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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 United Kingdom based Director operating in the Personal Health space. If you think a Director 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.
Rafael López Schietekat
Founder & Managing Director of Diagnostikare
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About Diagnostikare: The first data-driven patient-centric virtual primary care platform in Mexico.
Fredrik Cornell
Director Commercial Operations of Healthily by Your.MD
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About Healthily by Your.MD: Healthily is the world’s first medically approved self-care app designed around you.
Mark Jenkins
UK Managing & Medical Director of Oviva
Co-founder at Oviva – a digital health company using technology to digitise the dietetic care pathway.
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About Oviva: Oviva digitizes the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity through a unique behavior change platform.
Philippa Jayanathan
Director Of Operations – Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust of National Health Service
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About National Health Service: NHS is the UK’s biggest health website which employs people with a wide range of skills from software development to journalism.
Ann Maitland
Group Director Global Operations of BSN Medical
Ann Maitland joined BSN medical in 2001. Beginning her career with Smith & Nephew Textiles in 1974 within the Surgical Dressings business, she held various positions within a manufacturing capacity before being promoted to Manufacturing Director of the Medical Fabrics Division in 1998. Following the formation of BSN medical in 2001, Ann had subsequent responsibility as VP Operations within the Orthopaedics global business unit. In 2006, she was appointed Senior VP responsible for Global Operations. She continues to manage the operations side of the business today. In her role as EVP Global Operations, Ann is responsible for Global Logistics, Global Procurement, Global Supply Chain and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering.
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About BSN Medical: BSN Medical is a global leader in the worldwide healthcare market specialising in the areas of Compression Therapy.
Karen Harwood
Director and Co-Founder of Oodee
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About Oodee: allergen neutral skincare – next generation clean beauty
Victoria Tydeman
Director and Co-Founder of Oodee
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About Oodee: allergen neutral skincare – next generation clean beauty
Mark Lait
Vice-president & Managing Director of Water-Jel Technologies
Mark joined the company in 1992 as the WaterJel distributor for the UK and Ireland; his geographic responsibility increased in 2003 to all international business. Prior to 1992, Mark was a director of a number of medium-sized medical companies with manufacturing bases in UK, U.S. and Australia. With a background in medical engineering, HND MEng, he has been responsible for the design and development of unique technologies used in pediatric / neonatal care and the treatment of thermal injuries. Based at WaterJel’s UK office, Mark is multilingual and has lived and worked in several countries, contributing to his extensive international business experience.
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About Water-Jel Technologies: Water-Jel is a manufacturer of branded and private label specialty medical products.
Anya Roy
Managing Director of Syrona Health
Anya Roy is the co-founder of Syrona Health.
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About Syrona Health: Syrona Health is a personalised digital health platform for Chronic Gynaecological/Uterine Conditions like Endometriosis, PCOS etc.
Chantelle Bell
Managing Director of Syrona Health
Chantelle Bell is the Managing Director and co-founder of Syrona Health.
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About Syrona Health: Syrona Health is a personalised digital health platform for Chronic Gynaecological/Uterine Conditions like Endometriosis, PCOS etc.
Angela Dillon
Director of Finance of Vanguard Healthcare Solutions
Angela joined Vanguard in 2010 as Commercial Accountant. Following a three year tenure as Financial Controller, she was appointed to the executive team in 2017 as Finance Director. Angela’s career started with Robson Taylor. She began her training as an auditor, developing a thorough knowledge of financial compliance. Following this, she advanced to a senior role with Berkeley Hamilton and then to Financial Controller for The Little Entertainment Group. This seven year appointment saw her support many new business ventures, producing financial models to support business strategy and growth. Her comprehensive understanding of the modern healthcare market, established during her years of service at Vanguard, combined with a natural flair for business development gives Angela a crucial ability to oversee profitable endeavours and implement key processes that support the realisation of planning into profit. Angela’s primary focus is now on helping to grow Vanguard’s business value as quickly and effectively as possible, whilst maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance and compliance.
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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.
Tayo Akiwumi
Global Market Entry & Growth Director of Miznee
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About Miznee, SpaceVee: “Every smartphone a medical imaging device. Every smartphone a health triage and therapy tool. Every x-ray image a soft tissue image“.
Tim Aston
Founder and Director of emoquo
Tim Aston is Founder & Product Director at emoquo.
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About emoquo: Emoquo is an award winning digital coaching app and real-time people analytics platform for everyone at work.
