John is Managing Director of the Arden & Greater East Midlands (GEM) Commissioning Support Unit. Having recently gained a place on Lead Provider Framework Arden & GEM are committed to providing a complete range of commissioning support services to its customers. It is able to achieve this aim by employing 1200 staff who want to provide excellent services and through a range of strategic partnerships with other CSUs and Companies. Arden & GEM provides services locally, regionally and nationally. In addition to the above John is a Board member of the York Health Economics Consortium and is a managerial board member of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) who advise the Secretary of State on controversial health service reconfiguration issues.Since 2006 he has led commissioning organisations as a PCT Chief Executive and as Cluster Chief Executive of NHS Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes with a budget of £1.4 billion responsible for commissioning services to meet the needs of over 1 million residents.As well as leading commissioning organisations John also has extensive experience running hospitals including 15 years within University Hospitals such as Guy's and St Thomas'.
Listed skills include Healthcare, Change Management, Public Sector, Stakeholder Management, and 24 others.