Derek Medhurst is a director of D&D Excellence, where he specialises in helping orgnaisations use the the EFQM [European Foundation for Quality Management] Excellence Model to improve their performance.
Co-author of a number of articles on Excellence Model related topics, he has presented at conferences, including the World Quality Congress. He also spent 5 years on the Executive Committee of the British Quality Foundation.
In 2003 his long term commitment to supporting the Excellence movement was rewarded when Derek was one of the first ever recipients of the EFQM Personal Recognition Award for Leadership.