation and growth. He is particularly passionate about supporting not only those experiencing gambling-related harm, but also the families and communities affected by addiction.

Ryan is our Commercial Director and joined Gordon Moody after spending 20 years working across the sports industry in various marketing and commercial roles.

His experience includes heading up the sales functions at both Birmingham City and Derby County football clubs and a 14 year stint in athletics, where he held several key roles including commercial director. During his time at UK Athletics, he also worked closely with World and European governing bodies, local authority, and funding partners to support and ensure the delivery of major athletic championships throughout the UK.

Recently, Ryan spent time working with Leicestershire County Cricket Club supporting the delivery of key functional areas including communications, marketing, membership, ticketing, and retail.

Michael is an experienced strategic leader with over 20 years’ expertise across the NHS and charity sector, specialising in business development, commissioning, procurement, and service transformation.

As Business Development Director at Gordon Moody, he leads the organisation’s growth strategy, building strategic partnerships and securing new opportunities to expand support for those affected by gambling harm.

He has a strong track record of leading complex, high-value programmes and bids across health, social care, and voluntary sectors, with extensive experience working with the NHS, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), Local Authorities and Independent Providers, giving him deep insight into commissioning priorities and the development of impactful, outcomes-focused services.

Michael is passionate about building partnerships that enable Gordon Moody to reach more people and deliver lasting, positive change.

Lucy has been working within the HR profession for 20 years and is a fully chartered member of the CIPD.

Over the years, Lucy has undertaken roles within the public and private sectors via employers ranging from Accenture to the NHS and, in addition to generalist HR, has specialised in running graduate recruitment for several organisations. This is Lucy’s first role within the charity sector and having previously worked within both large funding and regulatory organisations, says that they have given her a very useful insight from the other side.

Lucy is also a trustee with the Thrive Education Partnership, who are a multi-academy trust consisting of five special needs academies, and provision overall for 800 children. Lucy has a passion for developing young people and supporting them into employment and has worked with EY Foundation in the past mentoring young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The best thing about HR for Lucy is the variety. “There’s no greater satisfaction than seeing people thrive at work.”

Julia is a chartered accountant who has many years experience of working within professional practice and industry and joined Gordon Moody in July 2023.

She has previous experience working within the third sector and looks to bring her commercial expertise to Gordon Moody to help it in its next stage of development.

Rosalind is our Clinical Director and she ensures that our holistic treatment offer is of the highest quality.  Her role also oversees our research activities, quality compliance, and she leads a team to deliver evidence-based interventions that support our treatment service.

She analyses the efficacy of treatment programmes, identifies future trends in gambling harm, and presents insights to the academic and gambling treatment community. She develops research projects with academic and other partners, including the University of Lincoln, Kings College London, University of Gibraltar, and Bournemouth University.

Ros has a PhD in Psychology from the University of Birmingham and previously worked as a researcher and insight analyst for 10 years.