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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Principal operating in the Health Care space. If you think a Principal 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.
Sanyogitta Puri
Associate Principal Scientist of AstraZeneca
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About AstraZeneca, AstraZeneca, AstraZeneca, AstraZeneca: AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines.
Louis Diorazio
Principal Scientist, Chemical Development of AstraZeneca
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About AstraZeneca: AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines.
Anthony Santospirito
Senior Principal of Cinven
Anthony is a member of the Healthcare sector team. He has been involved in a number of investments, including Premium Credit Limited. Previously, Anthony was an Associate at Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking Division, working across a range of sectors including media, mining, financial services, retail and utilities. Anthony graduated from Oxford University with an MA in Mathematics. He joined Cinven in 2011.
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About Cinven: Cinven is an international private equity firm focused on building world-class global companies.
Adam Prindis
Principal of Cinven
Adam is a member of the TMT sector team and the regional team for Emerging Europe. He has been involved in a number of transactions, including Allegro, Northgate Public Services, RTB House, Ufinet and Visma. Prior to Cinven, Adam worked at Perella Weinberg Partners in their Technology team, advising on M&A, restructuring and private capital transactions. Adam has a BSc in Business Administration from Bath University. He joined Cinven in 2013.
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About Cinven: Cinven is an international private equity firm focused on building world-class global companies.
Matteo Cora
Senior Principal of Cinven
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About Cinven: Cinven is an international private equity firm focused on building world-class global companies.
Andrea Bertolini
Senior Principal of Cinven
Andrea is a member of the Financial Services sector team and the regional team for Italy. He has been involved in a number of transactions, including Avolon, AXA Life Europe, Eurovita, Guardian Financial Services, Partnership and Viridium Group. Prior to Cinven, Andrea worked in the Investment Banking Division of Citigroup in London, advising on M&A transactions in the consumer, retail and healthcare sectors. Andrea graduated from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan with a BA in Business Administration. He joined Cinven in 2011.
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About Cinven: Cinven is an international private equity firm focused on building world-class global companies.
Eugenio Preve
Senior Principal of Cinven
Eugenio Preve is a member of the Industrials sector team and the regional team for Italy. He has worked on a number of investments, including Amadeus, Avio, Eurovita and Medpace. Prior to joining Cinven, Eugenio spent over four years at J.P. Morgan in London and Milan working on a variety of mandates with the European TMT team and the Italian Advisory team. Eugenio has an MSc in Business Administration from the Bocconi University in Milan and also studied at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He joined Cinven in 2009.
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About Cinven: Cinven is an international private equity firm focused on building world-class global companies.
Claudio Brunelli
Principal Scientist of Pfizer
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About Pfizer: Pfizer provides access to safe and effective and affordable medicines and health care services.
Pierre Pozzo
Principal of Permira
Pierre Pozzo is a Principal at Permira Advisers LLP where he focuses on investment opportunities within the Technology sector. He has worked on a number of transactions including Teraco, Althea, Exclusive Group and Vacanceselect. Prior to joining Permira in 2013, Pierre worked for Credit Suisse and PAI Partners.
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About Permira: Permira is a global growth obsessed private capital investor.
Tara Alhadeff
Principal of Permira
Tara focuses on investment opportunities in the Consumer sector and has worked on a number of transactions including eDreams Odigeo, Dr. Martens and Iglo Group.Prior to joining Permira, Tara worked for three years in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, in both London and New York.
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About Permira: Permira is a global growth obsessed private capital investor.
Riccardo Basile
Principal of Permira
Riccardo is a member of the Portfolio Group. He has worked on a number of transactions including Allegro, Magento, Synamedia and Tricor. Prior to joining Permira, Riccardo was a Director at AlixPartners in London for five years, where he delivered a number of operational turnaround programmes mostly in retail, consumer goods, transport & logistics and industrial products. Before that, he worked for PwC in London for five years where he focused on delivering supply chain transformation programmes. Riccardo had previously held line management roles in industry.
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About Permira: Permira is a global growth obsessed private capital investor.
Vijay Barathan
Senior Principal, Healthcare VC of Optum Ventures
Before Optum Ventures, Vijay was a life science partner with Catapult’s GM&C Life Sciences Fund leading and managing investments across life sciences with a specialist focus on digital health. Vijay has invested in data driven companies targeting respiratory health, complications of diabetes, patient safety, consent and education. Prior to this, he was chief investment officer at a health care IP commercialisation company focused on digital health, diagnostics and therapeutics investments. He was previously a health care investment banker at Peel Hunt and Piper Jaffray, looking after listed health care clients as well as undertaking IPO, M&A, private placement and secondary fundraising transactions. Vijay began his career in medicine and worked as a doctor for the NHS. He qualified from Guy’s Kings and St. Thomas Medical School in London and holds a MBBS in Medicine and a B.S. in Development Neurobiology.
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About Clin-e-cal, GM&C Life Sciences Fund, Optum Ventures: Optum Ventures provides capital and strategic guidance to startup companies solving health care’s pressing challenges.
Simon Bailey
Principal Software Engineer of TriNetX
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About egghead.io, Newtriks Ltd, Sayansho Ltd, TriNetX: TriNetX is the global health research network that revolutionizes clinical research
Matthieu Dederichs
Principal of GHO Capital
Matthieu Dederichs is a Principal at GHO Capital. He is also a mentor at Creative Destruction Lab.
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), GHO Capital: GHO Capital is a specialist healthcare investment advisor based in London.
Shahrul Mt-Isa
Principal Scientist (Scientific Director) of MSD
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About MSD: MSD is an research-based healthcare company.
Bonnie Molins
Inclusive Design Principal of Kainos
Bonnie Molins has spent the last 20 years working in the public, charity and commercial sectors to produce inclusive service solutions that provide equal access and better outcomes for diverse users with a range of access needs. She currently leads on inclusive design at leading provider of Digital Services and Platforms Kainos, with a focus on producing whole systems that work for whole populations, streamline service delivery and improve user equality.​ Bonnie believes that inclusive design is good design – because it means everyone can use the thing.
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About Kainos: Kainos provide digital technology solutions that enable companies to work smarter, faster, better.
Jason Durk
Principal Consultant of 3Squared
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About 3Squared: 3Squared is a mobile app developer company which has developed apps like Festive Finge
Joe Conner
Principal Scientist of Invizius
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About Invizius: Invizius is developing treatments to help hemodialysis patients live longer, feel better, and suffer fewer cardiovascular complications.
