Abdul Razaq joined Blackburn with Darwen Council in April 2022, bringing with him three decades of public health experience.

Abdul, who was born and raised in Rochdale where he still lives, has worked as a Director of Public Health for both Trafford and Suffolk. He was the lead director of public health working to set up the Food Active brand, Give Up Loving Pop education programme for families, and the local government declaration on healthy weight.

More recently, Abdul has worked as deputy director of public health for Lancashire, playing a key part in the county’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. During his time at Lancashire County Council, Abdul also led on public health transformation, data and intelligence, COVID-19 community testing and vaccination, and ethnic minority health inequalities.

Abdul has a wealth of experience in tackling health inequalities amongst vulnerable population groups across the north west, and has extensive networks, including working with the Faculty of Public Health Special Interest Group on Pakistan. Abdul is also involved in two charities promoting tackling blindness amongst the poorest in the world, and N2N Health Partnership which aims to strengthen global health systems resilience.