Dr Giles Thorpe is the Executive Chief Nursing Officer at NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board, following his role as Chief Nurse at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Giles has held a number of senior nursing and quality roles across the East of England and London, spanning a 20 year career, with a passion for leading nursing and quality improvement initiatives and delivering patient safety improvements across sectors and specialties.

Giles is an Honorary Professor at the University of Essex, in the School of Health and Social Care, where he maintains his passion for research, supervising doctoral students in their studies, and supports the school in its development of new education programmes to meet the needs of healthcare services across Essex.