Our Team

James Titcombe OBE

Chief Executive

James became a passionate advocate for patient safety after losing his son Joshua due to failures in his care at hospital in 2008. He has since worked with various organisations, including the Care Quality Commission, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, and the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. He is the author of Joshua’s Story, a book that shares his personal and professional journey in patient safety. James also contributed a chapter for the book ‘Restorative Just Culture in Practice (Dekker, Oats, Raffety) published in 2022.

James is an honorary visiting fellow at Cranfield University, and a regular speaker at conferences and events. He holds an OBE for his services to patient safety and a PGCert in Patient Safety from Imperial College London.

Jeremy Hunt

Chairman

Jeremy Hunt spent over a decade in government, most recently as Chancellor from October 2022 to the election this year. Before that, he was Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee in Parliament, having also been Health Secretary from 2012 to 2018. In June 2018, Jeremy Hunt became the longest ever serving Health Secretary. He has also been Foreign Secretary and Culture Secretary, including overseeing the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in the latter role. He is currently Member of Parliament for Godalming and Ash.

David Grunberg

Trustee

A Chartered Accountant by qualification, David founded Grunberg & Co, a top 100 accounting firm. Since retiring, he became a council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales London Council, having been selected by his fellow peers in the profession for this forward-thinking approach. This tenure has recently ended, giving David the time to devote his attention to various charities, having been appointed as Trustee to those closest to his heart. His philanthropic work has included raising awareness for the Weizmann Institute, and the Haifa Technion, both world renowned organisations, known for their scientific research.

Mike Durkin

TRUSTEE

Mike Durkin is the Chairman of the Governing Board for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. As one of the world’s foremost authorities on patient safety, he holds numerous advisory positions, serving as Senior Advisor on Patient Safety Policy and Leadership for the NIHR Imperial College Patient Safety Translational Research Centre in the UK, and Academic Director of the Global Patient Safety Collaborative, a partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UK government.

A qualified physician, Mike previously held clinical, research, and teaching positions in cardiovascular anesthesia and critical care in the UK and the US, before embarking on a 25-year career in medical management and leadership, culminating in an appointment as NHS Medical Director across the South of England.

Mike subsequently served as the NHS National Director of Patient Safety, leading the development of the National Patient Safety Alerting System and 15 Patient Safety Collaboratives across England. He has also worked to promote patient safety across the world, helping to establish WHO’s Global Ministerial Summits on Patient Safety which have been held in locations ranging from Tokyo to Jeddah.