Gavin was previously employed as Director of Development with Cochrane which is an international charitable organisation formed to synthesise medical research findings to facilitate evidence-based choices about health interventions involving health professionals, patients and policy makers. In this role, Gavin was responsible for income generation, communications, membership, learning and policy/public affairs.
Other previous roles include Director of Business Development with Extern which is a charity which delivers services to extremely vulnerable people in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, including people who are homeless, refugees, people with addictions, and disadvantaged young people and families. In this role, Gavin led on the organisation’s income generation, communications and engagement, strategic development and public affairs activities.
Prior to taking up his role with Extern, Gavin undertook a similar position with the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB). Gavin has also been a Programme Manager and Head of Programmes with the Big Lottery Fund where he managed the assessment of funding applications and developed new funding programmes.
Gavin is currently Chair of Arts
Care which is an Arts and Health Organisation
which delivers a wide range of Arts programmes and projects across all Health
and Social Care Trusts, making all forms of art accessible to patients,
clients, residents and staff in health, social and community care settings.
