Meet The Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Professor Beverley Harden (MBE)
Deputy Chief Allied Health Professions Officer,
National Health Service, England
Emeritus Professor Mary Lovegrove (OBE)
Emeritus Professor of Education and Development for AHPs,
London South Bank University
Emeritus Professor Mary Lovegrove is a diagnostic radiographer by profession. She is currently an Envoy to the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Health at Coventry University and a Visiting Professor at Buckinghamshire New University. Mary has extensive experience being a Board member of several organisations, including health care providers, professional bodies, charities and education academy trusts. She has considerable research experience in workforce improvements and education developments for the allied health and wider non-medical workforce. She has a particular interest and expertise in clinical leadership and in the impact of education and training of AHPs. She is the Co-Director of Allied Health Solutions, a small company that promotes enterprise, innovation, and partnership. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Jubilee Honours in 2012, and the inaugural International Allied Health Award for Excellence in 2013.
Emeritus Professor Mary Lovegrove will be speaking on the topic “Maintaining tempo: How do we stay the course as an Allied Health Professional?”
