On the first episode of the Xpert Lounge: Brendan Brown, Chief Executive of the Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, reflects on his career and shares some useful tips and advice for people at different stages in their journey.
From leaving home at 18, training to be a nurse and a therapist and being told nurses couldn’t make CEOs, Brendan reveals the obstacles and setbacks he overcame to get where he is today as the leader of an NHS Trust.
“Never let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Everyone has the potential to be a leader.”