Professor Huon Gray MD FRCP FESC FACC was the National Clinical Director for Heart Disease for NHS England (2013-2019).

Huon was appointed Consultant Adult and Interventional Cardiologist to Southampton University Hospital in 1989. He was President of the British Cardiac Society (2003-2005) and co-chaired the Department of Health’s National Infarct Angioplasty Project (2006-2008) which led to the subsequent roll out of primary PCI for ST elevation myocardial infarction.

He was Clinical Adviser to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on acute coronary syndromes (2007-2010) and chaired its guideline on ST elevation myocardial infarction (2011-2013). He chaired the International Council of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) (2008-2013) and sat on the ACC’s Board of Trustees (2012-2016).

Huon is Honorary Professor at Queen Mary’s University, and University College, London, and has published on various aspects of cardiology and health service delivery. He was Deputy and then Interim National Clinical Director for Heart Disease at the Department of Health (2007-2012).