Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent

Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE is England's first Chief Midwifery Officer and Professor of Midwifery at King's College London and London South Bank University.

Dunkley-Bent received her diploma in midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives. She went on to complete her post-graduate teaching certificate at Surrey University before becoming a lecturer at Middlesex University. Dunkley-Bent has worked as a nurse and midwife, as well as in several management positions. She was the head of maternity, children and young people. She was part of the team that delivered princess Charlotte. She is the midwifery advisor for the Tommy's Charity National Advisory Board. In spring 2019 she was appointed the first Chief Midwifery Officer in the NHS, making her the most senior midwife in England.

In 2015 Dunley-Bent won the Health Services Journal BME Pioneers award and received an OBE in 2017. In the 2020 Powerlist, Dunkley-Bent was included as one of the 100 most influential people in the UK of African/African-Carribean decent.