Stellah Chinamo Mensah is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, Registered Mental Health Nurse and the Founder, CEO and Responsible Individual of Seren Healthcare Solutions. Her experience spans more than 25 years in health and social care, including over 20 years in senior leadership roles. She brings together clinical expertise, governance knowledge, operational leadership and a deeply personal commitment to improving the experience of care for individuals and families.
Stellah founded Seren Healthcare Solutions in Newport in 2020 following the tragic loss of her mother. This experience gave her a profound insight into the difference that compassionate, reliable and genuine person-centred care, can make at the most difficult times in a family’s life. It strengthened her determination to build a care organisation that families could trust: one where people are treated with dignity, staff feel valued, and care is delivered with both kindness and clinical excellence.
Her career began in frontline nursing and has developed through senior management, service development, quality assurance, regulation and leadership roles across the NHS and independent healthcare sector. She has also worked as a care-sector inspector, giving her a strong understanding of what safe, effective and well-led services look like in practice. Stellah holds an Executive MBA in Health Services Management, ILM Level 5 Leadership and Management, and the Registered Managers Award/NVQ Level 4.
Under her leadership, Seren has grown into a nurse-led provider of domiciliary care, complex care and supported living across Wales and England, regulated by Care Inspectorate Wales and the Care Quality Commission. The organisation supports older people, individuals with learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities and complex health needs to live safely, independently and confidently in their own homes and communities.
Stellah’s vision extends beyond care delivery. In May 2026, she launched the Seren Healthcare Franchise Network: the UK’s governance-led, nurse-led care franchise network. Through a structured model of clinical oversight, quality assurance, training, inspection readiness, leadership development and ongoing mentoring, she is creating a route for values-aligned leaders to establish high-quality Seren services in communities across the UK—without compromising the standards, culture or person-centred approach on which Seren was built.
She also founded the Seren Foundation in honour of her father, Douglas Chinamo, and inspired by his journey with prostate cancer. The Foundation promotes hope, compassion, dignity, awareness and early intervention, while supporting families and communities affected by prostate cancer. Its workplaces particular importance on encouraging open conversations about screening and improving awareness among Black men and other underserved communities.
Community service and faith are central to Stellah’s life and leadership. She actively supports local community work through Warehouse Church, particularly its work with young people; the Anglican Church through community events and initiatives; and Faith in God Ministries through its outreach work. Stellah also provides support to disabled individuals who would otherwise be unable to afford university fees, through a scholarship fund created in honour of her late mother, Elizabeth Chinamo.
For Stellah, this work is a practical expression of her faith and her belief that lasting change is achieved when businesses, families, faith communities and local organisations work together. She is passionate about raising standards in care, developing confident and compassionate leaders, and creating opportunities for the workforce.
Her ambition is to build The Seren Group into a lasting healthcare and social-impact organisation: combining exceptional care, leadership development, responsible franchise growth and meaningful community impact. Her leadership is guided by Seren’s ECCLIP values: Excellence, Compassion, Continuous Learning, Loyalty, Interdependence and Person-Centred Care.
Beyond Seren, Stellah is a devoted wife and proud mother. Family, faith and community remain at the heart of who she is and continue to shape her compassionate, people-centred approach to leadership. She is a passionate advocate for women’s empowerment and for underprivileged people, championing access to opportunity, education, leadership and support for those whose voices are too often overlooked. Stellah is also a mentor, executive coach and community-minded entrepreneur, committed to creating a legacy that improves lives, strengthens families and inspires the next generation of leaders.