Gillian Leng CBE

Gill Leng is the chief executive of NICE. As a junior doctor, she was struck by variations in clinical practice and this developed into a passion for using evidence to improve care. Her career has spanned research, evidence synthesis, management, and healthcare.

Her aim is to transform the organization with new methods and processes to put NICE at the forefront of evaluating new medicines, devices, and diagnostics, and deliver dynamic, living guidelines.

Gill trained in medicine at Leeds, worked on clinical trials and epidemiological research in Edinburgh, and was a public health consultant in London. She was an editor of the Cochrane Collaboration and is now chair of the Guidelines International Network.