Charlie Massey joined the General Medical Council as Chief Executive and Registrar in November 2016 prior to which he spent 4 years as a Director General at the Department of Health where he had had responsibility for acute care provision, policy and strategy on workforce issues, quality, safety, regulation and professional standards. He has worked in a variety of roles across government and the wider public sector including at the Department for Work and Pensions where he led on policy for State Pensions and other pensioner benefits, and in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit where he led projects on childcare and drugs.