Alan joined us in October 2018 as the chair of both Western Sussex Hospitals and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals.
He is a chartered civil engineer with 40 years’ experience in the public sector, including five years as chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council.
Alan retired from full-time employment in 2009 and embarked on a mixed portfolio of non-executive positions including being chair of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust for eight years and a year chairing Brighton and Hove PCT.
In 2020 Alan was awarded an MBE for services to the NHS.