Hugo was appointed as a Consultant Geriatrician at St James’s University Hospital in 1986.  When he moved to Seacroft Hospital in 1991 he became Clinical Director of a merged department of General and Elderly Medicine.

This was his first formal medical – management post and in 1992 he was also appointed as Director of Strategic Development on the Board of the Leeds Community and Mental Health Services Trust.

In 1994 he accepted an invitation to be seconded to the Leeds Health Authority as its Medical Director during the time of the Acute Services Review and thus played a leading role in developing the Service Reconfiguration Strategy for the City and in promoting the merger of the two teaching Trusts.

In 1996 he was appointed as Director of Commissioning at Leeds Health Authority, his first Executive Director post.

Following the Trust merger in 1998, he was appointed, in national competition, as Executive Medical Director of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Hugo’s current responsibilities include the broad area of Quality, Research and Development, Medical Education and Training and a number of areas of governance.  He chairs and leads many groups within the Trust and has in the past acted as interim Chief Executive.

He has served on many regional and national groups within the broader NHS, including Royal Colleges and the NHS Confederation. He is a Board Director of the British Association of Medical Managers.

Hugo has published several books and chapters on management topics, including a workbook based on original research into the attitudes of professionals towards clinical/academic freedom and corporate behaviour. His academic appointments include the visiting chair of the University of Leeds, a visiting fellowship at the University of York and he is an external examiner at the University of Durham.

Hugo also chairs a charity, OPTIN, which has facilitated a number of employees of the Trust in visiting developing countries to assist in knowledge transfer.

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