Director of Public Health for Lancashire County Council. Sakthi Karunanithi is an experienced Director with a demonstrable history of working in the NHS, local government and industry. Skilled in Population Health Management, Evidence based policy advice, Epidemiology, Prevention, Health Promotion, Healthcare Management, and Healthcare. Pursuing an active interest in insightful system leadership and innovation.

During the current pandemic, Sakthi has Chaired the joint intelligence and planning group to support the management of COVID19 pandemic across Lancashire Local Resilience Forum. As an experienced clinician with a demonstrable history of working in the NHS, local government and industry, Karunanithi is also the senior responsible officer for the population health and digital health programmes of the Lancashire and South Cumbria sustainability and transformation plan footprint in delivering the NHS Five Year Forward View.