Martin Machray has had a lifelong career in the NHS. Qualifying as a nurse in 1989, the following 15 years were spent in hospital services, much of which was in operational and clinical leadership roles, finally being the Director of Nursing for a large district general hospital in the West Midlands.
Subsequently he held senior positions in a range of organisations. This included strategic commissioning, the Department of Health and, for the last 8 years in the London Regional Office of the NHS. Here he held a variety of roles including the Regional Chief Nurse and during the pandemic, the Incident Director for the city region working with all sectors to support Londoners.
His final executive role has been as the director responsible for Improvement, Transformation and Partnerships across the NHS in London. Much of his role was working with partners from all sectors of the capital. Most notably Local Authorities, the Greater London Authority and the Community & Voluntary sector. The focus is on making London the healthiest global city and the best place in the world for all communities to receive health and care support.
After over twenty years of successfully delivering as a senior executive he is now working with a range of organisations. These include being a senior advisor to L’Ecole des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (French School of Public Health in Rennes), The Independent Complaints Panel of the Portman Group and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.