Robert ‘s background is in journalism, public relations and lecturing. He has been a board director of an international consulting firm, a global media relations manager for a Scandinavian shipping conglomerate and worked with HRH Prince of Wales’s Princes Youth Business Trust and Business in the Community. He is currently a visiting fellow at Leeds Business School, part of Leeds Beckett University. Robert suffered a stroke in 2019 receiving treatment at both Bradford Royal Infirmary Airedale General Hospital (AGH).His key focus as a governor is an integrated service between GP surgeries and AGH for stroke survivors in the community. Robert is also member of the West Yorkshire Integrated Stroke Delivery Network and a patient ambassador for AGH and BRI.