Sir Nicholas Wyndham Partridge, OBE, is a leading British health care and HIV/AIDS care activist.
He has worked for the Terrence Higgins Trust in the UK since 1985 when he started in the postroom, subsequently working his way to become Chief Executive in 1991. He has been a consistent voice in the media coverage of AIDS in all its aspects from health promotion, social care and advocacy to treatment issues.
He is also Chair of Involve, an advisory group promoting public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research.
In 1999 he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his contribution to the charitable sector and was appointed a Commissioner of the Commission for Health Improvement. Partridge was knighted in the 2009 New Year Honours.[1]
In 2006, he was declared one the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain by the Independent;[2]and in 2010 was ranked 75th (rising from 89th the previous year) in the same list.[3]