Lynn Rouse

Deputy Editor - Post Magazine

Lynn has been deputy editor of Post since January 2005, before which she was features editor and a member of the reporting team. Over the last six years, she has followed the rehab debate closely under the magazine's Rehabilitation First campaign. This has necessitated the writing and commissioning of articles on a wide range of related topics from the promotion of early intervention in whiplash claims, to employer-led vocational rehabilitation programmes and the need for professional qualifications and regulation of this burgeoning industry.

Mark Baylis

Consultant - IUA

A self-employed consultant, Mark Baylis manages the IUA-ABI Rehabilitation Working Party, which he helped to found in 1998 and is also a founder of the UK rehabilitation council. He edited the three UK bodily injury awards studies. He has organised or participated in a wide range of conferences and seminars promoting rehabilitation and is regularly consulted by government and other bodies on this subject. He is currently running a campaign on behalf of AIRMIC (the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers) to promote workplace rehabilitation.

Erin Flood

Policy Adviser for Health - Association of British Insurers

Erin is the policy adviser for Health in the Health and Protection team at the ABI. Erin worked within the NZ health sector planning, funding, and managing public health services, and procuring private health services, at national and regional levels. Prior to joining the ABI, Erin worked for HM Treasury's Office of Government Commerce Procurement Efficiency programme. Erin enjoys travel and has recently discovered Cornwall

Morag Heighway

Rehabilitation standards consultant - UK Rehabilitation Council

Steve Pointer

Head of Health and Safety Policy - EEF, The Manufacturers' Organisation

Steve joined EEF in 2008, and heads the organisations policy work on health, safety and wellbeing. He represents manufacturers’ views and concerns to UK and European Union politicians and officials as well as providing a policy lead for EEF’s consultancy and training services.

He formerly worked for the Health and Safety Executive, for eight years as an inspector before moving to HSE’s headquarters as a policy adviser. He was part of the small team that developed the Health and Safety Commission’s strategy for workplace health and safety in 2003 and subsequently worked closely with senior figures as HSE’s stakeholder and parliamentary affairs manager. Latterly Steve managed HSE’s ‘Sensible risk’ campaign and provided a policy lead on issues of risk assessment.

Steve holds an MBA, a post-graduate diploma in occupational safety and health and an honours degree in business, law and manufacturing systems. He sits on a number of groups including The Rehabilitation Council and the HSE/IOD oversight group on leadership of health and safety.

Amanda Stevens

Vice President - APIL

Amanda became APIL president on 10 April 2008. She is partner and head of the personal injury group at Charles Russell solicitors. She was elected to APIL’s National Executive in 2003, and maintains a particular interest in health and safety matters and she has been appointed as APIL’s “rehab champion” charged with developing APIL’s rehab policy and promotion of rehab as a central part of the claims process in consultation with other key stakeholder groups.

Ashton West

Chief executive officer, Motor Insurers Bureau

Ashton West joined the MIB as CEO in April 2003. He has been in the insurance industry for over 30 years actively involved in claims and general management. His former employment roles include claims director of Iron Trades Insurance and Rubicon limited. Ashton was a founder member of the Civil Justice Council, is a current member of the Motor Committee of the ABI, past chairman of the Motor and Liability Claims Panel of the ABI and past member of the ABI Liability Insurance Committee.