Abdul Razaq is Director of Public Health and Protection at Suffolk County Council since August 2016 and former Director of Public Health at Trafford Council since 2003.

Abdul has twenty years of Public Health experience and has held senior positions within Local Government and the NHS over the last decade.

His extensive experience and portfolio include leading on areas within Greater Manchester devolution programmes such as dementia, cancer early detection and awareness, viral Hepatitis and Public Health intelligence.

Abdul has held the positions of chair of the North West Directors of Public Health Network and was the North West region Executive lead of the National Association of Directors of Public Health as previously held the position of Chair of the Greater Manchester Directors of Public Health.