Category: Speakers

Dr Dave Knight (MBChB, MMed, FCPHM(SA)) is an occupational and public health specialist who works internationally, across different industries, as a consultant and corporate medical advisor. He works principally with International SOS and Corporate Medical Advisors, but also privately and holds an academic post at the University of Cape Town. He was lead investigator of...

Rory O’Connor PhD FRSE FAcSS is Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and a Past President of the International Academy of Suicide Research. Rory leads the Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory (Web: www.suicideresearch.info; Twitter: @suicideresearch) at Glasgow, one of the leading suicide/self-harm research...

Dr Robin Cordell MBA FRCP FFOM Robin Cordell is in day to day clinical practice as an occupational physician, and is co-owner and Chairman of Cordell Health, a social enterprise delivering occupational health services across a range of organisations in the public, private and charitable sectors.   He had previously served for more than 20 years...

Peter Cheese CIPD Chief Executive Peter is the CEO of the CIPD, the professional body for HR and People Development. Since January 2019, he has been co-chair of The Flexible Working Task Force, a partnership across government departments, business groups, trade unions and charities, to increase the uptake of flexible working. He is also Chair...

Lieutenant General (Rtd) Professor Martin CM Bricknell CB OStJ PhD DM MBA MA MedSci Professor of Conflict, Health and Military Medicine Professor Bricknell was appointed as Professor of Conflict, Health and Military Medicine at King’s College London in April 2019. Prior to this he served 34 years in the UK Defence Medical Services, culminating his...

Martie van Tongeren is professor in Occupational and Environmental Health and director of the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH), within the School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester. The COEH delivers the largest post-graduate degree in Occupational Medicine in the UK, as well as a wide-ranging doctoral programme in Occupational and Environmental Health....

Lisa Greer (MSc, BA (Hons), DipOT) qualified as an occupational therapist in 1995 and has worked in England and Scotland, specialising in mental health and vocational rehabilitation for most of her career. Between 2010 and 2013 she was the Scottish Government National AHP Lead for Vocational Rehabilitation and Mental Health, responsible for driving forward the...

GARETH JONES – BIOGRAPHY Professor Gareth Jones is a non-clinical epidemiologist who has worked in the field of arthritis and musculoskeletal health for over 20yrs. He trained in epidemiology at the University of Manchester in the Arthritis Research Campaign (now Versus Arthritis) Epidemiology Unit.  Thereafter, he was appointed Lecturer in Rheumatic Disease Epidemiology, also in...

Dr Fiona Adshead, Chair, Sustainable Healthcare Coalition Fiona chairs the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition that inspires partnerships and action on sustainable healthcare. She also works as an independent expert advisor and board member for national and global organisations on wellbeing and sustainability. She is a high-profile wellbeing and public health leader with a track record of...

Dr Johanna Feary is an NHS Respiratory Consultant at Royal Brompton Hospital specialising in Occupational Lung Disease and Asthma and a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London. She is one of three consultants in the ‘Lungs At Work’ clinical service at the Brompton which sees over 300...