People | Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis

APF is a people-driven organisation, it is vital to us that our community is a safe space for all, regardless of background, sexuality, gender, disability, or race. We gain strength from the wide variety of backgrounds that people come with. We value your unique experience and want your voice to be heard.

Daniel Saxton

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Daniel joined APF in September 2024 as our Chief Executive Officer.

Bradley Price

Director of Policy, Research and Involvement

Bradley joined us in May 2023 to lead APF's work putting pulmonary fibrosis on the agenda of Parliament and the NHS. He brings experience in health policy, with a particular interest in medicines access and patient involvement.

Jonathan Dawson

Director of Finance and Operations

Jonathan joined us in March 2024.

Lisa Trivett

Director of Fundraising & Communications

Lisa Trivett joined Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF) in March 2025.

Dr Michael Stubbins

Chair

Mike’s career has focused on research and development of new medicines and the application of genetics and genomics to healthcare in his current role for Genomics England, while doing his PhD and whilst working 20+ years with GlaxoSmithKline.

Dr Helen Parfrey

Trustee

Dr Helen Parfrey is a consultant respiratory physician at Royal Papworth Hospital. She is actively involved in research on pulmonary fibrosis and undertakes clinical and translational research on the role of innate immunity and infection.

Matt Kemp

Trustee

Matt has worked in scientific research for most of his career, first in the lab and now as the CEO of a global company developing scientific research equipment.

Emma Goodes

Trustee

Emma joined the APF Board as Treasurer in November 2024

Matthew Suddart

Trustee

Matthew works in the Public Sector and is passionate about raising awareness amongst policymakers and those who have the ability to lever change that will improve outcomes for pulmonary fibrosis patients.

Stephen Morgan-Hyland

Trustee

Stephen has over 20 years’ experience as a planning and property consultant and is a recognised expert in commercial development and regeneration.

Dr Simon Hart

Trustee

Dr Simon Hart is Reader in Respiratory Medicine at Hull York Medical School and a consultant respiratory physician at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, where he is the lead clinician for the Interstitial Lung Disease Service.

Wendy Dickinson

Trustee

Wendy Dickinson is one of APF’s founding trustees. Her father, football manager Peter Taylor, died from IPF in 1990 at the age of sixty-two. She is working to improve the lives and outcomes for PF patients and their families in memory of her dad.

Professor Nick Wareham

Chair - Research Review Panel

Professor Nick Wareham is the Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit, Co-Director of the Institute of Metabolic Science, Honorary Consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge, England.

Andrew Wilson

Research Review Panel Member

Andrew retired from his veterinary practice in 2005, and, while embarking on an MA in Pastoral and Theological Studies, started volunteering with refugee and asylum seeker charities.

Elizabeth Bray

Research Review Panel Member

Elizabeth’s late husband Mike was an IPF patient, who was fortunate to have a single lung transplant. Following his transplant, Elizabeth worked with Mike, the first Chair of Trustees of APF, and other founding trustees to set up the charity.

Dr Richard Allen

Research Review Panel Member

Richard is an Action for Pulmonary for Fibrosis Mike Bray research fellow at the University of Leicester, researching the genetics of pulmonary fibrosis using large-scale statistical analyses.

Suzanne Barrie

Research Review Panel Member

Suzanne lives in Scotland and currently works in the NHS as an Advanced Practice Vestibular Physiotherapist.

Susan Hall

Research Review Panel Member

My name is Susan Hall, I am a patient living with a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis called Idiopathic Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis under the care of Royal Papworth Hospital.

Jeremy Dearling

Research Review Panel Member

Jeremy is a Norfolk ex-staff nurse, disabled for over 20 years after surviving septicaemia, multiple organ failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation. He has been involved in Patient and Public Involvement for over 10 years.

Professor Ling-Pei Ho

Research Review Panel Member

Prof Ling-Pei Ho is the Professor of Respiratory Immunology at University of Oxford and an NHS Consultant in Respiratory Medicine.

Melanie Felton

Research Review Panel Member

Melanie was diagnosed with IPF in 2013, later changed to ILD (LIP/NSIP Secondary Sjogrens). She is a member of local patient support groups including British Sjorgrens, Royal Osteoporosis and APF.

Professor Stefan Marciniak

Research Review Panel Member

Stefan Marciniak is Professor of Respiratory Science in the University of Cambridge.

Professor Ann Millar

Research Review Panel Member

Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Bristol. Previously President of the British Thoracic Society and the British Association for Lung Research.

Professor Chris Scotton

Research Review Panel Member

Chris currently leads the Respiratory Medicine research group in the College of Medicine & Health at the University of Exeter.

Albert (Al) Hinde

Research Review Panel Member

Al was diagnosed with IPF in October 2020 at his local hospital. He is a member of the Tameside Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group and until recently acted as the group's Research Champion.

Professor Gisli Jenkins

President

Professor Jenkins leads the Margaret Turner Warwick Centre for Fibrosing Lung Diseases at the National Heart and Lung Institute. His clinical and research focus is on interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary fibrosis in particular.