Julie Dent was Chief Executive of South West London Strategic Health Authority until 1 July last year.

She left the NHS in March to take up a new portfolio career including being Chair of the London Probation Board. She has established her own consultancy company and is currently working one day a week as a consultant for the Social Enterprise Coalition. She is also working for the NHS Institute of Improvement and Innovation on the Medical Leadership and Engagement programme. 

She is Chair of Secure Health a social enterprise providing health care for offenders.

She has worked in the NHS for the past 22 years at national, regional and local levels. She worked in primary care for 12 years and for the past nine years has been part of the leadership for London. She was the project director in 2000 for creating the 5 London SHAs and the 31 PCTS and in 2005 was the Project lead for creating the new London SHA and reviewing PCT boundaries.

She held a number of pan London roles leading for prison health, mental health, children and emergency planning. She was a member of the Cabinet sub committee for London Resilience. She received the CBE in 2006 for her leadership during the London bombings and services to the NHS.

Julie has a particular interest in leadership and organisational development. Her SHA was in the top 100 Employers in the Sunday Times 2005 Competition. She has held a number of national roles in this area within the NHS including being a member of the national workforce programme board and chairing the national steering group for the European Working Time Directive 2009.

She was a member of the Council for St George’s medical school from 2004 until January 2007.She is school governor of Orley Farm School and is currently  chair of the Finance and Audit Committee. She is a member of the advisory Board For Royal Holloway Business School.

 She was a member of the APHG Advisory Board from 2004 until January 2007.

She is married with two grown up children.