Dr Shubulade Smith is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, Clinical Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Clinical Director for Forensic Services at the Maudsley and a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. She has over 26 years of experience in the field, and in 2019, she was awarded a CBE, and voted Psychiatrist of the Year by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.