Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry University of Plymouth 

Ambassador of the Alzheimer's Society Nationally on going

Member of the Prime Ministers Dementia Champion group ongoing

Chair of the Prime Ministers Rural Dementia Friendly Task and Finish group ongoing

Chair of the PM's dementia air-transport group ongoing

Chair of the national poetry project.

Trustee of National Blind Veterans UK board ongoing

Chair of a Global dementia group 

Chair of the Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance 2011-2023

Trustee Blind Veterans UK on going

Trustee of BRAVO VICTOR U.S.A. ongoing

Active Member of the British Standards Institute on going

Active member of International Standards Institute ongoing.

Trustee of Bravo Victor B.V.U.K research group on going

Chair of the Ukrainian Dementia project ongoing

• Chair of the Academic Dementia Global Group 
• Ambassador of the Alzheimer's ongoing
• Member of the Prime Ministers Dementia Champion group 2012-2023
• Chair of the Prime Ministers Rural Dementia Friendly Task and Finish group ongoing 
• Chair of Dementia in Maritime Organization's, 2017,2018, 2019
• Chair of the PM's dementia air-transport group ongoing
• Member of the National health and Care Professions:-ongoing
• Chair and member of the national poetry project 
• Trustee of Blind Veterans UK ongoing 
• Trustee of Blind Veterans Research Group ongoing
• Trustee of Bravo Victor U.S.A research group ongoing
• Active member of the British Standards institute ongoing
• Active member of the International Standards Organization ongoing 
• Lifetime President of Saltash United J.F.C.:- ongoing
• National Scam Ambassador: - ongoing.
• Chair of the Ukrainian Dementia project ongoing
• Chair and Founder of Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance ongoing
• Founder and ambassador of Dementia Friendly Parishes around the Yealm, (ongoing).

National Awards:-

• Queens Birthday Honors list 2019. B.E.M.
• National Dementia Friendly City award 2016/2017.
• Medical Journal National Dementia team of the year.
• Plymouth University Ambassador award 2014.

PhD Supervisor.

• Dementia and Air travel 2017/208/2019/2020

Teaching commitments at University of Plymouth 2015/16/17/18 ongoing 

Nurses

Medics 

Paramedics 

Nurses returning 

Dentists

Midwifes

Physiotherapists  

• Health and Social Care Nurse Dementia teaching (Dementia) 2013/2014/2015/201617/18/19/20
• Paramedics teaching (Dementia) Awareness of dementia 2013/14/15/16/17/18/19/20
• Schools 2014/15/16/17/18/19
• School of Dentistry Students 2016/2017/2018/2019/2020
• Plymouth University Staff Dementia awareness 2014/15/16/17/18/19/20
• Student Midwifes lectures (Dementia) 2015/16/17/18/19/20
• Nurses returning to work 2014/2015/2016/17/18/19/20
• Teaching Chinese nursing students 2016/17/18/19/2020
• Plymouth city staff and Plymouth city retail staff 2015/16/17/18 
• Gatwick Airport Staff 2017/2018
• Exeter Airport Staff 2017/2018
• Community farming network staff 2016/17
• R.A.B.I Staff Training 2016/17
• N.F.U, 2016
• Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth Hospitals 2014
• Oral Health practitioners,
• Devon Parish Councils 2014/15
• Naval Base Devonport, 2016
• Plymouth Hospitals 2014/2015
• Plymouth City Council 2015

Ian has had three successful careers.  He spent the first 25 years of his working life keeping aircraft at 30,000 feet as an aircraft engineer with the Fleet Air Arm working all over the world. At the age of 40, Ian made a dramatic change and embarked on a university course to become a social worker. He joined Devon County Council as a social worker in 1987. He gained his M.A. in Management from the University of Plymouth in 1996.  

From 1987 to 2004, Ian worked in Local Government and achieved Senior Manager Status. During his time in Local Government these are some of the programmes and services he has managed they include Social Services District Adult teams responsible for Drugs and Alcohol, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Older People, Sensory and Physical Disability services. 

Ian project managed a major change management programme for Plymouth City Council and Health’s Learning Disabilities Services, Project managed all Plymouth City Councils Asset Management programme, managed Local Government Re organisation in Devon and managed the Performance and Policy teams in Plymouth City Council.

Ian was also the lead officer in a successful Public Service Agreement programme for 12 cross boundary targets bringing together the statutory and third sector in Plymouth to work with Whitehall on achievable outcomes for the people of Plymouth. He has also been an active member of 17 major Local Government working parties ranging from Child abuse in the Inner City to the role of Performance in local government. He has also acted as a management consultant to other Local Authorities.

He has produced 15 research papers - Homelessness of Young People Leaving Care, The Viability of Local Strategic Partnerships and Can Your Rights Survive the Road to Residential Care.

From 2007 to 2009 whilst working at the University of Plymouth Ian was an active member of the South West Lifelong Learning Network with a special interest in the Public and Third Sectors. During that time, he was part of a research programme “Understanding the Sustainable Skills and Knowledge Required by Town and Parish Councils”.

From 1986 to 1992, Ian founded P.R.A.D (N.G.O) taking aid, equipment and best practice to Eastern Europe. During this period, the group built strong links between Plymouth Hospital Trust and their counterparts in Eastern Europe. The outcome: - Doctors, Nurses and Social Workers could share best practice.

With the support of Devon County Council Ian embedded 6 Devon County Social Workers in Romania to work alongside their counterparts for one year. This enabled both countries to learn from each other in the fields of Childcare and Adult care.

Ian is a founder member of the Plymouth University Dementia Group. Their research to date includes “Early Diagnosis of Dementia in Plymouth” Dementia Quality Mark for Residential care, Evaluation of day opportunities provided by the Voluntary and Private sector for individuals with dementia and their carers, evaluation of residential care in Torbay 2015 which recently received the British Medical Journal award for Dementia team of “The Year 2015”. He has presented at the Alzheimer’s International Conference 2012/14/, the all Wales Dementia Conference 2014/2015/16, the Prime Ministers Dementia Challenge launch, he also presented at the D.of.H Expo.

Ian is a member of the Prime Ministers Dementia Friendly Communities Challenge Group 2015/16/17/18/19/20, his role on this group is chair of the South and South West of England. Ian stepped down as a Trustee after six years on the Board nationally for the Alzheimer’s Society. Ian is now an Ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society 2017/18/19/20.

Ian was an adviser to Devon County Council for their Center of Excellence approach to dementia care. He is a founder member of the Plymouth Dementia Alliance and Dementia Friendly Parishes around the Yealm. Ian is the chair of the Prime Ministers Task and Finish group for Rural Dementia 2015/2016/17/18/19.20. He also chairs the national Air Transport dementia group 2015/16/17/18/19/20.

Ian is the driving force behind the six successful Plymouth International Dementia Conferences. Ian is also the chair of the Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance which won a national award of “Dementia Friendly City of the year 2016/17”. Ian was commissioned by the Drake Foundation to evaluate the ex-military veteran’s memory café in Plymouth. This service is seen as an exemplar in dementia support.

Ian is currently working with researchers from the Netherlands and Japan.

Ian has just been awarded two-year finance to teach Chinese students both here in the UK and China.

Ian and a team from the university have secured six year funding to evaluate living well programme for older people in Torbay.

Ian launched the first dementia friendly community in Italy in September 2016.

Ian was a keynote speaker at the 2017/2018 Tokyo and Osaka dementia conferences.

Ian has a memorandum agreement between Plymouth University and the University of Macau Nursing Faculty March 2017/18/19. Ian and members of the University of Plymouth have signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Health Bureau of the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

Ian and members of the Prime Ministers Rural Dementia Task and Finish group have produced three papers for the House of Lords Rural select committee December 2018: - Radio Me, Dementia Care Farms, Dementia Friendly Parishes.

Ian is a member of a small research team from Plymouth University Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry to be award five year funding for a Dementia Person Aligned Care Team (D-PACT) 2018/2023 research programme.

Ian chaired and gave a key note speech at the Osaka Japan dementia conference 2019. Ian is also in great demand as a keynote speaker at national and International conferences on dementia.

Ian was awarded the B.E.M in the Queens birthday honors list in 2019 for his work in the field of dementia.

Ian has been elected to the Board of Blind Veterans UK 2019 ongoing and Bravo Victor 2021 ongoing.

Ian is an active member of British Standards Institute 20/21/22/23 and the International Standards Organisation 2021/22/23.