Chris Lake was the head of professional development at the NHS Leadership Academy and led the design and delivery of the Academy’s professional leadership programmes. He also led the Graduate Management Training Scheme, Academy fellowships and was lead faculty on the Executive Fast Track and Intersect programmes. Chris was also Senior Leadership Consultant at The King’s Fund, and previously Executive MBA Director at Roffey Park Management Institute. His prior commercial experience was gained in the retail sector. Chris’ expertise is leadership and organisation development (OD). He is alumnus of the Columbia (New York) University Advanced Programme in Organisation Development and his own MBA focussed on leadership and organisation behaviour.