Eric joined the Health Foundation as a Governor in July 2017. He chairs the Audit, Programme-related Investment and Medtrust Committees, and is a member of the Remuneration and Governance Committee.
Eric is the External Member of the House of Lords Management Board. He has held a portfolio of public sector roles, including as a Panel member for the Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care in Wales, and as Non-Executive Director/Independent Advisor at the Senedd Commission, and for departments in the Cabinet Office, the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, at CPS London, and for e-skills. Many of his roles have focussed on business transformation and major programmes, and he has chaired several Audit and Risk Assurance Committees. He was also chair of the Consumer Goods Forum IT Board.
Eric worked for the John Lewis Partnership for 25 years until 2009, where he was a board director for seven years, holding all three principal IT Director roles before becoming Personnel Director John Lewis.
Interests and memberships
Eric is director of Business Ascent Consultancy Ltd.
He has presented at several Whitehall and Industry Group (WIG) conferences, including on ‘Successful Change and Engagement’, and has been a mentor for both KPMG C-Suite and Business in the Community.
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