Dean Royles is the director for NHS Employers. Previous roles include director of workforce and education at NHS North West; director of HR and communications at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust and deputy director of workforce for the NHS at the Department of Health, where he was responsible for developing a national HR strategy for the NHS. He also had responsibility for work linked to the European Working Time Directive.

Dean was the first HR director at East Midlands Ambulance Service following its creation in 1999. He has also worked at Chesterfield Royal Hospital and in a community trust having started his HR career in industrial relations in a local authority.

Dean has an MSc in Human Resources. He is also a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle Business School, chair of the board of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a chartered fellow for the same organisation.

You will hear from Dean Royles in the plenary session taking place on Wednesday 16 November from 14:45 - 16:30.