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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based COO’ operating in the Personal Health space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Chris Wray
COO of SYD
An experienced business consultant with 30 years strategic, financial, IT and operational consulting experience covering service delivery, account and practice management roles for Arthur Andersen, Andersen Consulting, Price Waterhouse and Deloitte. The role I perform best is one of integration – vertically between strategy, business design and delivery or horizontally across different competencies. In the role of account partner, business architect or program director, I have led the delivery of major business design and program delivery engagements for both small and large service based organisations. Line management responsibilities include managing consulting practices at a national, industry, service line, competency, regional and local office level.
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About SYD: Predictive population analytics for enterprise & AI virtual companion for employees
Martin Hao
Chief Operating Officer of Healthera
Martin is an internationally experienced entrepreneur and engineer who is the lead inventor of Healthera’s core technology.
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About Healthera: Transforming the way a nation delivers its healthcare to its population, from prescriptions to personalised services.
Eliot Brooks
Co-Founder & COO of Thriva
Eliot Brooks is Co-founder and COO at Thriva. Prior to this, he perforemed various roles at Tandem Bank and was once a manager at Travelex. He bears a degree in economics from University of Oxford.
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About Thriva: Thriva offers a personalized at-home finger-prick blood test which enables individuals to easily track and improve health.
Samantha Payne
Co Founder & COO of Open Bionics
Samantha Payne is the co founder of Open Bionics; a robotics company developing assistive devices that enhance the human body. The company has won multiple awards for Engineering and Innovation including two British Engineering Excellence Awards and the James Dyson award for innovative design. Open Bionics works with companies like Disney to children with limb differences into bionic superheroes. They were the first company to bring affordable multi-grip bionic hands to the National Health Service in the UK.
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About Open Bionics: Open Bionics is a robotics company creating affordable 3D-printed bionic hands for amputees, researchers and makers.
Neil Atherton
Co-Founder & COO of Nudjed
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About Nudjed: Health Challenges and Motivation
Elizabeth Fairley
Founder, COO of Talking Medicines
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About EFB Services, Mironid, Talking Medicines: Talking Medicines captures the unstructured global voice of the patient using AI, ML, and NLP technologies.
Steven Edward Peak
Chief Operating Officer of Vanguard Healthcare Solutions
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About Vanguard Healthcare Solutions: Vanguard Healthcare Solutions operates a fleet of mobile healthcare facilities that support National Health Service & healthcare providers.
Sean Downey
COO + Co-Founder of MagnaPass
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About MagnaPass: MagnaPass is a fitness eco-system, allowing Partners (studios/freelancers) ways to gain new clients & manage their business.
Sean Pollock
Founder & COO of Opus Medical
Doctor Sean Pollock researched and developed the Breathe Well technology over 5 years for his Masters and PhD in medical physics, transitioning into a full time role in the company after the completion of his PhD.
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About Opus Medical: Opus Medical designs and manufactures medical devices for use in motion management during cancer treatment.
Niall Smith
Cofounder & COO of BeInspired Fitness
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About BeInspired Fitness, Zone App Limited: BeInspired Fitness offers an e-commerce platform that enables its users to find and get service from physiotherapists and nutritionists.
