An award-winning communications and engagement professional with over 18 years’ experience within the NHS covering all elements of communications and engagement including media relations, online and social media, marketing campaigns, advertising, internal communications and patient and public engagement. An advocate for inclusion for all, who has written thought pieces on how inclusive ways of working can bring benefits for communities and the wider workforce. With experience of working at regional and national level, he has contributed to change programmes that impact on a wider scale. Prior to joining the NHS, he worked in the higher education and voluntary and community sector as well as in corporate account management at O2.