AXA PPP healthcare's head of musculoskeletal services, Jan Vickery, has been elected to the board of directors of the Council for Work & Health.
Chosen by representatives from the Council's member organisations, she took up her seat last month and will serve for three years.
Vickery has more than 20 years' experience as an occupational health physiotherapist.
For for the past six years, she has served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics.
Vickery said: "Being elected to the board of the Council for Work & Health is a great honour. I look forward to supporting the council in its mission to safeguard and promote the health and wellbeing of the working age population in the UK."
James Freeston, marketing director at AXA PPP Healthcare said: "On behalf of everyone at AXA PPP healthcare I want to congratulate Jan on her election to the board of the Council for Work & Health.
"For the past four years Jan has played a leading role in the development of musculoskeletal and occupational health services at AXA PPP healthcare and her election to this post is testament to her exceptional commitment to her professionalism and to improving the delivery of health services through employers."