Abigail Lock is Chief Executive of Back Up, the national charity supporting people affected by spinal cord injury to get the most out of life. Back Up works alongside people from the point of injury and throughout their lives, offering practical, emotional and peer-led support through mentoring, courses, wheelchair skills training and services for families, children and young people. Abigail joined Back Up in January 2020, bringing broad experience from the private, public and third sectors, including Scope and the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Her own lived experience as a child carer gives her a deep appreciation of the transformative impact of community, peer support and opportunity. As CEO, she leads the organisation’s strategy and people, working with the Board, staff, volunteers and partners to ensure Back Up continues to thrive and reach more people. Outside work, Abigail loves open water swimming and is an avid traveller who is always up for an adventure.
Guy Forster is president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). He is a medical negligence specialist solicitor and partner at Fieldfisher in London. He has more than 20 years’ experience and specialises in catastrophic and fatal medical injury cases involving adults and children, including maternity/birth injuries and baby loss, brain and spinal injury and amputations. He also represents families at inquests.
He is a fierce advocate for the rights of patients who have been harmed by the NHS. In 2022 he was the only solicitor in the UK to give evidence to the House of Commons inquiry into NHS litigation. He also provided evidence to Baroness Amos’ review of maternity and neonatal care on APIL’s behalf. He has been an APIL executive committee member for five years, including vice president since 2024. He became president in May 2026.
He is a member of the Law Society’s clinical negligence panel, on the specialist panel for Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) and is a trustee of the national charity Baby Lifeline, which supports frontline NHS staff to deliver safer care. Guy regularly gives lectures to and engages with health professionals, policy makers, campaigners and other lawyers on patient safety issues. He is ranked as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Guy lives in Cambridge.
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Ross Moorlock is Chief executive officer of Brake, the road safety charity. He became CEO in April 2023, having joined the organisation in 2017 and held key leadership roles including Chief Operating Officer. He brings a strong commercial foundation to the charity from a successful career in a national accountancy firm.
As CEO, Ross has overseen a period of strategic development. Central to this has been the scaling of Brake’s National Road Victim Service, which provides specialist support to more than 2,000 families each year who have been bereaved or seriously injured in road crashes.
Under Ross’s leadership, Brake also delivers high‑impact campaigning, policy advocacy and education programmes aimed at preventing crashes and reducing harm when they occur, all with the aim of creating a world with zero road deaths and serious injuries.
Outside work, Ross lives in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He is a husband, dad to two young children, and a passionate cyclist and runner, bringing the same energy and commitment to his personal life as he does to leading change in road safety and road victim support.
