Michael Lee

Current

• Executive Chairman at Poems in the Waiting Room

Past

• Executive Chairman at Lee Donaldson Associates Ltd
• Principal Economic Adviser at Engineering Industry Training Board
• Deputy Director at Office of Health Economics

• Economic Research Officer at Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

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Education

• London School of Economics and Political Science

Connections

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Industry

Arts and Crafts

Michael Lee’s Experience

• Executive Chairman

  Poems in the Waiting Room

  (Arts and Crafts industry)

  March 1995 — Present (14 years 10 months)

  I work as on a voluntary basis for this Arts in Health Charity which I founded in 1995. It has published quarterly in its current format since autumn 1998. I acted as Editor from foundation until July 2010. It started as a retirement hobby but blossomed into the most widely read national poetry publication and the most extensive arts in health programme in the NHS. Circulation comes to some 50,000 poetry cards a quarter.
  Previously, my professional life was as a consultant economist. I founded my practice as Lee Donaldson Associates in 1971, working for state departments, local authorities and national retailers on development strategy - as well as for NHS clients.
  Previous experience involved appointments with organisations such as the Engineering Industry Training Board, The Office of Health Economics and The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
  From 1953 to 1956, I served as a Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force 2nd TAF mostly in nothern Germany, after graduating from the London School of Economics.
  I served as a member of Richmond Borough Council in the 1960s and was eelcted as Chairman of the Estates Committee. I contested General Elections as a LIberal candidate in 1964, 1966 and 1974.
  I married Gwendoline in 1956 and have three grown children and five grand children. I saw a tee shirt slogan in Los Angeles - "Has we known that grand children were so much fun, we would have started with them!"

• Executive Chairman

  Lee Donaldson Associates Ltd

  (Management Consulting industry)

  1971 — October 1987 (16 years )

  Consultant economist advising on the micro-economic aspects of planned developments in the public and the private sectors.
  Work entailed studies for state departments and quangos on various aspects of the NHS and land use planning, as well as for private sector clients including development planning for major property companies, including develpments such as Brent Cross as well as city centre project in Carlisle, Preston, Hereford, Salisbury and various London suburbs, and major retailers, including The Co-op, Tesco, Sainsbury and Asda.

• Principal Economic Adviser

  Engineering Industry Training Board

  (Human Resources industry)

  1966 — 1971 (5 years )

  Advice on cost benefit of engineering training, and consultancy on levy grant system.

• Deputy Director

  Office of Health Economics

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  1962 — 1966 (4 years )

  Founding diretor of OHE, a research institute investiagting economic costs and benefits of health care in the UK and world wide. Responsible primarily for establishng and developing research programme.

• Economic Research Officer

  Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

  (Real Estate industry)

  1956 — 1962 (6 years )

  Studies into the costs of housing development in the public sector and the establishment and development of system of cost planning. Pilot study and launch of RICS Building Cost Infomration Service.

Michael Lee’s Education

• London School of Economics and Political Science

  B.Sc(Econ) , Economics , 1950 — 1953

Michael Lee’s Contact Settings

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