Oliver Soriano explains what his career journey can show others

Oliver Soriano describes his appointment as the first Filipino chief nurse in the NHS as having had a huge impact on other internationally educated nurses. ‘There’s been a seismic movement around the Filipino community,’ he says. ‘People are approaching me – and not just Filipinos but black and Asian minority ethnic colleagues, too – saying I’ve motivated their community and themselves. Others have said “you’ve made me believe I can stay in the NHS”. It humbles me.’