Non-executive Board member

Dean Fathers

Professor Dean Fathers DL

Professor Dean Fathers DL joined the Board on 2 January 2018. He is Chair of the Quality Committee and is an active member of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group. He has over 20 years of experience chairing NHS organisations in primary, acute, mental health and community provider bodies as well as commissioning organisations. He has also been on the Board of NHS Providers, was Vice Chair of the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network and held appointments on the Workforce Race Equality Standard, Leadership and Talent Academy Boards within the NHS.

Since leaving the NHS, Dean has maintained a portfolio career. He is Chair of the Midlands Engine Health Care and Life Sciences Board, sits on the Greater Lincolnshire LEP Board, (where he chairs the Health and Care Strategic Advisory Board), is a Governor of Portland College and has several commercial health-related roles. In addition, Dean sits as a Lay Member on the Academy of Healthcare Science Regulatory Board, (chairing the Life Science Industry Steering Group). He also chairs the Centre for Organisational Resilience and the International Institute for Rural Healthcare at the University of Lincoln, (where he is a Professor of Resilience), and holds Honorary Visiting Professor appointments with the University of Nottingham and the Institute of Mental Health.