Lee Radford

Chief People Officer

Lee Radford is chief people officer for NHS Derby and Derbyshire and for the Joined Up Care Derbyshire system.

Lee was previously acting chief people officer of Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB and before that he was its director of organisational development and education.

Lee started his career on a Youth Training Scheme working in IT in the further education sector then becoming a lecturer and then a senior manager in a college executive team.

He started his NHS career in 2008 and has worked in acute trusts in Nottingham as deputy director of training, education and organisational development.

In London he was a programme director for culture, leading on the King’s Fund National programme for culture and inclusion by bringing together four acute hospitals into a group model.

Lee has also served on the Board of the East Midlands and North West Leadership Academy, been the Vice Chair of Governors at a local college and Local Education Training Council in Nottingham.