Chair, NHS England National Improvement Board | David Fillingham CBE, is well respected and well known throughout the NHS, having been Chair of Healthier Wigan Partnership, Chief Executive at the Advancing Quality Alliance, CEO at Royal Bolton Hospital and Deputy Chair at Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool.

David joined the NHS in 1989 after working in manufacturing. He held several chief executive positions and served as the Director of the NHS Modernisation Agency from 2001 to 2004, where he focused on developing new practices and fostering leadership development across the NHS. He received a CBE for his contributions.

In 2010, David became the National NHS Quality Champion and later retired from the NHS in June 2019 after serving as the Chief Executive of AQuA. Additionally, he held various non-executive roles and served as a visiting Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund. David has particular interests in quality improvement, leadership development, co-production with the users of services and partnership working.