He is the principal of Johnny Timpson Consulting and Non-Executive Chair of both specialist military insurance brokerage Absolute Military and cross sector vulnerability tech Morgan Ash. A Financial Inclusion Commissioner, Johnny additionally Chairs the Building Resilient Households Group and is a member of the Financial Services Consumer Panel, the BIBA Access To Insurance Committee, the National Independent Consumer Organisation Financial Protection Panel and Hargreaves Lansdown Savings & Resilience Barometer Sounding Board..
Johnny sits on the Insurance Institute of London DE&I Committee and has ambassador roles with the Surviving Economic Abuse Charity, the Women In Protection Network and Age Irrelevance. A Trustee of the Caudwell Children’s disability charity, he also holds advisory roles with the Vocational Rehabilitation Association UK, the Protection Distributors Group and Income Protection Taskforce.
A founding and current board member of GAIN ( the Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity), Johnny is a former DWP and Cabinet Office Disability Access Ambassador and member of the Prime Ministers Champion Group for Dementia Communities where he worked with the Internation Longevity Centre “Living Well With Dementia” project, he also held advisory roles with the University of Edinburgh Business School “ Supporting Health Ageing at Work (SHAW) programme and University of Bristol “Financial Wellbeing Of Disabled People In The UK” project.
Johnny was awarded with an OBE in the Queens New Years Honours 2022 for voluntary services to people with disabilities and financial services, he is a longstanding Friend of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association and in various roles advocates the importance of rehabilitation together with embracing prevention, healthy ageing at work in relation to all dimensions of health and the social model of disability. In addition, having lived experience of disability, improving access to adjustments together with access to work support.
Having worked as a GP Principal for many years, he chose to become a Freelance GP in 2012. Currently working across 2 GP practices and other healthcare providers, his current portfolio includes work as a GP with a Special Interest (GPSI) for people with substance misuse problems, musculoskeletal pain and occupational medicine. His portfolio also includes work in urgent care. He was recently elected to the RCGP Council and is a Medical Champion for Work as a Health Outcome with Public Health England.
He was Clinical Lead for one of the UK Fit for Work pilots (2008-12) that provided a referral service for GPs to help people with long term physical and mental health conditions stay in the workplace. This led to a number of follow-on projects aimed at improving care for the people of working age with chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions. These were recognised through various awards, from VRA, BMJ and NHS England.
Rob’s aim is to see a world where GPs will naturally refer patients for vocational rehabilitation as they would when requesting a blood test, X-ray or other forms of therapy.
She chairs the board of Think Ahead, the Government’s fast-stream training programme for Mental Health Social Workers; the Board of Nuffield Health and Corporate Services Ltd; and the Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science. She is a member of the Bevan Commission on health in Wales, the board of UK Active, Rand Europe’s Council of Advisers, the Strategy Board for the Defence National Rehabilitation Centre, and the Advisory Board of Step up to Serve.
Dame Carol has compiled three independent reviews for the UK Government. As National Director for Health and Work (2006-11) she completed in 2008 a review of the health of the population of working age, which led to a revised medical certificate of sickness; and in November 2011 she completed as Co-Chair an independent review of sickness absence in Britain whose recommendations have mostly been put in place. Her latest independent review, of employment outcomes of addiction to drugs or alcohol, or obesity, and the benefits system, was published in December 2016 and is gradually being implemented.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine. Kim’s current research focuses on exploring the nature of obstacles to return to work for people with common health problems, including development of novel vocational rehabilitation and educational interventions. He is an expert advisor to the government’s Joint Work and Health Unit. Kim was appointed OBE in 2011 for services to occupational healthcare.
Debbie undertakes research in physician health as well as running a service for Wales for doctors with mental ill health. She also undertakes research into mental illness and employment and improving the conversation about work and health in health practitioners. She is a principle investigator at the National Centre for Mental Health in Cardiff, which researches a wide aspect of mental health, including employment issues in Wales. Debbie is the Faculty of Occupational Medicine lead for Physician Health and helped establish in 2011 the UK Association of Physician Health. In 2012 Debbie received the OBE for her contribution to occupational medicine.
He is currently the Cabinet Office Disability Champion for the Insurance Industry and Profession, and Chairs the Access to Insurance Working Group, in addition he is also a member of the CII’s Insuring Women’s Futures Programme Advisory Panel and London Institute Inclusion and Diversity Committee. Johnny is also a member of the Resilience Task Force chaired by Baroness Drake and the Income Protection Task Force where he sits on both its Welfare and Building Resilient Households Working Groups.
A former chair of TISA’s Consumer Protection Policy Council and member of the ABI Protection Committee, Johnny until there close, was a member of the Seven Families Project team where he lead a workstream plus the Money Advice Service Mental Health Fin Tech Advisory Group.
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