Ian Adams

Director of Corporate Affairs, NHS Resolution

Ian Adams MBE has combined a career in communications and marketing with a distinguished track record in public life, including serving as Lord Mayor of Westminster in 2017/18.  Today Ian holds a senior position in the health service, as Director of Corporate Affairs of NHS Resolution, the legal agency of the NHS in England.  Prior to this, he held senior employed roles in communications and marketing elsewhere in the NHS, and for national government departments and agencies, as well as the BBC.  Alongside his professional career in communications, Ian previously served for 20 years as a local authority councillor at Westminster City Council.  Today he sits on several charity boards concerned with human rights and social justice, including Amnesty International UK.  He holds an MBA from the University of Bradford and was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the university for his work promoting social justice.