Dementia 2020 Speakers

Professor Gillian Leng CBE
Chief Executive
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Gillian is the Deputy Chief Executive at NICE, the Director of Health and Social Care, and a visiting professor at King's College London. Gillian trained in medicine at Leeds, and then spent several years researching the epidemiology of peripheral vascular disease at Edinburgh University. She was involved in the Cochrane Collaboration as it ...

Kathryn Smith
Director of Operations
Alzheimer`s Society

Kathryn joined the Alzheimer's Society in September 2012 as Director of Operations. Kathryn's management and leadership responsibilities cover all of the Societies operational services through the Operational Leadership Team, which incorporates the local services in England, Northern Ireland and Wales and the Universal services through ...

Dr Matthew Norton
Director of Policy and Strategy
Alzheimer`s Research UK

Dr Matthew Norton joined Alzheimer’s Research UK as Head of Policy and Public Affairs in 2013 and leads on policy development and stakeholder engagement. He has a PhD in Social Policy and experience of supporting the design and running of bio-medical and clinical research for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Matthew has ...

Dr Charles Alessi
Senior Advisor and Lead for Dementia
Public Health England

A practising GP in south west London, Dr Charles Alessi has held senior positions in primary and secondary care. He is co-Chairman of the National Association of Primary Care and in 2013 was appointed Senior Advisor to Public Health England. He also is designated lead for dementia and wellness. Responsible for advising international ...

Sarah Pickup OBE
Deputy Chief Executive
Local Government Association

Sarah Pickup is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Local Government Association (LGA). Sarah previously worked for Hertfordshire County Council as Deputy Chief Executive with responsibility for the full range of corporate services as well as being the county’s chief finance officer. Until her appointment to this role in May 2013, Sarah ...

Andrea Sutcliffe CBE
Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care
Care Quality Commission

Andrea Sutcliffe became Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care in October 2013. She has nearly 30 years’ experience in health and social care, managing a range of services including those for children and older people. Previously Andrea was Chief Executive of the Appointments Commission and was an executive director at the National Institute ...

Hilda Hayo
CEO
Dementia UK

Hilda has been the Chief Admiral Nurse and Chief Executive Officer for Dementia UK since 2013. A dual registered nurse she has over 38 years’ experience developing and leading dementia specialist teams and services throughout the NHS. During this time, Hilda has held senior positions in clinical services, hospital management and higher ...

Angela Rippon CBE
Co-chair
Dementia Friendly Communities Champions Group

Angela Rippon has been a familiar face and voice in British broadcasting for over 40 years. The career of this award winning journalist has embraced an impressive variety of programmes on both radio and television for both Commercial and BBC stations in Britain, America and Australia. The scope and quality of her work has been recognised by ...

Professor Alistair Burns CBE
National Clinical Director for Dementia
NHS England

Alistair Burns is Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at The University of Manchester and an Honorary Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist in the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. He is the National Clinical Director for Dementia and Older People’s Mental Health at NHS England and NHS Improvement. He graduated in medicine ...

Gina Shaw
Ambassador
Alzheimer`s Society

Gina Shaw was diagnosed with dementia in August 2013. Based in Liverpool, Gina was a children's nurse at Alder Hey hospital. She enjoys singing (a member of a local Singing for the Brain choir) and put this skill to good use when starring in the Dementia Friends campaign television advert in 2014. Gina is a passionate advocate of the ...

Jan Zietara
‎Head of Operational Delivery
Health Education England

Jan Zietara is Head of Operational Delivery, HEE (South) and is Project Manager for both the HEE Dementia Education and Training Project and also for the Reducing Pre-registration Attrition and Improving Retention (RePAIR) work programme. She has worked in the NHS in acute trusts, at regional and national level. After an early career in general ...

Shahid Mohammed
Founder
BME Health and Wellbeing

Shahid worked within the Learning, Skills and Community Development sector for over 24 years with organisations including the Training Enterprise Council, Learning and Skills Council, Oldham Council and the British Council. When his mother became ill he took early retirement from a long career in the public sector and he became a full-time carer. ...

Agnes Houston MBE
Churchill Fellow
DAI Board Member

Agnes Houston was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's Dementia in 2006 at the age of 57. She is a active member of the Scottish Dementia Working Group. In 2012 she was elected vice chair of the European Working Group Person With Dementia also a board member of the newly formed Dementia ...

Louise Langham
Carer Engagement & Development Lead
tide – ‘together in dementia everyday’

Louise is Carer Engagement Lead for tide – together in dementia everyday (the legacy of The Carers’ Call to Action campaign where she was Carers’ Co-ordinator). She has experience of caring for both parents living with dementia in many care settings and thanks to receiving good support from her local authority was able to care ...

Paul Thomas
Co-ordinator
The Dementia Engagement & Empowerment Project (DEEP)

I am 63 years old, and have worked all my professional life in roles aimed at empowering people to have their say. My earlier working life was in nursing, and then third sector management, development and governance. I have lived and worked in Scotland for over 35 years, though I grew up in Manchester. I am and have been a family carer. I have ...

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