Government Affairs lead at the Obesity Health Alliance

Alfred Slade is the Government Affairs lead at the Obesity Health Alliance, a coalition of over 50 of the UK’s leading health charities, medical royal colleges and campaign groups that have come together to advocate for population-level prevention measures to address the UK’s high prevalence of excess weight. This includes Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation, Diabetes UK, the BMA and the Royal Colleges of Physicians.

He leads the alliance’s work in parliament and wider political messaging, including around key legislation to protect children from unhealthy food advertising on TV and online. Prior to this, he worked for a healthcare focussed public affairs agency focussing on obesity, social care and cardiovascular issues.

CEO, Black Pear Software and the Chair of Trustees , Public Health Collaboration

‘Dr. David Jehring, has a distinguished 20-year career as an NHS family doctor.  His journey in healthcare technology began with the pioneering development of the UK’s first Windows GP clinical system. This foundation paved the way for the evolution of Black Pear Software, which now empowers healthcare professionals, especially in critical areas like A&E and hospices, to access comprehensive and up-to-date patient information. This not only ensures enhanced quality of care but also respects and integrates patients’ wishes regarding their treatment, making healthcare more personalised and patient-centric.

In addition to his medical and technical contributions, Dr. Jehring has trained with the British Society for Ecological Medicine, emphasising nutrition and environmental medicine. After joining the Public Health Collaboration as a trustee, he was recently appointed Chair of Trustees, reflecting his commitment to promoting metabolic health through lifestyle choices.

Parallel to his medical interests, Dr. Jehring advocates for regenerative farming practices. He has actively sought knowledge from experts in the field to enhance soil quality at his farm in Worcestershire. Underlining the connection between soil and human health, he recently hosted “Pear Fest – From Soil to Soul”, a conference that brought together professionals from both the farming and medical communities.’

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Director of Education Services, iaps

Mark has worked in the education sector during the last 29 years. He has taught in both the state and independent sectors, including senior, junior, prep, day and boarding schools. Mark trained as a PE teacher and subsequently became a Director of Sport, Deputy Head and Director of Studies before gaining Headship.

Mark was appointed Headmaster for Giggleswick Junior School from 2007 – 2015 obtaining ‘outstanding’ in all areas of its inspection reports. During his Headship, the school trebled its pupil numbers and was nominated for the Independent School Awards for Strategic Initiative (2010) and Community Initiative (2011). Mark became a governor of a local state primary school serving as an education adviser (2013 – 2015) and Governor of a large Independent School (2020 – 2022)

In 2009, Mark was elected as District Representative for the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS), a membership organisation that serves over 660 independent prep and junior schools across the world, sitting on the National Council (2009 – 2012). He was then elected Chairman of IAPS (2014 – 2015) and became a Board Director of the Independent Schools Council (ISC). Mark continued his passion for the work of IAPS as he took on his current role as IAPS Director of Education in September 2015.

Mark is currently a Board Director for the Independent Schools Teacher Induction panel (ISTIp), representing IAPS on the Independent Schools Exam Board (ISEB) Education Committee and was recently awarded a Fellowship of the Chartered College of Teaching.

Mark is a proud husband and father, and enjoys sports and outdoor life.

Director, Public Health Collaboration UK

Sam Feltham has been in the health and fitness industry for over a decade. Starting out as a party coordinator at a sports centre he worked his way up to study at the European Institute of Fitness and qualified as a Master Personal Trainer. After 5 years of running a fitness boot camp business and a successful podcast, Sam shifted his focus to improving the health of the public through sustainable lifestyle changes by founding and directing the Public Health Collaboration (Charity no. 1171887). PHC is dedicated to cultivating a society where everyone enjoys good metabolic health.

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Patron, Pubic Health Collaboration UK, The Bennet Foundation

“The current decline in our nation’s health makes me frustrated, furious and fired up to create change!”

I am driven by a feeling of duty to pass on the knowledge I have gained in turning my own health around (I was obese for over 25 years) to others.

I am passionate about helping prevent and reverse, type 2 diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome across the UK.

Therefore, I spend my working days on several different approaches. As best as I can I use my business experience to amplify the voices of an ever-growing force of brilliant doctors, GPs, nutritionists, and medical experts, to communicate their message of how to achieve good metabolic health, focusing on preventing what is preventable and curing what is curable direct to the public. I created Health Results www.healthresults.com to help people explore, measure, and improve their metabolic health and I am a benefactor to both the Public Health Collaboration www.phcuk.org  and the Bennett Foundation www.BennettFoundation.org.uk .

I am a dad to 7 wonderful children and 2 adorable grandchildren. My day job after the morning school run is following my passion to educate our country about metabolic health. I love adventures too, and have trekked to the North Pole, sailed across the Atlantic, undertook some mammoth Strive Challenges and more recently, along with several members of the PHC, cycled 500 miles in five days with Zero calories!

Click here to watch ‘Zero Five 500’ on YouTube.

In a previous life…

• Owner & CEO of the UK’s fastest growing company 1996 “Sunday Times”
• In 1998 -Co-founded Safepurge Ltd, the world’s first shower head to prevent legionnaires disease safepurge.co.uk
• Created jungle.com in 1999, built to £100 million in annual sales, then sold to Argos
• 2002 created a TV shopping business which became Gemporia, which floated in 2006