Les Moseley MA, FICPEP, GI(Fire)E, MEPS.  

Les started his work in Emergency Management in the British Fire Service. In 1982 he moved into Emergency Planning including periods as County Emergency Planning Officer for Warwickshire County Council and as Chief Emergency Planning Officer with the West Midlands Fire & Civil Defence Authority. From 1993 to 2007 Les was the Director of the Coventry University Centre for Disaster Management where he promoted the first formal academic programmes in Emergency Planning accredited with the Emergency Planning Society and a Diploma in Business Continuity Management in conjunction with the Business Continuity Institute.

Les has acted as an advisor to the World Health Organisation, the Swedish and Irish Governments the UK 's Department of Health and acted as lead consultant for a number of emergency preparedness audit projects for The National Audit Office. In recent years he has concentrated on providing consultancy and plan auditing to commercial, private and public organisations in Business Continuity and Pandemic Planning. Les is currently an External Examiner for Bradford University and has previously held External Examiners posts at Derby University and Hatfield University .