Founder and Head of Faculty at Progress Guide, Assoc Prof Manaan Kar Ray, is a Consultant Psychiatrist and an international leader in suicide prevention. Manaan trained as a Psychiatrist in Oxford and prior to moving to Brisbane, Australia, he was the Director for a decade for Mental Health Services in Cambridge, UK. Manaan is currently the Director for Mental Health at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane and an Associate Professor at the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention at Griffith University. Manaan has published extensively, led countless transformation programs to improve care for people in suicidal distress, won a national award in the UK for enhancing patient experience and is the architect of the PROTECT (PROactive deTECTion) suicide prevention training framework, an internationally recognized program that brings together novel approaches to suicide risk assessment and management. Manaan is passionate about suicide prevention, particularly in young people. His work can be followed through the PROTECT Suicide Prevention Training Podcast which is available on all major podcasting channels including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.