Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Leeds based CEO’ operating in the Health Care space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Frank Hester OBE
Founder & CEO of The Phoenix Partnership
Frank has always been at the forefront of IT innovation. In his early career he was instrumental in building technological infrastructure in the finance industry. Frank founded TPP in 1997 and pioneered integrated care – delivering his vision of connected care across all health settings. Today, TPP provides leading software that is transforming healthcare worldwide. Frank is active in all aspects of the company’s business operations, working alongside the teams in the development of TPP’s products and representing the company in the public domain. Frank’s innovative vision is nationally recognised by the NHS, leading journals and healthcare organisations. In 2012, he was elected to the board of TechUK as a spokesperson for the healthcare IT sector. The following year, he was listed as one of the UK’s top 50 innovators in the national health publication, HSJ. In 2015, Frank was named on the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List to be awarded with an OBE (Order of the British Empire), for his services to healthcare. Frank has been invited on numerous government trade missions, representing the UK health industry around the world. He has visited countries such as China, India and Brazil as part of trade missions led by British Prime Minister, David Cameron and by Kenneth Clarke, QC, MP.
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About The Phoenix Partnership: TPP is a healthcare technology company, dedicated to delivering world class healthcare software in the UK and internationally.
Mark Livingstone
Chief Executive Officer of Pharmacy2U
Mark became Pharmacy2U’s CEO following a merger with ChemistDirect.co.uk in July 2016. An entrepreneurial business leader who has held many senior positions across retail and technology. Roles include co-founder and CEO of LOVEFiLM, worldwide Managing Director of Lego Interactive and one of the people behind the startup, Graze.com. With a passion for understanding how things work, Mark is a keen engineer who has rebuilt three 1950s Austin-Healeys.
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About ChemistDirect, Pharmacy2U: Pharmacy2U are the UK’s leading NHS approved online pharmacy and also provide a confidential private online doctor service.
Joshua Gould
Chief Executive Officer of thebigword
Welcome to my Crunchbase page. People refer to me as an entrepreneur and I think that the true test of an entrepreneur is to believe that you really can achieve your dreams, not just once but over and over. I’m now CEO of a $100 million company that I started from scratch but I began my working life as an apprentice and that’s why, throughout my career, I’ve been such a supporter of apprenticeships and training. My company, thebigword, is now one of the world’s largest tech-enabled language services companies. We employ nearly 500 people, based in 12 offices in nine countries, working with more than 10,000 linguists from 73 countries. Every month thebigword interprets over two million minutes of speech in 235 languages over the telephone globally and our linguists carry out 14,500 face-to-face interpreting appointments throughout the US and UK. We also translate 35 million written words every month in hundreds of languages. Technology has truly revolutionised our business with developments we could only have dreamed of 20 years ago. Just a few of the game-changing developments in that time have been: global online selling, over the phone interpreting, machine translation, and translation memory. Our Apprentice programme is one of the most successful in the UK. In just two years we have progressed 82 Apprentices through the scheme and 67 percent of them have gone on to full-time jobs in company. Recently I was proud to accept on behalf of thebigword the award for ‘Large Employer of the Year’ at the UK Apprenticeship Awards. I now divide my time between living in New York and Leeds, England and visiting our many global offices. I continue to be enthused and excited by business and the difference it can make to people’s lives.
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About thebigword, WordSynk: We are technology-driven language communication leaders trusted by the top 100 global brands and organizations. What language barrier?
Kadem Al-Lamee
CEO of Arterius
Kadem Al-Lamee, CEO, Arterius Limited, was a co-founder of PolyBioMed Limited in 1996, serving as Technical Director before becoming Managing Director in 2001, when PolyBioMed was acquired by Lombard Medical Technologies. PolyBioMed was recently purchased by Bayer Materials Science. Dr Al-Lamee was integral to the development of the business throughout its history, including strategic development, fund-raising, technical development and the establishment of its intellectual property portfolio. Previously he was Principal Scientist in polymer chemistry for Innovative Technologies plc, managing research and development programmes in areas including wound dressings and coated urinary catheters. Dr Al-Lamee has extensive research and teaching experience with an MSc and PhD in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Liverpool. He has over 30 years experience in Biomaterials and Medical Devices, has published over 50 papers in international journals and holds 25 granted patents/patent applications. Dr Al-Lamee’s main interests are biomaterials, surface modifications and the coating of materials commonly used in medical devices, drug delivery systems, hydrogels for medical applications, cardiovascular devices, wound-care products, urology and tissue engineering devices. He has been successfully awarded many grants from the UK’s DTI, the Innovate UK, Yorkshire Forward, and European Commission for the research and development of healthcare projects.
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About Arterius: Arterius developing a novel next-generation polymer-based Bio-resorbable Coronary Scaffold (BRS), more commonly known as a ‘stent’.
Rohan Rebello
Co-founder and CEO of Comma Care Limited
Cofounder & CEO, Comma Care Ltd(UK), a Healthcare Startup | Mechanical Engineer | Nexus, University of Leeds
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About Comma Care Limited: Heathcare Technology startup
Bryn Sage
CEO of Inhealthcare
Bryn Sage has more than 30 years’ experience in the technology industry, beginning as a computer engineer in 1981. In 1986, he joined Storm and progressed through the company to become sales director in 1994. He was appointed to the board of Inhealthcare’s parent company Intechnology plc in 2000. Over the last decade he has driven various innovation projects specifically for the NHS. He became chief executive of Inhealthcare in January 2014.
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About Inhealthcare: Inhealthcare’s national digital health platform provides the infrastructure to radically change the NHS.
Graeme Lee
Founder & CEO of Springfield Healthcare
Graeme Lee is a Founder & CEO at Springfield Healthcare.
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About Springfield Healthcare: Springfield Healthcare delivers personal and domestic care for people who need it in their own homes.
