The Lord Stevens of Birmingham | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 5 July 2021 Life peerage | |
Chief Executive of NHS England | |
In office 1 April 2014 – 31 July 2021 | |
Preceded by | Sir David Nicholson |
Succeeded by | Amanda Pritchard |
Member of Lambeth London Borough Council for Angell | |
In office 7 May 1998 – 2 May 2002 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Simon Laurence Stevens 4 August 1966 Shard End, Birmingham, England |
Political party | None (crossbencher) (2021–present) |
Other political affiliations | Labour (1990s-2000s) |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford (MA) University of Strathclyde (MBA) |
Awards | Knight Bachelor |
Simon Laurence Stevens, Lord Stevens of Birmingham (born 4 August 1966) is Chair of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency,[1] Chair of Cancer Research UK,[2] Chair of King's College London,[3] and an independent member of the House of Lords. In Parliament he focuses on defence and international relations (particularly maritime issues), science, the environment, health, and higher education policy.[4] Stevens was for seven years previously Chief Executive of NHS England.[5] Earlier in his career he was senior policy adviser to the Prime Minister, a senior executive in the private sector, and worked internationally including in Guyana, Malawi, and the United States.
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