Victor is Chief Executive of Turning Point, the health and social care not for profit business providing services to individuals with a learning disability, mental health, substance misuse difficulties and in employment and criminal justice. Today Turning Point provides services to over 140,000 people from 250 services across England and Wales, employs 2000 people with a turnover of £85 million.

Victor is a champion for the cause of those affected by poverty, mental ill health, drugs, alcohol addictions, a learning disability and those with cross cutting and complex needs. He is one of the country’s top sector leaders in the policy and delivery of health and social care.

In 2000, Victor was awarded the CBE in the New Year Honours’ List for services to the New Deal, the unemployed, and homeless young people and in 2001, he was appointed a cross bench member of the House of Lords.