Sir Cyril Chantler

Cyril Chantler is a Senior Associate at the King's Fund, London and Chairman of the Board of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust. He is Medical Director of Well Child Medical Research Fund, and Chairman of the Strategic Development Group for Dulwich Community Hospital. He is also a member of the board of Governors of South Bank University and a trustee of the Dunhill Medical Trust and Chairman of the Beit Memorial Fellowships Board.

Cyril Chantler was Dean of the Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals' Medical and Dental School, where he was the Children Nationwide Medical Research Fund Professor of Paediatric Nephrology until his retirement in 2000. He was an Honorary Consultant to Guy's Hospital (1972 - 2000). Previously, he was Principal of the United Medical and Dental School of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals (1992 - 1998).

His other previous appointments include Unit General Manager of Guy's Hospital (1985-88) and non-executive Director of the Guy's/Lewisham Trust (1991-92) and of the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust (1993-97).

In addition, he served as a member of the Member of the NHS Policy Board (1989-1996), as President of the British Association of Medical Managers (1991-1997) and as Chairman of the Council of Heads of UK Medical Schools and Faculties (1998 - 1999). He was also a Member of the General Medical Council (1994 - 2003), where he was Chairman of the Standards Committee. He was co-editor of Paediatric Nephrology from 1985 to 1996. He served as a Member of the Council of St. George's Medical School (2000 - 2003).

He was an elected Honorary Member of the American Paediatric Society in 1991 and a Foreign Associate of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, USA in 1999. Cyril Chantler is a Fellow of Kings College, London and has honorary degrees from South Bank University and the University of Lille, France. He received a knighthood for services to medicine in 1996.