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Sir Leonard Harry Peach (17 December 1932 – 5 August 2016) was Chief Executive of the National Health Service from 1986-89. He was born in Walsall in December 1932 to Henry and Beatrice Peach as the eldest of six children, one of whom died at a young age. After the Second World War he was enlisted for National Service, achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant in the infantry. He then studied history at Pembroke College, Oxford. He was subsequently sponsored by his employer, John Thompsons of Wolverhampton, to study management at the London School of Economics and then joined the West Midlands Gas Board. In 1961 he moved to IBM where he rose to be Head of Personnel and Corporate Affairs for the UK. He was President of the Institute of Personnel Management from 1983-85.

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  • Sir Leonard Harry Peach (17 December 1932 – 5 August 2016) was Chief Executive of the National Health Service from 1986-89. He was born in Walsall in December 1932 to Henry and Beatrice Peach as the eldest of six children, one of whom died at a young age. After the Second World War he was enlisted for National Service, achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant in the infantry. He then studied history at Pembroke College, Oxford. He was subsequently sponsored by his employer, John Thompsons of Wolverhampton, to study management at the London School of Economics and then joined the West Midlands Gas Board. In 1961 he moved to IBM where he rose to be Head of Personnel and Corporate Affairs for the UK. He was President of the Institute of Personnel Management from 1983-85. The NHS Management Board was established by Norman Fowler as a result of the Griffiths Report on NHS. In 1985 he was seconded to the Department of Health as to serve as Director of Personnel on the Board and was appointed Chief Executive in November 1986. Announced in the 1989 Birthday Honours, Peach was knighted on 22 November 1989. He returned to IBM in 1989 and when he retired in 1992 he became Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority and later Commissioner for Public Appointments. Sir Leonard Peach died on 5 August 2016 at the age of 83. (en)
  • Sir Len (Leonard) Peach foi Chefe do Executivo do Serviço Nacional de Saúde de 1986 a 1989. Ele nasceu em Walsall em 1932, o mais velho dos seis filhos, um dos quais morreram em uma idade jovem. Após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, ele foi convocado no Serviço Nacional, alcançando o posto de segundo-tenente na infantaria. Ele então estudou história no Colégio Pembroke, Oxford. Ele foi posteriormente patrocinado pelo seu empregador, John Thompsons de Wolverhampton, para estudar administração em London School of Economics e, em seguida, se juntou ao West Midlands Gas Board. Em 1961 mudou-se para a IBM, onde ele passou a ser Chefe de Pessoal e Assuntos Corporativos no Reino Unido. Ele foi presidente do Instituto de Gerentes de Pessoal de 1982 a 1985. O Conselho de Administração NHS foi estabelecida por , como resultado do Relatório de Griffiths no NHS. Em 1985, ele foi destacado para o Departamento de Saúde como para servir como Diretor de Pessoal no Conselho e foi nomeado Chefe do Executivo em novembro de 1986. Ele voltou para a IBM em 1989 e quando se aposentou em 1992, ele se tornou presidente do Queixas contra a Polícia Autoridade e mais tarde Comissário para compromissos públicos. Ele morreu em 5 de agosto de 2016. (pt)
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  • Sir Leonard Harry Peach (17 December 1932 – 5 August 2016) was Chief Executive of the National Health Service from 1986-89. He was born in Walsall in December 1932 to Henry and Beatrice Peach as the eldest of six children, one of whom died at a young age. After the Second World War he was enlisted for National Service, achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant in the infantry. He then studied history at Pembroke College, Oxford. He was subsequently sponsored by his employer, John Thompsons of Wolverhampton, to study management at the London School of Economics and then joined the West Midlands Gas Board. In 1961 he moved to IBM where he rose to be Head of Personnel and Corporate Affairs for the UK. He was President of the Institute of Personnel Management from 1983-85. (en)
  • Sir Len (Leonard) Peach foi Chefe do Executivo do Serviço Nacional de Saúde de 1986 a 1989. Ele nasceu em Walsall em 1932, o mais velho dos seis filhos, um dos quais morreram em uma idade jovem. Após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, ele foi convocado no Serviço Nacional, alcançando o posto de segundo-tenente na infantaria. Ele então estudou história no Colégio Pembroke, Oxford. Ele foi posteriormente patrocinado pelo seu empregador, John Thompsons de Wolverhampton, para estudar administração em London School of Economics e, em seguida, se juntou ao West Midlands Gas Board. Em 1961 mudou-se para a IBM, onde ele passou a ser Chefe de Pessoal e Assuntos Corporativos no Reino Unido. Ele foi presidente do Instituto de Gerentes de Pessoal de 1982 a 1985. (pt)
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