Biography

Alan Maynard is Professor of Health Economics and Director of the York Health Policy Group in the Department of Health Sciences, University of York. He is also an Honorary Professor of Health Economics at the University of Aberdeen, Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Adjunct Professor, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Mr. Maynard was Founding Director of the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York (1983 – 95) and Founding Editor of Health Economics, a specialist journal. He has worked as a consultant for the World Health Organisation, the World Bank, and the UK Government’s Department for International Development in countries such as China, Cyprus, Chile, Brazil and South Africa. He has published widely in books, specialist journals and the media. He is Chair of the York NHS Health Services Trust and has been involved in NHS management since 1983.