Dr. Siobhan E. Laird qualified as a social worker in 1994 and became Head of Social Work at the University of Ghana in 1998. She is associate professor at the Centre for Social Work, University of Nottingham.
Dr. Prospera Tedam was principal lecturer in social work and practice quality at Anglia Ruskin University. Appointed to the Family Returns Panel of the Home Office, she has advised on child safeguarding matters.