In conversation: Nick Pahl

An interview with the chief executive of the Society of Occupational Medicine

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Nick Pahl was appointed as chief executive officer of the Society of Occupational Medicine in April 2016. John Ballard asks what motivates him at work and how he sees OH developing in the UK over the coming years.

Nick Pahl is chief executive officer of the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) and has been in the role for eight years. He spoke to Occupational Health [at Work] and shared his personal thoughts about the direction of the OH professions and the future development of the SOM.

Tell us a little about your formative years? I grew up in a village outside Canterbury. My wife and kids say I repeatedly say I spent a lot of time ‘rummaging about in the woods’. Dinner times in my childhood were frequently unintelligible as my parents – professors in social policy and sociology – argued about academic nuance…

Nick Pahl is chief executive officer of the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) and has been in the role for eight years. He spoke to Occupational Health [at Work] and shared his personal thoughts about the direction of the OH professions and the future development of the SOM.

Questions by John Ballard, editor, Occupational Health [at Work].

Author: Pahl N, Ballard J

Tags SOM - Society of Occupational Medicine

Occupational Health at Work April/May 2024 (vol. 20/6) pp14-17

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