[3] He graduated with a first class degree in Mathematics from the University of Warwick, where he was general secretary of the students' union.

[5] In December 2014 he was appointed the chair of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to begin in June 2015.

[6] He was introduced as a crossbench life peer in the House of Lords on 17 March 2015,[7] and in October 2016, he became chair of the board of governors at Sheffield Hallam University.

[11] Shortly afterward, reports surfaced that he had been asked to resign by the chair of NHS Improvement two days previously owing to the trust's "poor financial performance".

[18] In 2004, he received an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University for his "distinctive contribution to public service".