Biography Professor Adrian V Stokes OBE Governor of Motability

Biography
Professor Adrian V Stokes OBE
Governor of Motability
Professor Adrian V Stokes OBE is a founder Governor of Motability and chairs the Funding
and Grant-Making Committee. In 1981 he joined the NHS as Director of Computing at St
Thomas’ Hospital and King’s Fund Fellow.
Following a move to the Centre for Information Technology he was later promoted to
Director. He took early retirement in 2000 and then held a number of Non-Executive Director
positions in NHS organisations. Throughout his career he has had extensive involvement
with organisations for disabled people. He is currently Treasurer of Disabled Motoring UK,
having also held the posts of Chairman and Vice-Chairman, and has been a Trustee of
DDMC/Mobilise/DMUK since 1967. Professor Stokes was awarded the OBE in 1983 for
services to disabled people. He has recently completed an undergraduate Law course and
was awarded a First Class Honours degree of Bachelor of Law.