Experience

UK Faculty of Public Health

• United Kingdom
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive

  • Feb 2019 - Present

• Interim Chief Executive Officer

  • Sep 2018 - Present

• Director of Education & Standards

  • Apr 2017 - Present

  - Development and implementation of membership policy, engagement and retention.- Management of the FPH policy and work programme relating to the public health specialty training programme, including oversight of the specialty training curriculum and the MFPH examinations.- Leadership of the standard setting function, developing guidance and high quality standards of practice for the public health workforce post-qualification, in close collaboration with elected Officers and the Public Health Standards and Knowledge Committee. Includes oversight of the FPH system of revalidation, the continuing professional development (CPD) scheme and the organisation's role in senior public health appointments (AACs).- Management of all Education & Professional Standards staff.Recent notable achievements:• Developing and launching a new categories of membership.• Overseeing an extensive (two year) review of the public health specialty training curriculum, culminating in a successful submission of a new curriculum to the General Medical Council (GMC).• Mitigating the risks associated with a recent review of the Part A MFPH examination by the GMC and ensuring an implementation plan is in place to ensure the implementation of a number of significant recommendations.• Building good partnerships with stakeholders including the Local Government Association, Public Health England and the Department of Health to ensure the specialty of public health is valued within the health system following the transition from the NHS to local government in 2013.

• Head of Professional Standards

  • Jun 2011 - Mar 2017

  Responsible for the development, administration and management of the post Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) functions of FPH, including membership policy, revalidation, CPD and senior public health appointments.

• Examinations Manager

  • Jul 2007 - May 2011

  Responsible for the development, delivery and evaluation of all FPH examinations.



The Royal College of Psychiatrists

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Examinations Officer

  • May 2005 - May 2007



Rhodes University

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Feb 2003 - Mar 2005

  - Writing a comparative history of museums in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa;- Completing a history of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown;- Part of a team researching, developing and installing an exhibition on the 1819 Battle of Grahamstown, at the Egazini Outreach and Interpretation Centre in the Joza Township in Grahamstown. - Writing a comparative history of museums in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa;- Completing a history of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown;- Part of a team researching, developing and installing an exhibition on the 1819 Battle of Grahamstown, at the Egazini Outreach and Interpretation Centre in the Joza Township in Grahamstown.