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The National Pharmacy Association has appointed the director of external affairs at Asthma + Lung UK Henry Gregg as its new chief executive.

Gregg (pictured) will join the NPA on May 27 and fills a post that has been vacant since Paul Rees left to take up the position of interim chief executive and registrar with the Nursing and Midwifery Council in January.

The NPA said Gregg’s appointment was made after “a very thorough process” and insisted he arrives in the role with “a huge amount of experience in membership organisations, in public service and in health advocacy”.

He spearheaded Asthma + Lung UK’s campaign to ban cigarettes for everyone born after 2009 as well as smoking outside hospitals, playgrounds and schools.

He will arrive at the NPA with some experience of the community pharmacy sector having promoted the provision of respiratory vaccines and management of lung conditions in pharmacies.

Gregg’s CV also includes roles at The Health Foundation and the National Housing Federation and he was parliamentary assistant to then Labour MP Claire Ward from 2002 to 2004.

NPA chair Nick Kaye said the organisation was “fortunate to have someone with Henry’s experience and insight” and insisted Gregg will help “modernise the NPA” to ensure it is “the strongest possible advocate and servant for the thousands of NPA member pharmacies”.

Gregg said he was “excited to be joining the NPA at a pivotal time for community pharmacy”.

“I’m looking forward to working with the NPA team, building strong links with government so we can deliver the support pharmacies so desperately need and the bigger role they can undoubtedly play in everyone’s health,” he said.

“I want to focus on fighting for pharmacies and raising the profile of their amazing work, but also making sure the NPA is offering the best possible service and support for a network upon which so many people rely.

“I can’t wait to meet the team and start meeting NPA members across the UK.”