HFEA organisational structure
Our organisational structure diagram explains how each department fits in to the overall organisation.
- Junior staff posts and payscale (CSV 4Kb) - as at 31 March 2013
- External Recruitment Spend (XLS 32Kb) - for the period 1 November 2010 to 31 March 2013
HFEA Senior Management Biographies
HFEA Chief Executive
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson joined the HFEA in January 2009 as Director Strategy and Information. After a brief first career in academia, Peter joined the civil service in 1997 and went on to work for a number of Government departments over the next 11 years.
Among a variety of roles, Peter was responsible for the Government's policy on the legal recognition of transsexual people, including in 2004 taking the Gender Recognition Bill through Parliament and establishing the Gender Recognition Panel, a tribunal to approve applications from transsexual people to change their legal status.
Peter also led the team which was responsible for the justice element of the UK Presidency of the EU in 2005.
More recently, Peter worked for the Ministry of Justice leading the strategic co-ordination across Government of the Prime Minister's Governance of Britain programme of constitutional renewal.
Director of Compliance
Nick Jones
Nick Jones joined the HFEA from the Care Quality Commission, where he was Head of Planning and Performance. He has worked in health care regulation (within the Commission and its predecessor bodies) for eight years.
He has led high profile work including leading the overall regulatory approach affecting NHS organisations, social care providers and councils; a ground-breaking review of learning disability services in the NHS and independent sector; and the development of strategic and business plans – establishing and measuring the anticipated outcomes of health care regulation.
Prior to this, he worked in the social housing industry in housing associations, consultancy and as a regulator putting in place a new regulatory framework.
Nick is passionate about placing people at the heart of services and the importance of their involvement in improving the quality of care. He is also passionate about the role that regulation can play in partnership with people who use and provide services to bring this about.
Nick lives in Muswell Hill, North London with his partner and three children.
Director of Finance and Facilities
Mark Bennett
Mark Bennett joined the HFEA in December 2008. Prior to this, Mark worked for Transport for London (TfL) for five years, where he managed the statutory transport planning, target reporting and funding processes with the 33 London Boroughs.
In addition, he managed a project to deliver a web-based portal connecting TfL with the boroughs.
Mark is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and also has a Masters Degree in Environmental Decision Making from the Open University.
In previous roles, Mark has held Senior Positions in a wide variety of different sectors and industries including Shell and general management consultancy. He has lived and worked in Brunei, Bulgaria, Romania, Egypt and Vietnam as well as the UK.
Page last updated: 04 July 2013