We are delighted to welcome Dr Dominique Allwood as the new Chief Executive Officer for Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP) 

Dominique joins ICHP from neighbouring health innovation network UCLPartners, where she is currently Chief Medical Officer. Her focus is on clinical engagement across the partnership and with the Health Innovation Network Clinical Executives in her role as the Network deputy. 

Dominique is an experienced medical leader and a Consultant in Public Health Medicine by background. She has worked extensively across healthcare for two decades in leadership, management and advisory roles for provider and commissioner organisations, academic institutions, national bodies, management consultancy, charities and think tanks. She will also retain her part-time role as Director of Population Health at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.  

Richard Stubbs, Chair of the Health Innovation Network, said:

“I am thrilled to welcome Dominique to her new role at ICHP, and therefore the wider Health Innovation Network leadership community. No doubt the whole Network will benefit from her wealth of invaluable experience, but especially her vast clinical expertise in population health improvement and public health at this pivotal time where we focus even more of our efforts on prevention and moving people’s care into the community.”

Before joining the Network, Dominique was the Assistant Director for Improvement at the Health Foundation where she led work on anchor institutions and the role of the NHS in improving health.

Dominique’s qualifications include an MBA from Henley Business School, an MPH from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and an MBBS from King’s College London. She is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College, Associate Editor of BMJ Leader and a previous Darzi Fellow in Clinical Leadership. She has also held Board roles in NHS and non-profit organisations.

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