Professor Sir Albert Aynsley Green Kt.
Current Positions Held
- Founder and Director, Aynsley-Green Consulting
- Professor Emeritus of Child Health at University College London
- President of Contact–a–Family
- President of the Association of Young People’s Health
- Vice-President of the Children’s Foundation, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Patron of the Childhood Bereavement Network
- Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, University of Oxford
- Honorary Member of Council, NSPCC
- Honorary Fellow, UNICEF UK
- Lay Canon of Salisbury Cathedral
- Chair Elect, Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education
Career and Professional Background
- 2005 – Feb 2010 Children’s Commissioner for England
- 2000 – 2005 National Clinical Director for Children in government
- 2000 – 2005 Chair of the NHS Taskforce for Children
- 1993 – 2005 Nuffield Professor of Child Health and Board level Executive Director for Clinical R & D, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and the Institute of Child Health in London
- 1984 – 1993 James Spence Professor of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1975 – 1984 Clinical and then University Lecturer and Fellow of Green College, University of Oxford
- On the Boards of many national and international grant giving bodies and advisory councils
- External advisor and examiner in Universities internationally, particularly in Asia and the Middle East
- Foundation Governor of a C of E junior school
- Governor of an independent secondary school for girls
- Medical Advisor for a special school for children with profound disabilities
Personal Achievements and Awards
- Numerous academic qualifications: MA (Oxon); DPhil (Oxon); MB,BS (London); MRCS(Eng); FRCP(London); FRCP(Edin); FRCPCH; FMedSci; FFPH(Hon); FRSA
- Five honorary doctorates from the Universities of Pecs (Hungary) and Northumbria, Liverpool, York and Northampton in England
- Many national and international markers of esteem, including the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Fellowship of the Nuffield Trust, and numerous visiting professorships and named lectureships internationally.
- 2006 Knighted for his services to children and young people in Her Majesty the Queen’s 80th Birthday Honours List.
Topics List
- Critical analysis of research and political strategy
- Policy making
- Professional development
- Mentoring
- Leadership
- Motivation
- Innovation, system change and transformation
- Science of effective advocacy
- Participation methodologies for engaging children and young people
- Raising aspirations of children and young people
- Safeguarding
- Child health
- Charitable fund raising
- History of Childhood
- International perspectives of children’s services
