Mr Tooke is Executive Chairman of Academic Health Solutions, a start-up Group offering advice to clients internationally on medical research and strategy and health service transformation. He is Senior Independent Director at BUPA Chile and was until 2019 non-executive director of the BUPA main Board and the Chair of the Medical Advisory Council. He is the Chair of Collaboration for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI) UCL and Chaired the Oversight Group for the Academy of Medical Sciences project 'How we best use scientific evidence to judge the benefits and harms of medicines'. He also served as an Independent Review Board Member for Google DeepMind Health (UK). Sir John was Head of the School of Life and Medical Sciences at University College London (UCL) as Vice Provost (Health) and Academic Director of UCL Partners from 2010 - 2015. He is the Past President of the Academy of Medical Sciences in the UK. Sir John is a clinician scientist with 30 years' experience as a consultant physician in diabetes, endocrinology, vascular medicine and internal medicine with research experience (basic biomedical, experimental medicine, and applied health research including improvement science) recognised through Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He held a Board position at the Francis Crick Institute (2011 - 2015) and was a Member of the Council for Science & Technology (2011-2015) reporting to the Prime Minister (UK).
