EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TANVIR ALAM - Chair
As the Deputy Medical Director at North East Essex Integrated Care Board, I am responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality and integrated primary care services to the local population. I have over 13 years of experience as a General Practitioner and Clinical Consultant, with a diverse and multidisciplinary background in Trauma & Orthopaedics, Accident & Emergency, and Mental Health. I hold multiple fellowships and memberships from prestigious medical institutions, including the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, the Royal Society for Public Health, the Royal Society of Arts and the Institute of Equality and Diversity Professionals. I’m also a Leadership Fellow at the prestigious Society of Leadership Fellows, St. George’s House, Windsor Castle In addition to my clinical role, I am also a Training Programme Director at NHSE where I lead a regional initiative to reduce differential attainment and support International and UK ethnic minority medical graduates in General Practice. This is part of my mission to share my knowledge and skills with the next generation of healthcare professionals and to promote equity, excellence, and innovation in the medical field. I have been recognised with the Imran Yousaf memorial award from BAPIO for my contributions to helping doctors predominantly IMGs with the MRCGP examination and advancing EDI. I’ve been honoured with being on the list of 50 most influential Muslims in Europe for 2024 and 2025
Sunil Daga - General Secretary
Alister D'Souza - Co-General Secretary
A multi-award-winning Senior NHS Leader, recognised locally, nationally, and globally, with a strong track record of turning innovation into real-world impact at scale. Currently operating across national and system leadership roles, I bring a blend of hands-on operational delivery and strategic governance, including experience as a National Executive Board Member and Parliamentary Health Committee contributor. One of the youngest senior leaders, I offer a fresh, energetic perspective grounded in credibility, pace, and results. I demonstrate strong leadership across diverse NHS settings, prioritising collaboration, teamwork, and the building of trusted relationships to deliver outstanding results, including recognition through a parliamentary award nomination from my local MP. I specialise in translating ideas into action, leading workforce, digital and AI-enabled innovation, system transformation, and programmes that improve outcomes, reduce inefficiency, and tackle health inequalities. Known as a strong connector, I work effectively across the NHS, industry, academia, and policy to mobilise stakeholders, challenge constructively, and deliver measurable outcomes. I am driven by one principle: turning good ideas into outcomes that make a real difference.
Ananta dave - Vice Chair
Currently Chief Medical Officer Black Country Integrated Care Board in the NHS. Immediate Past Medical Director at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist with over 25 years’ experience. Churchill Fellow 2019. I have enjoyed a variety of Clinical, managerial and policy based roles locally, regionally and nationally through my work with the NHS and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. I am interested in workforce development through values based leadership, ethical decision making, quality improvement and compassionate care delivered seamlessly across boundaries. I have specific experience of Safeguarding, suicide prevention, Looked After children and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Tista chakravarty-gannon - vice-chair
Head of Outreach Strategic Delivery and National Engagement at General Medical Council
Paul Singh - teasurer
JAGTAR BASI CBE - National ADVISOR
Prof Jagtar Singh OBE was appointed as chair of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) in 2014 in September 2024 he completes the maximum 9 years term and will step down as chair . He has a wealth of expertise, including 30 years in the Fire and Rescue Service, and 12 years in non-executive roles in the NHS (having previously worked as a non-executive director in the Ambulance Service, and Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust). Jagtar is recognised for his passion and support for reducing inequalities. He has been selected by NHS England to serve on the NHS Assembly and is was a trustee of NHS Providers, which ended in June 2023. Jagtar was acting chief fire officer in Bedford and Luton Fire and Rescue Service and rose from fire fighter to divisional commander in the West Midlands Service. In 2003, Jagtar received both the Public Servant of the Year Award at the Asian Achievement Awards ceremony in Birmingham, and an OBE for his work on equality and diversity in the fire service. In the NHS, Jagtar has been recognised for his work on equalities and inclusion and he has received awards from national bodies including the Health Service Journal (HSJ). In 2020 he was named by the HSJ as one of the 50 most influential BAME leaders in health and won the National Asian Achievement Awards in 2016 for most influential NHS leader. Jagtar has also served as a trustee of several charities in the past including the Healing Foundation, Employment Opportunities for Disabled People and Bedford Race Equality Currently he is a member of the NHS Assembly and the NNH Honours committee. jagtar is a founder of Asian Fire Service Association that’s has made significant contributions to inclusion in the fire service. Jagtar consultancy JSA Ltd offers a range of training and development solutions
Rajeev Gupta - Editor HLJ
Professor Rajeev Gupta is the Editor of the "Health Leaders Journal" and member of national team for APNA NHs . He is a dedicated Consultant Paediatrician with over 27 years of experience, an accomplished author of over 45 scientific publications and many books. He has demonstrated leadership skills through multiple prestigious roles with chairmanship of the Regional Council of the British Medical Association, Educational Committee of British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, and the Central Specialist Committee of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. He is reviewer of many journals and editor of a few journals and has build the Health Leaders Journal for APNA NHS from scratch. He is an award-winning innovator in digital technology and passionate about integrating modern medicine with alternative and complementary medicine. Acclaimed for leadership, management expertise, and exceptional teaching skills, Dr Gupta is Triple accredited MBA holder with additional qualifications in coaching and emotional intelligence which he uses to mentor and coach NHS and non-NHS executives and other members.