Career Overview

October 2017 to July 2023 - Executive Chair, National Centre for Rural Health and Care (www.ncrhc.org)

 

June 2014 to Present – Professor of Health Development (P/T), now Professor Emeritus, University of Chester

 

August 2005 to June 2013 - Chief Executive, Royal Society for Public Health and also (from 2012) the National Institute of Healthcare Management

 

April 2003 to August 2005 - Managing Consultant, Mill House Associates

 

January 2000 to April 2003 - Chief Executive, Health Development Agency

 

September 1999 to January 2000 - Regional Director of Education and Training, NHS Eastern Region, and Member, NHS Regional Executive Board  

 

October 1997 to September 1999 - Professor and Head of Health Studies (Dean equivalent), and Managing Director, NYCH Ltd., University of York.

 

July 1996 to October 1997 - Dean, School of Health and Community Studies and Professor of Public Health, Sheffield Hallam University.

 

August 1989 to March 1996 - Chief Executive and Principal,  Humberside College of Health AND Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Hull.

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April 1988 to August 1989 - Director of Operations and Management Board, Member Health Promotion Authority for Wales AND Member of the Faculty Board/Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute for Health Promotion, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff.

 

February 1985 to March 1988 - Head of Programmes and Finance Director Heartbeat Wales/Welsh Heart Programme, AND Senior Lecturer University of Wales College of Medicine.

 

September 1980 to February 1985 - Area Health Education Officer and then Chief Health Promotion Adviser Stockport Health Authority.