Dr Susie Perks-Baker

Dr Susie Perks-Baker has diverse work experience in various roles and organizations. Dr Susie currently works at The Church of England as a Programme Director for the Strategic Development Leadership Programme. In 2018, they started working as a Senior Advisor/Consultant for Health Care at the Health Care Leadership Academy (HLA), where they also served as the Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee and founder member of the Anglo-Saudi STEM group society for women. During the same year, they established their own consulting firm, Perks-Baker Consulting, specializing in global organization and leadership development.

Prior to that, Dr Susie Perks-Baker worked at The King's Fund as a Senior Consultant for Leadership and Organizational Development. Dr Susie was responsible for the Athena programme, a leadership development program for senior women leaders across the public sector. Earlier in their career, they held the position of Executive Director of Organizational Change at Hamad Medical Corporation, leading a transformative healthcare change program in Qatar.

Dr Susie also served as the Director of the Impact and Development Team at the Institute of Development Studies, where they focused on the relationship between research evidence and decision-making processes in health and education policy. Before that, they worked as the Director of Capability Development at Local Partnerships LLP, where they designed and developed master classes for senior public sector leaders.

Additionally, Dr Susie Perks-Baker has experience as an author at The Open University and as a Director for R&D and Organizational Change at Partnerships UK. Dr Susie has also worked as a research and evaluation lead in the health sector at The Matrix Knowledge Group.

Overall, Dr Susie Perks-Baker's work experience demonstrates their expertise in leadership development, organizational change, and health policy.

Dr. Susie Perks-Baker completed their education in a chronological order as follows:

- From 1990 to 1992, they attended London South Bank University and obtained a BEd (Hons) degree in Education for Health Care Professionals.

- Dr Susie then pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Research and Evaluation for Health and Social Care Professionals at North East Surrey College of Technology, which they completed prior to 1990.

- Dr. Perks-Baker later enrolled at the University of Surrey from an unknown start year to 2004, where they earned a Master of Science (MS) degree in Research and Evaluation.

- Their academic journey continued at Brunel University London where they worked towards a PhD in Medical Anthropology from 2001 to 2005.

- In addition to their formal education, they also completed an executive coaching course at Human Technics in February 2011.

- Dr. Perks-Baker completed an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Practitioner course in 2010, but no specific details about the institution were provided.