David Darton Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Set up and now responsible for the Data, Research and Intelligence Hub. This is 50 people covering 1) the analysis of operational data and provision of dashboards to drive efficiency and effectiveness and a multitude of interactive data tools such as GMC Data Explorer, available to the public 2) a research team doing research projects themselves and commissioning around £750,000 of research projects each year and 3) insight teams providing and sharing analysis and insights externally and internally, including two flagship publications on workplace experiences and on workforce under the SoMEP brand. These teams also provide ED&I insight and risk analysis for the Patient Safety Intelligence Forum. Also part of Directorate Leadership Team for the Strategy and Policy Directorate and a frequent speaker at events.

London, United Kingdom

Member of Directorate Leadership team; Head of Intelligence Unit (includes three teams: research/research commissioning, data analysis, and insight/policy development; until last year also included business planning team); Developed, wrote and monitoring 2014-2017 corporate strategy; Development of intelligence model and various risk analyses; leading data strategy; Member of patient safety intelligence triage forum that assesses risk and prioritises regulatory activity; Lead in producing the annual State of Medical Education and Practice (150 page data and research analysis, different each year). Responsible for £1m annual research budget; Evaluation projects including 3-year evaluation of 'Revalidation of Medical professionals'; Providing insight for all four countries of the United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Worked as a consultant for 2-3 days a week on my own account and for some of the period as a partner of the Future Foundation, part of Experian at the time, whilst working 3-4 days a week as a director of the Equality Opportunities Commission and then the Equality and Human Rights Commision over this period.Consultancy included:Economic and social forecastingStrategic positioning of organisations;Risk Analysis;Responding to consumer/citizen need;market segmentation;development of new offers;regional/city development plans.Clients included:Department for International Development;Department for Rural Affairs;East Kent;Friends Provident;North West Development Agency;Social Exclusion Unit;Women's Sport Federation;Also during this period provided media training in partnership with two others for the ESRC and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Within this trained a large number of social researchers and helped transform the influence of social research on policy making and practice developmentAuthor of several books including'Right Use of Money' (published by Policy Press on behalf of Friends Provident)'Lifetime Homes a Design Guide''Tackling Disadvantage': A 20 year Enterprise'

London, United Kingdom

Member of Senior Leadership team; variety of strategic roles including Foresight and risk analysis, developing framework for regulatory decision-making; chairing weekly meetings to prioritise regulatory activity; commissioning research, drawing strategic and operational conclusions and making recommendations to the board of commissioners; chairing cross-government meetings relating to equality and human rights; providing analysis for the strategic plan; providing economics and analytic expertise to statutory Inquiries; leading the social analyst and economics and statistics teams; Senior stakeholder engagement

Manchester, United Kingdom

[Employed 3-4 days a week, varying over the period and was consultant for rest of time (see above)]. Part of a new senior management team that turned around what had been designated a 'failing organisation' into a high performing one with a high reputation among private employers and public sector stakeholders (MORI research). As part of thisLed strategic discussions as part of the boardLed the research divisionSpecified and sometimes led statutory investigations into sectors;Wrote a number of influential research and policy reportsAdded in-house analysis to commissioned research to provide insights that influenced EOC and Government action - such as development of 2010 Equality Act, development of Paternity leave;Frequent presenter to large audiences

Author of several stories in three collections of short stories.Also wrote one of the four stories in 'York Breadcrumbs' and was generally involved in this project that was designed as part of encouraging family use of the city in the evening. The stories followed trails around York, aimed at different age groups and I was involved in negotiating with York City Council to embed reflector lights in the pavements along the routes of the trails. The book is sold with a torch and the stories are designed to be read as families follow the trails at night. From mid 2005 to mid 2006 was also on the publishers' board with usual non-executive responsibilities and with a particular PR and marketing role.

York, United Kingdom

Member of the Board. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation ran the largest programme of social research in the country, but also ran a number of care homes and owned a suburb of York. Main roles included:Driving overall JRF strategy, its research programme and translating research into policy and practice; Set up the practice development division; Responsible for JRF's high media profile and its publishing, including the much-imitated 'Findings' series; Developed a large web site with 20,000 subscribers and extensive database for targeted mailing; worked with NGOs, Government and its agencies on a variety of policy developments, including for example introducing Part M of the building regulations to make private housing suitable for disabled people.

London, United Kingdom

One of a small group of directors that founded and owned the Henley Centre, creating a thriving consultancy of over 100 staff, eventually sold to WPP, the world's largest marketing services group. As a founding director much of the responsibility was selling business and expanding the company, but I led all the non-economic forecasting consultancy and the teams that did this as well as a spell leading the economic forecasting too. Led consultancy for a wider range of blue-chip companies, mostly in the FTSE 100. Consultancy was primarily inEconomic and demographic forecasting;New Product Development (NPD)Market segmentation and marketing strategy.I had particular sector specialism in media, pubs, brewing and entertainment.

Seoul, Korea

The senior economist for the state owned Korea Exchange Bank and the Ministry of Finance , based in Seoul, South Korea. They made an error employing me to this senior position, believing me to be older and more experienced than I was because I had temporarily been editing the 'Director's Guide to the UK economy' after leaving LSE, due to someone being ill! They were going to find someone else when they realised, but I grew into the job so they let me keep it!Main responsibilities included running their research divisions and producing various reports for the Korean Government and on the Korean economy. Also formally advised senior government officials and politicians on what I thought UK and western policy announcements probably really meant as opposed to what literal translations told them.