Peter Lees

Peter Lees is the Chief Executive of the UK Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM). In 2011, he was charged by the UK medical royal colleges and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges with leading the establishment of FMLM which became an independent charity in January 2019. FMLM is now the second largest medical leadership organisation worldwide with over 2,000 members. It jointly owns the journal BMJ Leader and the international leadership conference, Leaders in Healthcare. FMLM defined the first UK Leadership and management standards for medical professionals in 2015 and awards fellowships against those standards.

Previously, he combined a career in neurosurgery with senior roles in operational management and leadership development at trust, regional and national levels and in global health. Formerly he was Medical Director, Director of Workforce and Education and Director of Leadership at NHS South Central Strategic Health Authority. He was also Senior Lecturer in Neurosurgery at the University of Southampton from 1989 to 2011.

 He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and a Founding Senior Fellow of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. He is an  Honorary Visiting Professor at The Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London and an Honorary Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators.