Derek Prentice (lay)

Derek Prentice is the managing director of the Customer First Consultancy Limited and previously held a number of executive appointments, including assistant director with the Consumers' Association, president of the Bureau of European Consumer Unions, chief executive of the Association of London Authorities.

Derek has been a London borough councillor, a member of the governing body of St Thomas' Medical School, a member of the governing body of King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry and a member of a number of health authorities mainly linked to King's College Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital.

Derek has also served as a trustee of King's College NHS Trust Charitable Trust. He is currently a trustee of The British Home – which is an independent charity that provides specialised nursing and social care for people with long term medical conditions and severe disabilities.