Andy Griffiths – Leadership Facilitator 

 
Specialist interests: 
Organisational Change 
Healthcare Innovation 
Applied Leadership 
Simulation 
Healthcare Governance 
Team development 
Background 
Dr Andy Griffiths OBE is the Deputy Medical Director of Torbay and South Devon Integrated Care Organisation, a consultant anaesthetist trained in Intensive and Pre-Hospital Medicine and Programme Director of a Post Graduate Cert in Healthcare Leadership and Management at the University of Exeter Medical School. A veteran and Army Reservist, Andy has spent over twenty years in the Army Medical Services where he has operated worldwide and in all recent conflicts. He has commanded up to unit level and is a graduate of the Advanced Command and Staff Course. 
Professional certification 
Andy holds a Medical Degree from the University of Nottingham. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, a Chartered Manager with the Chartered Managers Institute and has a Diploma in Strategic Leadership and International Affairs from Kings College in London. 
Representative client experience and key skills 
As a senior clinical leader he has led significant service transformation in both military and civilian healthcare settings. 
 
As a proven healthcare innovator, Andy led the creation of the Pre-Hospital Anaesthesia Course and wrote its associated Handbook, was instrumental in the creation of the Medical Emergency Response Team and the assisted with the design of a Biological and Chemical agent safe hospital and first-world Ebola Treatment Facility. 
 
He has particular expertise in the provision of Urgent and Emergency Care, with experience in developing novel solutions and new approaches in the Emergency Room, Ambulatory Care and the use of video conferencing/consultation. 
 
With pragmatism and fortitude , Andy has led teams in some of the most inhospitable environments in the world; consistently delivering excellence and often delivering beyond what was considered to be within the art of the possible. 
 
Most recently he has used the latest technologies and teaching methods to create modules for masters level study in Healthcare Leadership and Management at the University of Exeter that are now considered to be on the leading edge. 

Chris Gibson – Leadership Facilitator 

 
Specialist interests: 
Organisational Change 
Healthcare Innovation 
Applied Leadership 
Simulation 
Healthcare Governance 
Team development 
Sports Team Development 
Background 
Chris Gibson MBE - brings over 30 years military experience to this project. He has held leadership roles throughout his career which have seen him serve on specialist military operations all over the world. Having graduated from NHS Staff College he has taken his inventive enthusiasm for adapting military leadership and wisdom for the wider benefit of enterprises such as the NHS. Having gained a post graduate award in Medical Simulation Management from Harvard University, Chris was appointed as The Chief Instructor of The Army Medical Services Training Centre, the world’s largest medical simulation centre. Whilst there he co-developed a training and assurance methodology for hospital care which has been adopted by American, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand militaries as international best practice. Of recent Chris was given the task of leading on the development and delivery of a training model for military and NHS volunteers to combat the Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa. This was an irrefutable success which saw over 1200 personnel deploy appropriately trained and equipped for the rigor of delivering care in a West African jungle, for which he was awarded the MBE. A known innovator, Chris was recently awarded with The Health Service Journal Special Recognition Award, the first occasion this has been issued for his development of innovative solutions to healthcare this was latterly followed by Ideas UK as International Innovator of the Year 2017-18. Of late Chris has been the government lead on assisting London Ambulance Service NHS Trust out of Special Measures. He remains much sought after as a key note speaker on leadership and innovation by leading academic institutes. 
Professional certification 
Chris holds a Masters Degree in Business from The University of Northampton and in Leadership from The University of Portsmouth. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Stratford Business School and a Post Graduate Certificate from Harvard Medical School. He is an ILM Level 7 trained Executive Coach. 
Representative client experience and key skills 
Chris has developed and lead team working within challenging environments throughout his career. 
 
Chris is currently The United Kingdom’s International Innovator of the Year having a desire to work with teams faced with complex issues and finding mechanisms to solve these problems. 
 
Chris of late has been tasked by government into struggling organisations to understand how better leadership and organisations can create a winning effect. 
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