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Profiles

Lord Victor Adebowale

Chief Executive, Turning Point

Since 2001, Victor has been Chief Executive of Turning Point,
a health and social care social enterprise providing services
for people with complex needs including those affected by
substance misuse, mental health issues, unemployment,
housing issues, offending behaviour and those with a
learning disability.
The organisation is engaged with more than 25,000
people in 200 locations across England, employing more
than 3,500 people with a turnover of £125 million.
Victor has a passionate interest in public service reform
and reversing the inverse care law. In pursuit of this, he
lectures and speaks widely on the subjects of poverty,
social exclusion, equality and human rights, leadership and
change management.
He is a Visiting Professor and Chancellor at the University
of Lincoln and holds a number of honorary doctorates. He
has an MA in Advanced Organisational Consultation from
the Tavistock Institute, is a Fellow of the City & Guilds of
London Institute, an associate member of the Health Service
Management Centre at the University of Birmingham and of
the Cambridge University Judge Business School, and sits on
the Board of Governors of London School of Economics.
& Third sector
Victor is also a Non-Executive Director of NHS England,
Public Sector
President of the International Association of Philosophy and
Psychiatry, and Chair of Vision Development. He is a Non-
Executive Director of IACOM Ltd and Leadership in Mind,
and also joined the Co-operative Board in April 2016. He
was recently appointed Chair of Social Enterprise UK.
In 2000, Victor was awarded the CBE for services to the
New Deal, the unemployed, and homeless young people
and one of the first people to be made a so-called ‘People’s
Peer’ when he was made a life peer in June 2001 – he sits as
a crossbencher in the House of Lords.

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