Our people

Steve Jones worked for 35 years as an expert on social and economic problems of development in South Asia and Africa. He ran his own consultancy practice and worked for clients including the United Nations, the World Bank, the UK government and EU.

Beckie is a public health specialist. She is an advocate of science communication and worked in this field in academic, corporate, media and voluntary sectors. Beckie is currently CEO of the Parent-Infant Foundation, a mental health charity.

Elizabeth worked in the further education sector for over 30 years, as a lecturer and curriculum manager - and then leading college business development.

Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Nottingham and Clinical Lead for the Nottingham Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, Dr Jenkins heads a laboratory researching pulmonary fibrosis.

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.

Howard Almond has worked in the computer software industry for 50 years, including over 20 years in Austria and Germany. He is still active in developing computer software solutions and is also busy with his son’s businesses.

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 is Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at Hull York Medical School and consultant respiratory physician at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, where he is the lead clinician for the Interstitial Lung Disease Service.

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.