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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Vice President operating in the Health Care space. If you think a Vice President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Arjun Purkayastha
Senior Vice President – eCommerce, Digital & Ventures of Reckitt
Arjun Purkayastha is a purpose driven leader with extensive global experience managing diverse businesses and multi-cultural teams at FTSE Top 10 and Fortune 100 companies – RB and P&G. He has a strong track record of building outperforming teams, iconic brands & innovative business models across 60+ countries having lived & worked in the UK, Singapore, South Korea and India. He currently leads eCommerce, CRM, digital, DNVB & start up ventures globally for RB with P&L, strategic and operational responsibility of all online channels & customers. He serves on the Board of Directors of 4 high growth, online focused companies – Pharmapacks.com (one of the largest and best 3P resellers on Amazon), Bombay Shaving Company (leading men’s wellness company in India), UpSpring (mom & baby products) and Healthily by Your.MD (AI powered self care). He is also an Investment Committee Member of Founders Factory & RB’s JV focused on Hygiene & Home start ups.
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About Reckitt: Reckitt Benckiser Group is a consumer goods company makes health, hygiene and home products.
Mark Cooper
Vice President and Managing Director, Avery Europe and Asia Pacific of CCL Industries
Mark Cooper is a Vice President and Managing Director, Avery Europe and Asia Pacific at CCL Industries.
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About Avery, CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Jamie Robinson
Vice President and Managing Director, Home & Personal Care Europe of CCL Industries
Jamie Robinson is a Vice President and Managing Director, Home & Personal Care Europe at CCL Industries.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Mark Wenham
Executive Vice President of Multi Packaging Solutions
Mark Wenham was appointed to the position of Executive Vice-President at Multi Packaging Solutions in November 2014. Mark has responsibility for all European operations dedicated to the Healthcare market. Previously Mark served as managing director for Chesapeake’s UK, Ireland and Asia healthcare operations and has been with the company for 18 years. He has thorough understanding of the business through a variety of roles including responsibility for its Benelux sites and a management period in the U.S. A lithographic printer by training, Mark has worked for over 33 years in the print and packaging sector. During his tenure, Mark has directed the business through a period of strong growth and he has overseen an unprecedented investment program resulting in new equipment at every location.
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About Multi Packaging Solutions: Multi Packaging Solutions provides packaging solutions for healthcare markets.
Jeanne Bolger
Vice President Venture Investing of Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation
Jeanne Bolger, MB BCh BAO, Vice President, Venture Investments, joined Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) in 2013. She is based in London, UK. Dr. Bolger has over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in management roles across R&D, Commercial and Business Development (BD). She spent 11 years in Licensing and Acquisition (L&A), most recently as Global Head of Scientific Licensing for Johnson & Johnson’s Pharmaceutical business, having joined Johnson & Johnson in 2005 from the Business Development group at GlaxoSmithKline. In 2009, Dr. Bolger became Vice President, Alliance Management at Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy, working with Pfizer and Elan. Dr. Bolger received her medical degree from University College Dublin. She also holds diplomas in Child Health (NUI) and in Finance and Accounting (ACCA). She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Ireland (RAMI). Dr. Bolger has served as the sole pharma industry representative on two Irish government taskforces seeking to enhance the commercialization of IP from Irish academic centres. She is a visiting lecturer on the MSc Pharmaceutical Medicine curriculum at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
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About Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, Pulmocide: Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, a venture capital subsidiary, finances technology companies focused on patient health.
Victoria Kitcatt
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Pfizer
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About Pfizer: Pfizer provides access to safe and effective and affordable medicines and health care services.
John Wigneswaran
Vice President of Clinical Affairs of DaVita
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About DaVita: DaVita is a provider focused on transforming care delivery to improve quality of life for patients globally.
Disa Sanstorn
Senior Vice President Business Development Europe of YgEia3
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About YgEia3: YgEia3 works with corporations developing comprehensive wellness testing for each company.
Vincent Miceli
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of NXT-ID
Vincent Miceli, age 56, has extensive hands on experience in financial and operational management and business leadership in both substantial private and public companies. He is also experienced with working with public company Boards of Directors, as well as financial institutions. Vincent Miceli was the Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer of Panolam Industries International, Inc., a company which primarily designs, manufactures and distributes decorative and industrial laminates, from May 2006 to mid-December 2013. Prior to that, Vincent Miceli was the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller of Opticare Health Systems, Inc., a public company which provides integrated eye care services, from 2004 to 2006. Prior to 2004, Vincent Miceli held senior accounting positions at Amphenol Corporation and United Technologies, Inc. Vincent Miceli holds a BS in accounting from Quinnipiac College, an MBA, with a concentration in Finance, from the University of Hartfordand he is an affiliate member of both the AICPA and the CT Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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About NXT-ID: Sensor, Mobile, HealthTech, MedTech
Paul Lyons
Vice President of Platform Delivery & Co-Founder of PredictImmune
Paul is a Principal Research Associate in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge. He has over 25 years of experience in molecular and cellular biology including Senior Scientist positions in the Dept. Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Dept. Surgery, University of Oxford and the Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research. His primary research interest is the application of high throughput genomic approaches to better understand the genetic and molecular basis of autoimmune disease.
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About PredictImmune: Providing tools to physicians in the treatment of patients with immune-mediated disease, through prediction of long term clinical prognosis.
Colin Hutchison
Vice President of International of Edgewell Personal Care
Colin joined Energizer in 2004 as Vice President Europe for Wilkinson Sword. In 2006 he led the successful integration of the Personal Care and Household Divisions in Europe. After the Playtex acquisition, he became Vice President for Personal Care in Europe and led planning for the distribution expansion of Hawaiian Tropic and the Hydro brand launch. After the American Safety Razor acquisition, Colin was appointed Vice President and General Manager for EPC’s Private Brands Group. Overseeing strategic development for the global private label wet shave business, he reshaped the portfolio and developed a roadmap for growth through NPD and distribution expansion. Additionally, he led the integration of most functions into the wider Personal Care business structures. Prior to Edgewell, Colin worked for a number of consumer goods businesses based in Europe including United Biscuits and the Campbell’s Soup Company. He held various positions in sales, marketing, and general management that latterly included international responsibilities.
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About Edgewell Personal Care, Energizer Holdings: Edgewell Personal Care manufactures and markets a diversified range of personal care products.
Paul Grabscheid
Vice President of Strategic Planning of Intersystems
Since 1986, Paul Grabscheid has used his expertise in database and application development tools and technologies in a variety of product planning and marketing roles at InterSystems. Prior to that, he served as director of marketing for Mathematica, a database and 4GL software company, helping to expand the company’s worldwide presence. When the company was acquired by Martin Marietta he served as director of marketing for that firm’s Information Technology Division, overseeing marketing efforts for a number of system software, application software, and computer services product lines. Grabscheid’s background also includes consulting work involving the development of decision support systems for state governments. He holds a master’s degree from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Intersystems: InterSystems is a vendor of software and technology for high-performance database management, integration, and health information systems.
Simon Viggers
Vice President Human Resources of Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
Simon Thule Viggers is a Senior HR Leader with deep global experience. Almost 20 years of experience within Pharma, 15 years in leadership roles across three continents. Proven ability to lead through challenging change and with an ability to approach business in a holistic way. Simon takes the starting point in the business agenda and translates that into actions for the organization and the people. Simon has a strong leadership background as he has been part of executive teams for more than a decade and has been preferred coach to many executives.
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About Otsuka Pharmaceuticals: Otsuka Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company that operates throughout the globe.
Gareth Ridge
Senior Vice President of Operations & Site Head of Cambridge Epigenetix
Gareth has a degree in Pharmacology from the University of Cambridge and has worked in the pharmaceutical sector for over 20 years. During his career he has worked for both large and small pharma, biotechnology and clinical research organisations, he also has five years’ experience in business consultancy. In addition to delivering successful clinical research projects Gareth has managed business change projects – including system implementations, process reengineering and organisational change. He has held many leadership positions with responsibility for project and revenue delivery and strategic growth and has had oversight of over 70 clinical research studies, either directly as project manager or as responsible head, and has worked in high growth companies where he successfully built a team to successfully deliver 700% growth in project delivery & revenue in 2 years.
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About Cambridge Epigenetix: Cambridge Epigenetix is using epigenetics to reduce several routine & important diagnostic tests for common cancers to a simple blood draw.
Joanna Holbrook
Senior Vice President of Research of Cambridge Epigenetix
Joanna started her career in GSK R&D, working for seven years in the UK bioinformatics department, processing the integrating ‘omic data for drug target identification and validation mostly focussing on neurological disease, and then for three years in GSK USA Oncology R&D working on biomarkers for targeted therapies. She then left GSK and the USA for Singapore and built an academic group in A*STAR Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences. Her group focused on epigenomic trackers of complex disease, especially the interaction of genetic, environmental and disease states in shaping the human epigenome. Her work in Singapore encompassed set-up of observational and interventional cohorts, biobanking, clinical databases, production, processing and analysis of biosample ‘omic profiles and multiple industrial collaborations. Moving back to the UK five years later, she took up a professorship at the University of Southampton, still working on epigenomics and also integration of electronic health record data to clinical cohorts. Most recently she has been VP of Translational Medicine at BenevolentAI, a fast growing British Biotech, where she initiated and led integration of ‘omic data into a large biomedical knowledge graph and machine learning approaches to analyses of patient-level data for precision medicine.
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About Cambridge Epigenetix: Cambridge Epigenetix is using epigenetics to reduce several routine & important diagnostic tests for common cancers to a simple blood draw.
Patrick Darby
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Encompass Health Corp.
Patrick Darby was named executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of HealthSouth in February 2016. Prior to joining us, Darby was a partner of the law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, in Birmingham, Alabama. He is listed in Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America and Alabama Super Lawyers. He received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and his law degree from Washington & Lee University School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Washington & Lee Law Review.
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About Encompass Health Corp.: Encompass Health Corp. (HealthSouth), is an owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals.
Clare Cooper
Founder and Vice President of Storm3
Clare Cooper is the Founder and Vice President at Storm3.
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About Storm3: Storm3 are a global HealthTech talent marketplace, connecting organizations with the talent to drive their mission.
William Richardson
Executive Vice President of Savaria Corp
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About Savaria Corp: Savaria provides accessibility solutions for the elderly and physically challenged to increase their mobility and independence.
Richard Lagani
Executive Vice President of MMRGlobal
Richard Lagani is an Senior Management Professional
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About MMRGlobal, MMRGlobal: MMRGlobal provides secure, easy-to-use multilingual personal health records (PHRs) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions.
Nick Child
Vice President of Stablepharma Ltd
Nick Child – Vice President & Co Founder Experienced company leader, business developer, multi-disciplined & experienced in UK & International markets, manufacturing & distribution. Initiated various start-ups, acquisitions, & funding rounds.
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About Stablepharma Ltd: An innovative Biotech, developing a wide range of reformulated thermostable and fridge free StablevaX vaccines
Paul Marcun
Executive Vice President, Chronic Care of Coloplast Denmark
Paul Marcun is the Executive Vice President of Chronic Care at Coloplast.
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About Coloplast Denmark: Coloplast is a Danish company that develops and markets products and services related to ostomy, urology, continence, and wound care.
Keith Sturges
Senior Vice President International & Marketing of Sunquest Information Systems
With more than 20 years of global leadership experience in software and services companies, Keith leads Sunquest’s international business focused on extending the Sunquest brand and solutions to healthcare organizations across the world. Prior to joining Sunquest, Keith served as executive vice president of sales and implementation for Craneware, a provider of healthcare revenue cycle management tools. He has also held executive leadership positions with SirsiDynix International, Homecare Systems at Misys PLC, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (formerly, Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc., Misys Healthcare Systems LLC) and Oracle. Keith holds a Master’s of Business Administration and Computer Science from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.
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About Sunquest Information Systems: Sunquest is the market leader in the laboratory. Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.
Bryan Olin
Senior Vice President of LivaNova
Bryan Olin, PhD is the Senior Vice President, Clinical, Quality & Regulatory Affairs at LivaNova. Dr. Olin joined Cyberonics in May 2009 as Vice President, Quality. In August 2009, he assumed additional responsibility for Clinical Affairs, and in April 2011, his responsibilities were expanded again to include Regulatory Affairs. With the 2015 merger between Cyberonics and Sorin, his responsibilities expanded to include corporate-wide responsibilities for the clinical, quality and regulatory affairs functions at LivaNova. Prior to May 2009, Dr. Olin was employed at Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc., a privately held medical technology company in the San Francisco area, where he served as Sr. Director, Quality Assurance since October 2007. Prior to Zeltiq Aesthetics, Dr. Olin was employed at the LifeScan and Cordis companies of Johnson & Johnson from 1999 to 2007, holding several positions of increasing responsibility in quality assurance, statistics and clinical data management. Dr. Olin began his career with Procter & Gamble in 1993 after obtaining his Ph.D. in Statistics from Iowa State University. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Medical Devices Innovation Consortium (MDIC) and as an industry representative on the Advisory Committee for The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet).
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About LivaNova: LivaNova PLC is a global medical technology company built on nearly five decades of experience and a relentless commitment.
Kim Fieldbinder
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of SourceMedical-TherapySource
Kim Fieldbinder joined SourceMed as a senior accountant in August of 2001 and is currently the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Recently, Kim was named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s prestigious Top 40 Under 40 list for her impressive contributions to the area’s business industry and her work with SourceMed. During her time with the company, Kim has not only paved the way for female leaders as the first woman to be made a SourceMed executive, but has also helped create a leadership training and mentoring program to provide guidance and advisement to up-and-coming employees and the company’s first corporate giving program, Source Cares, which focuses on bringing hope to pediatric cancer patients. Prior to joining SourceMed, Kim was a senior accountant at Ernst & Young, LLP where she assisted in the financial audits of public companies. Kim is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Alabama at Birmingham as well as a Master’s degree in accounting from the University of Alabama. Kim has been in the Birmingham market for over 18 years. She engages projects with intensity and a commitment to excellence. Kim is a team builder, facilitator, and problem- solver who propels companies forward. She resides in Birmingham with her husband and their son and spends her free time serving on the boards of many local charities.
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About Randall-Reilly, SourceMedical-TherapySource: SourceMedical-TherapySource provider of outpatient information solutions.
Stephen Langlois
Vice President of Actuarial of Coverys
Steve Langlois has been with Coverys since 1989 and manages the actuarial function for the entire organization as the vice president of actuarial. Langlois first joined the organization as an underwriting assistant and has worked as an underwriter, a statistical analyst and actuarial analyst during his tenure with Coverys. Langlois received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Boston College and an associate degree in underwriting designation from the Insurance Institute of America.
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About Coverys: Coverys is a provider of medical professional liability insurance for physicians, hospitals, dentists and advanced practice providers.
Stephen Langlois
Vice President of Actuarial of Coverys
Steve Langlois has been with Coverys since 1989 and manages the actuarial function for the entire organization as the vice president of actuarial. Langlois first joined the organization as an underwriting assistant and has worked as an underwriter, a statistical analyst and actuarial analyst during his tenure with Coverys. Langlois received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Boston College and an associate degree in underwriting designation from the Insurance Institute of America.
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About Coverys: Coverys is a provider of medical professional liability insurance for physicians, hospitals, dentists and advanced practice providers.
Tony Brown
Vice President of Scientific and Corporate Development of Asterand
Tony has been with Asterand Bioscience for 16 years. Prior to taking up his current position, he held a number of senior positions within the company including General Manager for the UK Services business, General Manager for the Detroit-based tissue products business and VP, Strategic Alliances, with responsibility for securing and managing the Company’s human tissue supply collaborations. Tony began his career teaching physiology at Nottingham University Medical School in the UK, after obtaining degrees in engineering, bioengineering and a PhD in physiology. He subsequently joined SmithKline Beecham in 1988, where he headed up the receptor pharmacology group within neurosciences research, and led several drug discovery projects and drug screening programs. Tony joined Pharmagene (now Asterand Bioscience) in 1998. Tony has published on the pharmacology and biochemistry of ion and neurotransmitter transport and on the use of human tissues for research in drug discovery and development.
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About Asterand: Asterand Bioscience is the leading global provider of high quality, well characterized human tissue & human tissue-based research solution.
Brad Bailey
Vice President of Sales of Ivy Sports Medicine
Brad Bailey, Vice President of Sales brings over 19 years of experience in the medical device industry with a focus in Sales management and Marketing. He has extensive experience in building teams to execute sucessful product launches and realize sustained sales growth. Mr. Bailey has worked in and run sales organizations focusing in Sports Medicine, he was Director of Sales of the Sports Tissue and Biologics Division at ConMed Corportation. He has also held leadership positions with the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF), DePuy Spine and Spar Medical. Mr. Bailey graduated from Birmingham Southern College in 1993 with a B.S. in Management.
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About Ivy Sports Medicine: Ivy Sports Medicine is a young, dynamic company with extensive expertise in the development and production of meniscus implants.
Douglas Anderson
Founder & Vice President of Global Advocacy of Optos
Founder & Vice President of Global Advocacy, Optos plc, Douglas has a 35 year business career yielding huge experience in almost every aspect, and at every level, of healthcare technology development and commercialisation; initially as a highly creative hands-on designer, then as a design manager and technology innovator, transitioning through sales and marketing, and finally into business leadership as a serial entrepreneur.
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About Optos: Optos operates as a medical retinal imaging company.
Robert Spavin
Vice President of Legal Affairs of Virttu Biologics
Robert joined VIRTTU in 2003 as Legal Counsel responsible for the company’s legal and intellectual property affairs. Qualifying as a solicitor with City of London firm Herbert Smith in 1996, he subsequently specialised in IP law at leading IP firm Bird & Bird. He is experienced in the development of growth technology companies, patent management and regulatory affairs.
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About Virttu Biologics: Virttu is a privately held biotechnology company, which has pioneered the development of oncolytic viruses for treating cancer.
Alex Graham
Vice President of Translational Medicine of Virttu Biologics
Dr. Alex Graham has more than 30 years of experience as a scientist in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector, having most recently worked as a Principal Scientist for AstraZeneca. He has led several small molecule discovery projects and most recently was responsible for the Genomics Facility for AstraZeneca Oncology. He was also responsible for introducing relevant new technologies into the Oncology business, specifically in the areas of biomarkers and translational medicine. Alex joined Virttu in 2008 and has been closely involved in the planning,management and analysis of Virttu’s clinical studies.
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About Virttu Biologics: Virttu is a privately held biotechnology company, which has pioneered the development of oncolytic viruses for treating cancer.
Robin Marriott
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development of PowderMed
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About PowderMed: PowderMed developed the Particle Mediated Epidermal Delivery (PMED) technology.
Jerome Declerck
Vice President Research & Develop,ment of Optellum
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About Optellum: Optellum develops an imaging biomarker for smart lung cancer detection.
Nicholas Lakin
Vice President, Advisory Services of Kinapse
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About Kinapse: Kinapse provides advisory, capability building and operational services to the life sciences industries.
