Dementia 2020 2017 Speakers

Jeremy Hughes CBE
Chief Executive
Alzheimer`s Society

Jeremy Hughes joined Alzheimer’s Society in November 2010. He is leading the charity in its five year strategy, ‘Delivering on Dementia 2012-17’, managing an annual budget in excess of £90m. Jeremy co-chairs the Dementia Friendly Communities Champions Group with top broadcaster Angela Rippon for the UK Prime Minister, ...

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 ...

Dr Alison Evans
Head of Policy and Impact
Alzheimer`s Research UK

Alison is Head of Policy and Impact at Alzheimer’s Research UK, where she leads the policy work on influencing the dementia research landscape and preparing the NHS for future treatments. She previously worked as Head of Research and Policy at The Brain Tumour Charity where she developed a new research strategy and led HeadSmart, an early ...

Xanthe Townend
Programme Lead - IAPT & Dementia
NHS England

Xanthe has been the Programme Lead for dementia at NHS England since late 2015 and, since summer 2017, has also led the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. Prior to moving into a national policy role, she was an operational research analyst in the civil service. She has a BSc in Mathematics, an MSc in Military ...

David Nuttall
Deputy Director - Dementia Policy
Department of Health

David is the Deputy Director for Dementia and Disabilities at the Department of Health and Social Care. He has had this role since October 2016 and is responsible for a portfolio which includes implementation of the Government’s Dementia 2020 Challenge, Learning Disability policy, the Adult Autism Strategy and Disability policy more ...

Margaret Willcox OBE
President
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)

Margaret Willcox has worked in the public sector since 1976 – NHS, Voluntary Sector and Local Authorities. Initially qualified as a nurse, both general and mental health, Margaret held a number of clinical posts before specialising in dementia care. Margaret moved into management in the late 1980’s. Over half her career has ...

Professor Gillian Leng CBE
Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Health and Social Care
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 ...

Dr Jennifer Bute
Person Living with Dementia
Service User

Dr. Jennifer Bute was a highly qualified senior doctor in a large clinical practice, whose patients included those with dementia. Then she began to notice symptoms in herself. She was finally given a diagnosis of Young Onset Dementia in 2009. Jennifer believes that her dementia is an opportunity as well as a challenge. When she resigned as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Suzy Webster
Carer
Lived Experience Advisory Panel

Suzy Webster is a carer for her Mum who lives with dementia. When the diagnosis was confirmed 6 years ago, her family made some big decisions around life, love and the future. Through her story, Suzy shares the joys, the losses and the compromises that dementia has brought to her family and her relationship with her Mum. She believes that ...

Andy Baker
Managing Director and Head Trainer
Able Training Support

Andy is the director and head trainer of ABLE Training, he has been training for over 10 years. He started ABLE Training Support Ltd in 2008 and since that time he has grown it to where it is today with the assistance of a small team of dedicated staff.

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 ...

Rachel Thompson
Professional & Practice Development Lead
Dementia UK

Rachel is the Professional & Practice Development Lead for Admiral Nursing with Dementia UK. She has over 30 years nursing experience, of which 20 years have been in dementia care and has been a member of the DAA since its outset, including in her previous role as the Dementia Lead at the Royal College of Nursing. She has ...

John Turk MBA
MD / CEO in Social Care
Elderly Care and Mental Health

John Turk is Director of Centra. He also chairs the Hertfordshire Independent Living Service; an inspiring, multi-award winning social enterprise specialising in older people’s services and is a Faculty Advisor on Innovation at the London Business School. After studying Civil Engineering, John’s career has spanned the military, ...

Stian Lavik
Director of International Markets
Motitech AS

Stian Lavik is Director of International Markets in Motitech and Director of Motitech UK Ltd. He has been working building the growing Motitview-community of physically active seniors in care homes and adult day care centres in the Nordic countries and is now spreading the good word and concept in the UK.

Clare Jefferies
Owner
Home Instead Wimbledon and Kingston

Clare Jefferies established Home Instead Senior Care Wimbledon & Kingston nearly eight years ago to provide homecare and companionship to older people to help them continue to live in their own homes as long as possible. After losing her father to Motor Neurone Disease and her mother to cancer within seven months of each other, Clare was ...

Lynn James
Carer
Home Instead Senior Care Wimbledon

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