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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 Managing Director operating in the Health Care space. If you think a Managing 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.
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.
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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.
Parminder Basran
Co-founder and Managing Director of Velos Partners
Parminder Basran is the Founder & Managing Partner at VGC Partners.
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About Iconic Images, Kick Game, Round World Entertainment, Twenty Ten Capital, Velos Partners, VGC Partners, WIT Fitness: Velos Partners is a consumer growth capital firm investing in retail innovation, health & wellness, and luxury & entertainment.
Sarah Verity-Thomas
Managing Director of Cinven
Sarah is a member of the Investor Relations and Fundraising team and is responsible for Cinven’s client services on behalf of our Limited Partners. Previously, Sarah worked as a Manager in the Private Equity Transaction Services group at KPMG, advising private equity clients on M&A and restructuring deals across a range of sectors. Prior to this, Sarah spent four years with Arthur Andersen, where she worked in the Private Equity Tax group and gained her Chartered Accountancy qualification. Sarah holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University. She joined Cinven in 2005.
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About Cinven: Cinven is an international private equity firm focused on building world-class global companies.
Tarek Bayazid
Managing Director of Cinven
Tarek is a member of the Investor Relations and Fundraising team. Previously Tarek worked as a Vice President in the Alternative Assets Group at Citigroup, advising private equity clients with a broad range of products, including M&A advisory, leveraged finance and private equity fundraising. Tarek holds an MSc in Communications and a BA in History from Boston College. He joined Cinven in 2014.
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About Cinven: Cinven is an international private equity firm focused on building world-class global companies.
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.
Christopher Crozier
Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of Permira
Christopher is the Chief Risk Officer of Permira. He focuses on improving and standardising Permira’s risk management function globally. His role covers key areas including reputation, conflicts, compliance, litigation and regulatory matters. Christopher is a member of the ESG group. Prior to joining Permira as a Principal in 2008, Christopher was the Chief Administrative Officer for Emerging Markets (EMEA) at Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for a number of compliance and risk matters, including helping the firm establish its Middle East offices. Before that, he practised law at Freshfields and Simpson Thacher.
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About Permira: Permira is a global growth obsessed private capital investor.
Neil Griffiths
Managing Director, UK of TeleTracking
Neil Griffiths is a seasoned healthcare executive, bringing more than 20 years of public and private sector experience to TeleTracking’s UK operations. In his role as Managing Director, he is leading the UK business and is part of the global TeleTracking senior leadership team. With his deep understanding of hospitals and experience of managing change, Mr. Griffiths ensures that TeleTracking’s approach and solutions are deployed in the most effective way to support long term sustainable impact. Prior to joining TeleTracking, Mr. Griffiths was the Deputy CEO and a board member at University College London Hospitals [UCLH] Foundation Trust, one of the leading acute academic hospital providers in the UK. In that capacity, he was responsible for the development of uclh future, the Trust’s ambitious transformation strategy that combines the creation of new operating processes and use of technology with the development of leadership and change management capabilities. Prior to that, Mr. Griffiths was the entrepreneurial leader and a board member for the McKinsey Hospital Institute (MHI) in the UK. Neil holds an MBA from the University of Westminster and a BSc in Politics from the University of Bristol.
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About TeleTracking: TeleTracking Passionate About Optimizing Hospital Operations & PatientFlow.
Petri Vainio
Managing Director of Essex Woodlands Healthcare Partners
Petri Vainio, M.D., Ph.D. has 25 years of experience as an investor in rapidly growing healthcare companies. Petri Vainio spent more than 10 years as a General Partner of Sierra Ventures, one of Silicon Valley’s leading venture capital firms with over $1 billion under management. While at Sierra, Petri Vainio was a General Partner in five successive funds and led their healthcare investment practice. Petri Vainio has been a lead investor in numerous successful healthcare companies in all sectors of healthcare, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and healthcare services. He has served on the board of directors of over 20 private and public healthcare companies and has helped these companies raise over $1billion in financing and reach a combined market value of over $30 billion. Petri Vainio sits on the Board of Directors of Molecular Partners. Petri Vainio holds a Doctor of Medicine and a Doctor of Philosophy in biochemistry from the University of Helsinki, and a Masters in Business Administration from Stanford University. Petri Vainio joined Essex Woodlands as Managing Director in the London office in 2004.
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About Essex Woodlands Healthcare Partners: Essex Woodlands is a healthcare growth equity and venture capital firm.
Lana Ghanem
Founder & Managing Director of Hikma Ventures
Lana is managing director at Hikma Ventures which she helped establish in 2015. Lana started her career at Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC in 2012 as the Assistant to the CEO and Director of Corporate Strategy & Development where she worked on strategic projects across the company’s various functions including strategy, M&A, operations and finance. Prior to joining Hikma, Lana worked as a Financial Analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions department at Dresdner Kleinwort Investment Bank in London where she worked on transactions for clients across multiple industries. Lana holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS) and a Bachelors of Commerce degree from McGill University.
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About Hikma Ventures: Hikma Ventures operates as the corporate venture capital arm of Hikma Pharmaceuticals.
Katherine Ward
Chief Commercial Officer, Managing Director UK & Europe of Healthy.io
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About Healthy.io: Healthy.io converts smartphone cameras into a clinical grade medical device.
Jonathan Tobin
Managing Director of Arix Bioscience
Jonathan specialises in therapeutics and diagnostics investments and has a background in medical research and drug discovery. Prior to joining Imperial Innovations he worked at MRC Technology, sourcing and evaluating new opportunities for small molecule and antibody drug discovery worldwide. He has a PhD in molecular medicine from UCL, and undertook post-doctoral research at the Cancer Research UK LRI. He has published in journals including New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Genetics, and PNAS. Jonathan has a First Class degree in Biological Science from Oxford University and an MBA with Distinction from Imperial College.
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About Arix Bioscience: Arix Bioscience is a healthcare and life science company.
Peter Maskell
Managing Director of Koninklijke Philips
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About Koninklijke Philips: Koninklijke Philips is a technology company that provides healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting products, solutions, and services.
Raj Vora
Founder & Managing Director of Revital
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About Revital: Revital is an independent company with a mission to care for the wellbeing and health of our customers.
Daniel Couchman Kendall
Managing Director & Founder of Mission Based Media
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About Mission Based Media: Mission Based Media creates and produces audio content that depends on the organization’s goals.
Soren Krogsgaard Thomsen
Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Director of BioMe Oxford
Soren is a medical scientist at the University of Oxford, with a background in the natural sciences and genetics research. He previously worked as a consultant for pharma and OBR consulting, and has published on his experiences as an academic entrepreneur. Soren’s current research is focused on translating large-scale genetic data into mechanisms for disease to inform new therapeutic strategies. He dreams of one day enabling similar population-wide microbiome studies using the platform technology under development at BioMe Oxford Ltd.
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About BioMe Oxford, Vertex Pharmaceuticals: Unlocking your gut microbiome by developing a medical device for targeted and non-invasive sampling
Michael Buchen
Managing Director of Polar Light Ventures
Michael is the Founder & Managing Director of Polar Light Ventures AG, an investment firm based in Switzerland, focusing on early-stage technology ventures. Previously he was the Managing Director of Dhabi Holdings, a principal investment firm of senior members of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He joined Dhabi Holdings from Mubadala Investment Company, where he worked in the Special Situations Team. Before Mubadala, he worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Europe, China and the Middle East. Michael currently serves or served on the Boards of a number of companies in the MedTech, Software, AdTech, Financial Services, Food & Beverage, Energy, Telecom and Venture Capital space.
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About Polar Light Ventures: Principal Investment Company focusing on early stage technology ventures.
Louis Rennocks
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Grndhouse
Louis Rennocks is the Co-founder and managing director of Grndhouse.
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About Grndhouse: Grndhouse is an online fitness platform.
Robert Perin
Managing Director of Protak Scientific
Prior to his current role as CEO & partner at Protak Scientific in the biotechnology industry the last 5 years, Robert Perin worked at Blackberry as Senior Commercial Director, Europe for just under a decade.
After his time in telecommunications, he worked as an investor and advisor for several start-ups including launching Oscobo, Becovi Media and CST Automotive amongst others. Since becoming CEO and partner in one of the most exciting and ground changing Biotech companies to date, Robert has been instrumental in bringing major pharma companies onboard such as Pfizer, Bayer, Novo Nordisk, and AstraZeneca.
Protak Scientific provides rapid validation solutions to large isolator manufacturers, global pharmaceutical companies, and scientific universities with established and recognised ground-breaking technology that assists pharmaceutical companies to validate their decontamination in aseptic production.
He has been key to both setting the corporate strategy and gaining international recognition and acceptance, as the innovative way of approaching validation, with the regulators and international scientific community.
He has also been a key part in the expansion of the company globally into countries such as the US, India, and China, trebling revenue in recent years. Although relatively new to the pharmaceutical industry, his belief in the technology, passion for the industry, and commercial acumen have enabled Protack Scientific to become a growing UK success story within the international pharmaceutical industry.
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About Protak Scientific: PS is a biotechnology firm that manufacturers enzyme indicators.
John Ross
Managing Director of telmedx
John is an internationally-recognized IT security expert with more than 35 years experience as a senior consultant to government and commercial clients. He has successfully implemented security platforms for the UK Cabinet Office and other high profile clients.
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About telmedx: Telmedx offers a mobile telemedicine platform that enables doctors to remotely examine their patients in high resolution.
Amanda Parkinson
Managing Director of Healthpoint
Amanda Parkinson is a retail health and beauty provider. She is the managing director at Healthpoint Ltd.
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About Healthpoint: Healthpoint is committed to supplying affordable fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) to the multiple retail sector.
Ron Taylor
Managing Director of Parklands Group
Ron Taylor established Parklands Group in 1993. He has worked in Moray for most of his adult life and is a past President of Moray Chamber of Commerce. Outside of work he enjoys walking his dogs, cycling and watching his beloved Manchester United. He is often mistaken for his twin brother!
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About Parklands Group: Parklands Group is one of the largest care home providers.
Islam Pearson
Managing Director of Greenliving Pharma
Islam is the man in charge, the overseer, protector, and father figure. With his background in property development and renewable energy technologies, he tends to come at the business from the point of view of the customer, and regularly offers a wealth of knowledge to anyone interested. He lives for his work, and may or may not be a gymnast. We’re not quite sure yet.
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About Greenliving Pharma: Greenliving Pharma is a nutraceutical company that distributes pharmaceutical products.
Duncan Hynd
Managing Director of Advanced Oncotherapy
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About Advanced Oncotherapy, Hynd Healthcare: Advanced Oncotherapy is a medical technology company providing advanced radiotherapy systems for the treatment of common and rare cancers.
Adam George
UK Managing Director of GW Pharmaceuticals
Adam George has served as our Managing Director – UK since March 2017. Mr. George also acts as our Company Secretary. Prior to taking on his current role, Mr. George served as our Chief Financial Officer since 2012 and Financial Controller since 2007. Mr. George has previously occupied several senior finance roles within both public and privately-owned companies, most recently as Finance Director from 2004 to 2007 and as Group Financial Controller from 2001 to 2004 of Believe It Group Limited (now 4Com plc), a telecommunications service provider. Mr. George holds an BSc. in Biology from Bristol University and is qualified as a chartered accountant.
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About GW Pharmaceuticals: GW Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel therapeutics.
Rehab Sofan
Managing Director of SAVANT
Founder and Managing Director of beauty business Savant.
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About SAVANT: Beauty & Aesthetics Services
Peter Blencowe
Managing Director and Co-Founder of Bluecrest Wellness
Peter Blencowe is the Managing Director and Co-founder of Bluecrest Health Screening.
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About Bluecrest Wellness: Bluecrest Wellness is a privately run health screening company founded in the UK in 2012.
Mark Duman
Managing Director of MD Healthcare Consultants
Mark is a rare blend of clinician, management consultant and patient advocate. He works with organisations to help them realise the full benefit of their services and products, especially through the often untapped potential of patients and the public. At The King’s Fund Mark promoted shared decision making, founded the Ask About Medicines campaign and authored ‘Producing Patient Information’. In the BBC he developed a range of behavioural change interventions to improve people’s health and lifestyle. Following roles in publishing and telecoms, Mark moved into consulting with clients including Cancer Research UK, Care Quality Commission, Pfizer and Microsoft. In addition to various advisory and mentor roles, he is a Non-Executive Director of the Patient Information Forum and a Director at Monmouth Partners. Mark is a long term condition patient (and advocate) who lives happily in Salford, England (despite being Scottish).
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About MD Healthcare Consultants: MD Healthcare Consultants
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.
Jonathan Hollick
Managing Director of Breakpoint Therapeutics
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About Breakpoint Therapeutics: Breakpoint Therapeutics is a company that discover and develop new anti-cancer drugs.
Dr Kalli Nikolaidou
Managing Director of Aesthetic Derma Clinic
Dr Kalli Nikolaidou is an expert in aesthetics and Dermatology and the founder and owner of Aesthetic Derma Clinic in London’s Harley Street.
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About : Cosmetic care & Dermatology treatments
Andrew Newell
Managing Director & Founder of Cipher Surgical
Andrew Newell is Founder & Managing Director at Cipher Surgical
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About Cipher Surgical, Exomedica: Cipher Surgical is a medical device company established to design, patent, and globally market its laparoscopic medical device.
Albert Nicholl
Managing Director of Freedom One Life
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About Freedom One Life: Redefining mobility
Banafshe Larijani
Co-founder, Joint Managing Director and CSO of Fastbase Solutions
Banafshe Larijani holds a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Amherst College, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Head of Cell Biophysics Laboratory since 2002 at Cancer Research UK, she was appointed Senior Scientist in 2012 and in 2014 was awarded the Ikerbasque Research Professorship. She holds adjunct professorships with University of Bath (UK), Stony Brooks University NY and University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, (USA). Her laboratory is a cutting-edge cross-disciplinary platform, which draws upon the physical sciences to develop novel avenues for investigation of biological processes in signalling. The outcomes of her fundamental research involving the application of quantitative imaging (FRET-FLIM) for investigating molecular mechanisms of various oncoproteins have resulted in their application to clinical objectives. Cell Biophysics is now at the Biophysics Institute Insituto Biofisika) and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE) in Bilbao, Spain.
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About Fastbase Solutions: Fastbase Solutions is a cancer diagnostics platform.
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.
Charles Lowe
Managing Director of Digital Health And Care Alliance
Charles Lowe was educated at Cambridge and the London Business School. Following an early financial career, he led the creation of the BT Intranet as one of the first, largest and most successful corporate Intranets. He was at the centre of BT’s collaboration with the UK Government to deliver UKonline and other path-breaking public uses of the Internet. After BT he ran a large ICT/modernisation programme for the London Borough of Newham’s Social Services Departments where he established a large telecare programme with some 3000 users. In 2007 Charles won Department of Health ‘Whole System Demonstrator’ funding for LB Newham to include telehealth. Charles’s telecare work won a 2008 NHS London Health & Social Care Innovation Award. Charles joined Telehealth Solutions in 2008 where he was responsible for product development and initial sales. In 2011 Charles joined Surrey County Council as Telecare & Telehealth Project Manager on a short contract to mainstream telecare and to run a £3.9m telehealth tender, both now successfully completed. Since 2013 he has built a portfolio of roles including Managing Director of the Digital Health & Care Alliance (DHACA) and assisting NetScientific plc in commercialising their data analytic service to improve substantially the predictive ability of telehealth.
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About Digital Health And Care Alliance: DHACA is an organisation dedicated to improving interoperability and reducing duplication in health and care systems.
Lucie Marchelot Shukla
Co-Founder – Managing Director of Straight Teeth Direct
Lucie Marchelot Shukla is a Co-Founder – Managing Director at Straight Teeth Direct.
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About Straight Teeth Direct: Straight TeethDirect to consumer teledentistry platform that connects users to online dentists globally enabling low cost.
Rebecca Terrell
Founder and Managing Director of Tribeca Studios
Rebecca Terrell is the founder and managing director of Tribeca Studios.
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About Tribeca Studios: Tribeca Studios is a boutique fitness club that operates as a pay-as-you train studio.
Mark O’Herlihy
Managing Director EMEA of IBM Watson Health
Head of IBM Watson Health for Europe, Middle East & Africa. As the Managing Director, Mark holds full responsibility for the Sales & Go to Market strategy & team, for Watson Health software products and solutions to their customers. This includes the full portfolio of Life Sciences, Oncology, Genomics, Imaging, Government, Value-Based Care & Population Health Management solutions. Mark has a clinical background and has worked in the NHS as well as many senior leadership positions in global, European and start-up healthcare companies throughout his career, with over 25 years of experience in the healthcare segment, Mark brings a wealth of experience and perspective and he is passionate about health and social care for everyone.
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About IBM Watson Health: IBM Watson Health works across the health landscape, from payers and providers to government and life sciences.
Alex Sweeney
Managing Director of Xyla Diagnostics
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About Xyla Diagnostics: Xyla Diagnostics specializes in providing diagnostic imaging services.
Dr Anna Puri
Managing Director of SkinVie
Dr Anna Puri is a St. Andrew’s and The University of Manchester graduate in Medicine and practises aesthetic treatments in the areas of Berkshire, Surrey & Ascot.
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About Skinora, SkinVie: Chain of Aesthetic Clinics in London, Surrey & Berkshire
Stephan Loose
Managing Director of Old Street Strategy
Stephan Loose Founder and Managing Director of Old Street Strategy, Stephan has over 15 years’ experience in identifying, selling and marketing integrated healthcare solutions in to a variety of private and public sector stakeholders across the globe. Driven by a passion for solving highly complex business problems, Stephan specialises in helping companies navigate rapidly changing healthcare systems and government environments in an effort to identify and create business opportunities that represent value to all stakeholders Stephan has operated at senior level across a variety of industries that market innovative products to both public and private sector organisations across life sciences, med-tech, animal health, defence and automotive. His industry experience has been collected across 4 continents and encompasses breadth of customer engagement models, including strategic account management, private and public sector marketing, government relations and market access.
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About Old Street Strategy: Old Street Strategy is a Boutique Strategy Consultancy that specializes helping organizations with innovative medical health & technologies.
Paul Ebert
Managing Director of Tabeo
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About Tabeo: We simplify payments and contact management for healthcare specialists. Grow your business and keep patients happy.
Maxim Rossmann
Managing Director of Cambridge Oncometrix
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About Cambridge Oncometrix, University of Cambridge: Cambridge Oncometrix aims to save lives by enabling the early detection of prostate cancer.
Paul Johnson
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Radar Healthcare
Paul Johnson joined Radar Software as CEO in 2013.
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About Radar Healthcare, Smartgate Solutions: Radar Healthcare is a privately held company that help organisations across health and social care to improve quality and compliance.
Dominic Farmer
Managing Director of Cisiv
Dominic Farmer has over 25 years experience in both healthcare technology and observational research. He set up Cisiv to provide technologies for use in real world research following extensive experience with leading global Pharma companies in the software development and implementation of large-scale global studies.
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About Cisiv: Cisiv is a developer of technology solutions for pharmaceutical companies.
Ian Fotheringham
Managing Director of Ingenza
Ian Fotheringham received a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Glasgow, UK, in 1986. He joined the NutraSweet division of Monsanto in Chicago, USA, constructing microbes to produce the Aspartame® sweetener. From 1993, he continued developing large-scale bioprocesses with NSC Technologies and Great Lakes Fine Chemicals. Ian co-founded Ingenza in 2003, has published 35 papers and articles, and holds eight current patents.
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About Ingenza: Ingenza is an industrial biotechnology company.
Benedikt Reinke
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Sympatient
Benedikt Reinke is the Co-Founder & Managing Director at Sympatient GmbH
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About Sympatient: Sympatient is building the first digital anxiety clinic.
Dr Smita Mehra
Managing Director of The Neem Tree Dental Group
Founder and Principal Dentist
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About : Dental practices and aesthetics clinics
Dr Sarah Shah
Managing Director of Artistry Clinic
Dr Sarah Shah has started her career in the medical field and transitioned in 2014 into aesthetics, becoming one of the most well-known Injectors in the UK.
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About Artistry Clinic: Aesthetic Clinics by Dr Sarah Shah
Mika Reinikainen
Managing Director of Abnovo
Mika Reinikainen, LL.M., MBA is the founder and Managing Director of AbNovo Ltd. He was previously Vice President of Quintiles Consulting Europe and head of the operation for 4 years. His consulting experience in the health care product field spans another 9 years. Prior to this he was for 2 years Legal Counsel at Hogan & Hartson responsible for the European health care practice. In the first 12 years of his career, Mika Reinikainen was in charge of European Corporate Regulatory Affairs for Pfizer Hospital Products dealing with a variety of products of the company’s subsidiaries such as orthopaedic implants (Howmedica), cardiovascular implants and devices (Shiley), sutures (Deknatel), blood pumps (Stöckert), electrosurgical equipment (Valleylab), ostomy products (United), angioplasty catheters (Schneider) and penile implants (AMS). Mika Reinikainen has been involved directly in the development of the Medical Devices Directives (as Consultant to the European Commission and through trade associations). He headed the working group that developed the European medical device classification system and subsequently chaired the European Commission’s Working Group on Classification. This classification system has been adopted by the Global Harmonisation Task Force (GHTF) and many countries around the world (Australia, Canada and Japan). He has also directly contributed to the development of Commission’s guidance (MEDDEV documents) on classification, vigilance and the drug/device borderline. He has been involved in the development on the technical standards on labelling of medical devices and the medical device nomenclature as Chairman of CEN TC 257 and risk analysis as a member of that group. He is a founder and Chairman of the European Association of Authorised Representatives (EAAR). He is also past Vice President Europe of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS). He received his Master’s Degree in Law from the Institute of the Law of Peace and Development, University of Nice, France. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
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About Abnovo: AbNovo Ltd provides a comprehensive range of services for the medical device industry.
Axel Heitmueller
Managing Director of Imperial College Health Partners
Axel has been involved with Imperial College Health Partners since its conception in 2011 as an Interim Director and joined the partnership full-time in August 2013 as Director of Strategy and Commerce. As of September 2016, Axel was appointed as Managing Director. Prior to joining the partnership, Axel was Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He brings a broad range of experience from academia and central government where he was Deputy Director and Chief Analyst at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit in Cabinet Office and No 10.
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About Imperial College Health Partners: A partnership bringing together NHS providers of healthcare services, clinical commissioning groups and leading universities across London
Alya Shakir
Founder & Managing Director of Private Walk-In Clinic
Managing Director of the Harley Health Centre Group
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About : Private medical services in the City of London.
Graham Charsley
Managing Director, People and Organisation of Action for Children
Graham Charsley is Managing Director, People and Organisation at Graham Charsley.
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About Action for Children: Action for Children is committed to help vulnerable and neglected children and young people as well as their families throughout the U.K.
Jan Leightley
Managing Director, Operations of Action for Children
Jan Leightley is Managing Director, Operations at Action for Children.
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About Action for Children: Action for Children is committed to help vulnerable and neglected children and young people as well as their families throughout the U.K.
Kim Herbert
Managing Director of Happy Days
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About Happy Days: Happy Days is a UK-based nursery catering for children between three months and five years of age.
Jonathan Ward
Managing Director of Breaking Free Online Limited
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About Breaking Free Online Limited: Breaking Free Online Limited is a digital health company focused on solutions for substance misuse.
Matthew Reed
Founder and Managing Director of Equipsme
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About Equipsme: Equipsme provides health insurance for UK business.
João Félix
Managing Director of Wellty
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About Wellty: Wellness Consulting and Investments
Nikka Mammadt
Managing Director of Zen Skin Clinic
Owner of Zen Skin Clinic
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About Zen Skin Clinic: Laser hair removal & aesthetics
Jason Smith
Managing Director of Bedfont Scientific
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About Bedfont Scientific: Bedfont Scientific specializes in the design and manufacture of exhaled breath and gas monitoring instruments.
Pawel de Sternberg Stojalowski
Managing Director & Founder of Aseptium
Company was originated out of Pawel’s passion for clever solutions as he is a design engineer, first and foremost. Thanks to his background in mechanical engineering (MSc 2006), automation and robotics (BSc 2006) as well as business (MBA 2013) he takes an interdisciplinary approach to projects, integrating both engineering and commercial aspects. Decontamination of surgical instruments combines many disciplines of science and that is what brought Pawel into this environment. Complexity as well as multitude of problems require creativity and a wide spectrum of knowledge in order to devise innovative solutions. Pawel was involved in R&D of surgical instruments reprocessing equipment since 2007. In that time he contributed to over 100 products that reached the market – from ultrasonic washers through pass-through washer disinfectors to sterilisation indicators. Today his main focus is on complex surgical instruments and challenges industry faces reprocessing them.
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About Aseptium: Aseptium provides innovative decontamination solutions that reduce infections carried by dirty surgical instruments.
Pamela Bruce
Managing Director of Nurse Plus
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About Nurse Plus: Nurseplus is a specialist provider of staffing and domiciliary care solutions for the healthcare industry.
Ruby Chan
Managing Director of My Teatime LTD
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About My Teatime LTD: Wholesome natural tea infusions: from blooming flower teas to perfectly crafted blends, made from whole leaves.
Chris May
Founder & Managing Director of Mayden
The founder and managing director of Mayden. Formerly from a manufacturing background he has dedicated his career to the healthcare sector for the last 21 years, initially as a hospital manager and then as a management consultant specialising in information analysis and modelling to support strategic reviews and business cases. Chris is passionate about maximising the opportunities presented by the internet both to provide joined up healthcare and to increase the cost-effectiveness of healthcare IT. This is now his primary area of interest.
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About Mayden: Mayden provides end-to-end managed web applications and bespoke system development to the healthcare sector.
Dominic Thorpe
Founder and Managing Director- Acting CEO and in charge of fundraising, strategy, and development of Wireless Fitness
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About Wireless Fitness: The Wireless Fitness is an app that portable exercise studio in your phone
Paul Brown
Managing Director of Only By Nature
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About Only By Nature: Only By Nature is mission to make healthier natural products without compromising on taste, which is why we’re Only By Nature!
Paul Brown
Managing Director of Only By Nature
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About Only By Nature: Only By Nature is mission to make healthier natural products without compromising on taste, which is why we’re Only By Nature!
Margaret Salmon
Managing Director of Only By Nature
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About Only By Nature: Only By Nature is mission to make healthier natural products without compromising on taste, which is why we’re Only By Nature!
Francis Namouk
Managing Director of Videum
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About Videum: Videum facilitates an online platform that enables its users to find and publish videos related to health and wellness.
Howard Smith
Managing Director of CamNtech
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About CamNtech: CamNtech provides professional wearable medical devices.
