Dave Harris currently serves as the Director of People, Culture and Wellbeing at the University of Bradford, a position held since September 2023. Additionally, Harris is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the School of Health and Society, Salford University. Previous roles include Director of People and OD at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust from September 2014 to September 2023, Deputy Director of HROD at Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Head of HR Operations at Merseyside Police. Harris also worked as an HR Business Partner for the North West and Scotland and NI Regions at the UK Border Agency. Educational qualifications include an MA in Classics from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Innovation and Improvement Science from Lancaster University.