Currently, Lead Governor at Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust 2021- date; Trustee and Director Moorfields Eye Charity 2017-date. Vice-chair advisory group for the development of the new Moorfields Eye Hospital, London due for completion in 2027; this state-of- the- art ophthalmic centre comprises Moorfields Eye Hospital, the Institute of Ophthalmology, education, training and research. Rob became a Patient Governor in 2004 when the role was first introduced in England and since that time has served terms as Vice- Chair of Governors, Chairman of the non-executive Recruitment and Remuneration committee and Chair of the Governance committee. Rob is a registered blind person, having been blind since birth. He is a former chair of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, having served on the CSP Council for sixteen years and was the first physiotherapist to represent the profession on the Regulatory Authority (the Health and Care Professions Council) at its creation, this was a Ministerial appointment; he was also the Allied Health Professions (AHP) Consultant seconded to the Commission for Health Improvement – the fore-runner of the Health and Care Quality Commission. Rob has served on several Department of Health working groups and committees including Referral to Treatment, IM&T Programme Board, Manpower Planning Advisory Group and chaired the Reed Clinical Coding working party. Rob holds a Doctorate in Management, a Master’s in Social Policy and Administration and a BA in History, Philosophy and Humanities. He graduated as a chartered physiotherapist in 1971 and was a winner of the McTier prize. Rob was a physiotherapy clinician for many years and became a CSP tutor and supervisor in manual therapy. He became a senior leader and manager in physiotherapy and the Allied Health Professions working at Executive Board level. After retirement from the NHS he set up and ran a company working in Leadership and Management Consultancy nationally and internationally and is the lead author and joint editor with Dr Fiona Jenkins for a series of books on leadership and management topics for the Allied Health Professions and has jointly led masterclasses and presentations. He is the author of more than thirty articles and papers on a wide variety of topics on clinical, management, leadership, IM&T and historical topics. He was a founder executive member of the International Physiotherapy History Association. Rob has supervised students at PhD and Masters levels and is a life Honorary Fellow of the University of Brighton. He has a wide range of other interests including: music, ballroom and latin dancing, sport-particularly rugby and cricket, and is widely travelled.