Ken Jarrold CBE
Chair
Qualifications include BA [Hons] in History from Cambridge University, Diploma of the Institute of Health Services Management and an Honorary Doctorate from the Open University
Current and previous experience and skills/expertise:
- More than 50 years of experience in the NHS including 20 as a Chief Executive, 3 years at national level as Director of Human Resources and Deputy to the Chief Executive of the NHS in England, and 14 years as a consultant working with the NHS and a Chair and Non Executive Director in the NHS and the public sector.
- Chair of the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
- Chair of Brighter Futures Housing Association of Stoke on Trent
- Patron of the NHS Retirement Fellowship and of the Cavell Nurses’ Trust
- President of the Institute of Health Services Management
- Chair of the County Durham Economic Partnership
- Board member of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and of the Child Exploitation on line Protection Centre (CEOP)
- Co-Chair of the National Institute of Mental Health Development Board for the North East and Yorkshire
- Chair of the Pharmacy Regulation Oversight Group (PRLOG) and of the Rebalancing Board for Medicines Legislation and Pharmacy Regulation
- Honorary Professor of the Universities of Durham, Salford and York
- President of the Cambridge Union Society