E45 - TiPH Live - Human Leadership: The art of leading in complex systems

A special live recording of the TiPH Podcast at the UKHSA 2026 Conference in Manchester. The premise of the session is to delve into the Human side of leadership. Not to share stories of perfection, but to share the real journeys behind leadership that we can all learn from as practitioners. 

Professor Jim McManus is the National Director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health Wales and a highly experienced public health leader, psychologist, teacher and author. His career has spanned local government, the NHS, the voluntary sector and national public health leadership. Jim has a particular interest in leadership as a service to society and recently contributed the chapter “Relational Leadership in a Crisis” to the book Human Leadership. Jim is a Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow of both the British Psychological Society and the Faculty of Public Health. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Hertfordshire and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol.

Dr Yimmy Chow is UKHSA’s Regional Deputy Director of Health Protection for London and a Consultant in Health Protection. Yimmy has over two decades experience in public health and health protection leadership. Yimmy has been on the frontline of leading the regional response to major public health incidents including Grenfell, Ebola, SARS and COVID-19. She has also published extensively on health protection and emergency response, helping to translate lessons learned into improved public health practice.  

Professor Tracy Daszkiewicz is President of the Faculty of Public Health and Executive Director of Public Health and Strategic Partnerships at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Wales. Tracy has over 25 years’ experience across the NHS, civil service, local government and voluntary sector, including leading the public health response to the Salisbury nerve agent incident. Tracy’s specialist areas are tackling inequalities, the humanitarian aspects of recovery following major incidents, safeguarding against vulnerability and building resilient communities.