Patrons and Ambassadors
Meet our patrons and ambassadors.
Patrons
Lord Victor Adebowale CBE
Patron
Victor is the Chair of Social Enterprise UK and the NHS Confederation. Before this, he was Chief Executive of Turning Point, a social enterprise. He is a Non-Executive Director of the Co-Operative Group, Collaborate CIC, Nuffield Health, Visionable and Leadership in Mind. Victor also served for 6 years as a Non-Executive Director on the board of NHS England and currently sits on the board of the NHS Race & Health Observatory. He became a crossbench peer in 2001.
Ambassadors
Mr Martin Griffiths CBE DL
Ambassador
Martin Griffiths is National Clinical Director for Violence Reduction at NHS England, Clinical Director for Violence Reduction Network at NHS London, and a Consultant Trauma and Vascular Surgeon.
Yvonne Coghill CBE
Ambassador
Yvonne Coghill sits on the board of the Institute of Health Improvement and the Race and Health Observatory. Prior to these roles, she was Director for the Workforce Race Equality Implementation Team in NHS England/Improvement.
Professor Michael West CBE
Ambassador
Michael West CBE is Senior Visiting Fellow at The King’s Fund, London and Professor of Organisational Psychology at Lancaster University, Visiting Professor at University College, Dublin, and Emeritus Professor at Aston University, where he was formerly Executive Dean of Aston Business School.
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Mission and Vision
We exist to develop a surgical community of excellence. Uncover more about how we plan to achieve our aim
Core Values
Learn more about our goals, what we believe and how we plan to drive forward improvements in equality, diversity and inclusion across the UK’s surgical field.
Our Team
Discover how BABS is governed, who our leaders are and what they do to keep our Association on track.