Professor Greg Allen

Greg was appointed a Professor of Practice in July 2020.  He supports and advises colleagues across the Business School, Medical School and University with 'real-world' Board level and governance experience to inform acdemic delivery/teaching and research.  He is also active in external business engagement for the University.  He is a member of the Univeristy's strategic Mental Health and Well-Being Committee, representing the Business School.

He is an experienced CEO, chair, non-executive director/Trustee and advisor, with a career of over 30-years. His board and consutancy roles have spanned the commercial (plc), public, third and academic sectors, in addition to his experience as a senior civil servant. He has spent the last 20 years in board and executive roles across the health and care sector in the UK and internationally. He has overseen a range of research and policy initiatives linking business, start-ups, national policymakers and academia in the UK and overseas. 

His expertise is in Board governance, finance, risk and assurance - notably in the charity sector.  He is also professionally qualified as an HR/OD specialist, with particular interest in the future of work, responsible leadership, digital and the impact of business on the environment.

He is currently the Interim Chief Executive of the national Point of Care Foundation and a Board Trustee of the national Shaw Trust.  He was a previous long standing trustee of both Hospiscare and Arthritis Action. Previous national charity CEO roles include Interim CEO of Blind Veterans UK and CEO of Future Care Capital, a 70-year old national health and care charity whose Royal Patron was HM Queen Elizabeth II. He was also CEO of the national Centre for Workforce Intelligence – a key research body for the government (part of a FTSE 250 plc), senior civil servant at the Department of Health, a national director of Nuffield Health and private banker at Coutts & Co.

In his early career, he qualified as a teacher and, after being commissioned at the Royal Military Adcademy Sandhurst, served in the UK and abroad as an Officer in the British Army Adjutant General’s Corps (Education & Training Services). He is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a Fellow of the RSA.

Interests:

• Leadership and social change
• Organisational transformation
• The future of work, digitalisation and technology
• Health & well-being
• Longevity

Qualifications:

• MA
• BA (Hons)
• PGCE (QTS)

Professional / membership:

• FRSA
• Chartered FCIPD