Speakers
Jim Campbell
Director of Health Workforce, The World Health Organisation
Jim Campbell is the Director, Health Workforce Department at the World Health Organization. He oversees the development and implementation of global public goods, evidence and tools to generate investments in the education, employment and retention of the health and care workforce in pursuit of global health security, universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. His present portfolio includes the short- and long-term impact of COVID-19 on the health and care workforce, oversight of 2021 as WHO’s International Year of Health and Care Workers, and implementation of WHO’s Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030.
Vincent Buscemi
Partner and Head of Independent Health and Social Care, Bevan Brittan
Vincent Buscemi is a Partner and the Head of Independent Health and Social Care at Bevan Brittan. Vincent is a highly experienced health and social care lawyer who specialises in commercial, corporate and regulatory law across the independent and NHS sectors; he is recommended by Legal 500 and ranked in Chambers and Partners.
Bevan Brittan is a UK Top-100 law firm; a market-leader across Health and Social Care, Housing and Local Government. We advise 800 businesses throughout the UK and internationally, providing a comprehensive range of legal services from offices in London, Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol.
Dr Nicholas Crisp
Deputy Director General, National Health Insurance, South Africa Department of Health
Dr Crisp is a medical doctor and public health specialist, having worked in several African countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia and Tanzania. He led the establishment of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), the transfer of the medicolegal mortuaries from police to health, the creation of the Forensic Pathology Services, and the establishment of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA).
He is now Deputy Director General: National Health Insurance and Acting Director General of the National Department of Health.
Preetha Reddy
Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals
Dr. Preetha Reddy is the Executive Vice Chairperson of the Apollo Hospitals Group, Asia’s trusted and foremost integrated healthcare provider. Apollo Hospitals is acclaimed as the pioneer of private healthcare in India, and was India’s first corporate hospital. She is widely recognized for her manifold contributions in making high quality healthcare accessible to millions of people and also for her unstinting support to industry bodies and organizations, working for the betterment of her country.
Stephen Dorrell
Former UK Secretary of State for Health
Stephen is Executive Chairman of Public Policy Projects and Board Member of LaingBuisson, the healthcare market intelligence company. Stephen was a Member of Parliament from 1979 to 2015 and a member of the government from 1987 to 1997, and a member of the Cabinet as Secretary of State for the National Heritage from 1994 to 1995 and Secretary of State for Health from 1995 to 1997. Between 2010 and 2014, Stephen was the first elected chair of the House of Commons Health Committee, developing the role of the Committee as an authoritative cross-party voice on health and care policy.
Alistair Grenfell
President of Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia, IQVIA
Alistair Grenfell is responsible for operations in the UK&I, Northern Europe, France, Spain, Portugal & Turkey, Germany & Austria, Switzerland & Israel, Italy & Greece, East Europe, Russia & CIS and Africa, Middle East & South Asia.
Previously, Alistair served as the company’s president, North Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia from May 2015 to December 2019. Prior to that role, he was president, North Europe and Africa, from December 2011 to April 2015. He served from 2010 to 2011 as general manager for Belgium, Netherlands, Nordics and Baltics, and before that led the IMS Health sales function in EMEA for three years.
Ben Furneaux
Senior Director and Board Member of CIMS DIFC at Cigna International Markets
Ben Furneaux is a Senior Director and Board Member of Cigna Insurance Management Services DIFC, responsible for building new strategic opportunities for Cigna International Markets in the ME region. Ben’s experience of developing sustainable joint ventures, partnerships and being seconded into a majority owned government business as it privatized, brings a unique perspective on making PPP’s successful and sustainable.
Ben has led multiple leadership positions globally with Cigna including the Head of Affordability; CMO, Head of Health, IT and Innovation for Cigna Indonesia; and the Head of Strategy for Cigna Intentional Markets based out of Hong Kong.
Jason Helgerson
Founder, Helgerson Solutions Group, Former Medicaid Director for New York State
Jason founded Helgerson Solutions Group and serves as its Chief Executive Officer, leading the firm’s mission of making the world a better place. An eternal optimist, Jason believes in new, innovative approaches to solving complex problems in health and social care. Jason also leads the firm’s portfolio of venture capital and private equity advising, as well as engaging in international comparative work, bringing the best ideas to change-makers across the globe.
Prior to his move to HSG, Jason was a nationally recognized leader in health care & delivery system reform. Most recently, he was New York State’s Medicaid Director, a role he held for over seven years.
Nic Fox
Chief Commercial Officer at NHS Digital
Nic became NHS Digital’s Chief Commercial Officer in November 2019. He leads the NHS Digital commercial and legal function which specialises in digital and technology procurements, and commercial and market management.
Nic’s background is in major programme delivery predominantly within the health and care sector. Since 2004 he has worked on and led major national digital programmes providing new capabilities across primary and secondary care and directly to citizens, working in partnership with a range of technology suppliers. Nic also led the programme to establish NHS Digital as a new statutory organisation in 2013.
As a member of the NHS Digital Executive Management Team, Nic has led the organisation’s internal response to COVID-19 and the work to define future ways of working.
Niti Pall
Head of Universal Healthcare, KPMG
As an expert in primary care, healthcare funding and diabetes, Niti has pioneered a number of major innovations. She founded one of India’s first organised primary care groups (Pathfinder Health, exited to HCL Avitas), setup a large UK primary care group (Modality), developed group consultations in the UK and is a leading thinker. She holds senior roles with Axa and KPMG, is the Chair of IDF Europe and sits on a number of clinical and startup Boards. Previous organisations she was worked with include Bupa, the NHS and Diabetes UK.
Simon Swift
Managing Director, Methods Analytics
Simon is the Managing Director of Methods Analytics, a data science and AI business with a healthcare specialism. He is focused on improving the use of information so decisions are based on evidence rather than anecdote and whim. Simon leads the business, and supports product development and consulting projects with a thorough understanding of the possibilities afforded by modern data science methodologies. His domain knowledge covers Healthcare policy, data and the healthcare information landscape together with the realities of clinical practice. His approach is driven by the focus on developing meaningful intelligence to enable understanding, debate and change. Simon initially worked as a junior surgeon in the NHS for 8 years before retraining in Health Economics and Health Policy.
Dan Morris
Partner and Digital Health Co-Lead, Bevan Brittan
Dan is an experienced healthcare litigator who has a particular focus on emerging clinical risk and safety issues arising in the fields of digital health and social care, AI and med tech. Dan is Legal 500 recommended and is Bevan Brittan’s Co-Lead for Digital Health. He advises start-ups, SMEs and established corporate providers on liability exposure, indemnity arrangements and other dispute issues.
Mat Oram
CEO and Co-Founder, AdviseInc
Mat is a Business Intelligence / Procurement leader with 16 years public/private and outsourced procurement experience across all levels of business – from on the ground buying/delivery through to policy and strategy.
As founder of AdviseInc, he works with clients to help solve their commercial, procurement, actionable insight challenges, using stakeholder engagement, strong analytics and industry experience to deliver transformational change.
Prior to AdviseInc, he was a founding shareholder of Peto – what was the NHS’ online Marketplace for Buyers and Suppliers. Prior to Peto, he spent eight years in Management Consulting, working with the NHS to improve procurement performance and deliver savings across all levels of the system – from DH to individual Trusts and Primary Care.
Emma Sheldon MBE
Consultant and Former Specialist Lead of the NHS Export Collaborative Project at Healthcare UK
Over the past 20 years, Emma has built businesses internationally and led cross-functional teams in marketing, sales, operations and research and development and has led M&A activity. She participated in a management buy-out of a global healthcare manufacturing business in 2015.
Emma now works as a consultant, with recent projects including the development of an international commercialisation strategy designed specifically for International Healthcare and helping business owners to best prepare for growth, and then to realise their growth ambitions.
Carly Caton
Partner at Bevan Brittan
Carly is a lawyer specialising in commercial and contractual healthcare matters. She leads Bevan Brittan’s international healthcare practice and works with NHS and independent healthcare providers (and suppliers to the healthcare market) on projects both in the UK and globally. Work involves all types of partnering arrangements and contractual matters, private patient hospital projects, consolidations and mergers and integrated care system projects. Carly advises a diverse range of clients that includes NHS trusts and foundation trusts, primary care providers, equipment providers and other suppliers to the market, and independent healthcare bodies.
Dr Anushka Patchava
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Vitality, Expert Advisor on Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to the United Nations
Anushka has over 10+ years’ global experience in Healthcare and across Health Systems with broad experience including working as a doctor in London and Boston, launching new health solutions and propositions across global markets including India, Dubai and South Korea and delivering product innovation and commercial strategies in the pharmaceutical and medical device sector.
She holds an advisory position at World Economic Forum as a Healthcare Expert, is Head of Health Technology at the United Nations (CEFACT), and is on the Editorial Board of Blockchain in Healthcare.
Alistair Russell
Director of Business Development, Imperial Private Healthcare, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Alistair is passionate about unlocking commercial value from NHS intellectual property. He leads business development for Imperial Private Healthcare (IPH) and the Trusts emerging International Partnerships business in education and consulting services.
IPH is one of the largest NHS PPU, caring for over 17,000 private patients and pre-covid generated over £55 million annually, offering private services across all 37 specialties and 5 hospital sites, including The Lindo Wing, St Mary’s Hospital. IPH directly employs over 300 staff and hosts over 500 consultants. In 2019/20 IPH generated over £25 million for the NHS.
Alistair joined IPH as the Head of Business Development in January 2018, having spent four years in Australia leading commercial development for Surf Life Saving NSW; Australia’s iconic volunteer emergency service charity.
Ernesto Chanona
Director of Business Development, CSSi LifeSciences
Ernesto Chanona serves as the Director of Business Development at CSSi LifeSciences. His role focuses on helping national and international companies obtain FDA approval, find venture capital funding and enter the US market. The programs at CSSi LifeSciences support the commercialization efforts of biotechnology and medtech companies by providing the regulatory strategy to obtain FDA approval in a way that mitigates time, risk and expense. To support international companies, he fosters strategic partnerships with innovation hubs, international trade organizations, academic researchers, NGOs, and entrepreneurs.
Professor Ged Byrne MBE
Director of Global Engagement, Health Education England
Professor Ged Byrne is a surgical oncologist and director of global engagement at Health Education England. He is responsible for the enhancement of the NHS workforce through engagement with countries within and outside the EEA. He is a Professor of Medical Education at the University of Manchester and an honorary Professor of Health Sciences at the University of Salford. He has a long-standing interest in global healthcare capacity building and education, leading the development of the GuluMan healthcare link and is the founder director of the Uganda-UK Healthcare Alliance. He was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2019 for global and medical education.
Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi
Managing Director, Dubai Science Park
Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi is the Managing Director of Dubai Science Park, a vibrant and holistic science-focused community dedicated to serving entrepreneurs, SMEs and multinational enterprises operating in the life sciences, energy and environment sectors. Janahi has played an instrumental role in establishing Dubai Science Park as the region’s leading community for scientific research and innovation, attracting more than 400 companies and strengthening partnerships among corporations, universities, and communities. Janahi also serves as Chairing Member of the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment Taskforce of the Dubai Industrial Strategy. In this capacity, he works with the Executive Council of Dubai to increase research and development investments, and enhance local pharmaceutical infrastructure and manufacturing capabilities.
Josie Winter
Founder and Clinical Director, Advanced Clinical Solutions
Josie started life in the NHS, working as a Theatre Practitioner which is where her love of Infection Prevention and patient safety stemmed from. Since then, she has branched out working for private healthcare organisations both in the UK and globally. She holds and MSc in Infection Prevention and Control , lectures for the University of Lincoln on Infection Control related issues and is a Scientific Advisor for BICs (British Institute of Cleaning Science) and has recently worked as an IPC Consultant for Netflix.
Josie also has a keen interest in patient safety and clinical human factors. In addition to Infection Prevention she holds advanced qualifications in clinical audit, patient safety investigations, root cause analysis and healthcare quality improvement techniques. She has developed and delivered hundreds of clinical audits, patient safety and quality improvement projects and has helped to educate thousands of healthcare staff in various clinical and patient safety skills.
Charlotte Refsum
Associate Director, KPMG
Charlotte is an Associate Director at KPMG and former General Practitioner. For the last 3 years, she has been Healthcare Executive to the Global Chairman for Healthcare, Government and Infrastructure at KPMG International, during which time she launched KPMGs Global Workforce Proposition for Healthcare and Government, and co-authored a book on the global workforce crisis in healthcare. Prior to this, Charlotte worked for 11 years in the NHS and has held posts with Nursing Now, the Health and Social Care Select Committee, and NHS England. She has a Masters in Economics and is a former National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow, and co-developed the System Workforce Improvement Model (SWIM) which has been implemented across each of the 7 NHS regions.
Charlotte researched and drafted a book by Mark Britnell on the healthcare workforce entitled “Human: solving the global workforce crisis in healthcare.” The book has since been translated into Mandarin and Portuguese and has been launched in 14 countries.
Alf Theodoru
Founder and Chief Executive, NewCourse
An international healthcare specialist with a background in epidemiology. He has worked with 210+ hospitals in 40+ countries, developing protocols to benchmark facilities using recognised international standards, key clinical outcomes and patient experience. Previously, Director of the Kaizen Promotion Office in an NHS Trust and a consultant for GE Healthcare. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (FISQua).
Abhi Shekar
Digital Healthcare Lead, Mott MacDonald
Abhi is passionate about using digital, data and technology to transform health and healthcare service delivery. Abhi brings a breadth of experience from designing digital hospital, digital strategy development and implementation, operating model, business case and systems implementation and has worked with a range of healthcare organisations in the UK and Australia.
Abhi leads Mott MacDonald’s Global Digital Health team which focuses on
- Designing healthcare facilities which are fit for the future, with digital at the core
- Redesigning care services with a digital first approach, and
- Bringing digital solutions to health challenges in low- and middle-income countries
Anthony Huszar
Global Health Security Lead at Mott MacDonald
Dr Anthony Huszar is a medical doctor and public health professional, specialising in health systems strengthening. He previously led the UK Government’s Fleming Fund programme in South East Asia, whose goal was to tackle antimicrobial resistance through improving laboratories and disease surveillance systems. A key part of the programme was a portfolio of fellowships designed to strengthen human resource capacity through international mentorship and network building. More broadly, Anthony has worked on preventative health strategies, task-shifting and digital health initiatives, seeking other ways to circumvent the human resource challenge. He holds degrees from Cambridge University, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the London School of Economics.
Andrea Tithecott
Partner, Head of Regulatory and Head of Healthcare, Al-Tamimi
Andrea Tithecott established Al Tamimi’s regional Regulatory Practice, which is ranked by Chambers & Partners, and leads the firm’s Healthcare sector group.
Andrea’s regulatory practice has focused on compliance, investigations, risk management, crisis management, trade and customs, public policy and advocacy, corporate governance, due diligence, and licensing/permit issues. For governments she has contributed to the development of new law and policy.
Andrea’s healthcare practice focuses on health sector facilities, healthcare regulation advice, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and biotech advisory services. Her other areas of expertise centre around health & safety, environmental law, renewable energy, utilities, transport (rail), consumer protection and import/export controls. She is a member of the UAE-UK Business Council Healthcare Working Group.
Brian Niven
Healthcare Advisory Lead, Mott MacDonald
Brian Niven is Technical Principal and leads the healthcare advisory team at Mott MacDonald. He has over 20 years’ experience of working in healthcare consultancy; prior to which he worked within the NHS in information analysis roles. With a background in operation research, Brian has a keen interest in the use of data and metrics to inform policy and decision making. He has led a range of projects including clinical service reviews across acute, community, nursing and therapy services, developed return on investment models, led health impact assessments, business cases and healthcare strategic reviews in the UK, and internationally.
Daniel Cidon
CTO and Co-Founder, NextGate
As CTO and co-founder of NextGate, a global leader in enterprise health data integration specializing in patient ID matching, Dan has been focused on leveraging technology to turn problems into opportunities to make a difference.
Dan is responsible for shaping NextGate’s long-term technical vision and turning emerging technologies into leading-edge solutions. As a specialist in the intricate domain of pattern analysis and probabilistic matching algorithms, he brings innovative and pragmatic solutions to the company’s product portfolio. Dan believes that in today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, information technology companies cannot settle for incremental improvements, but rather undergo relentless transformations to help hospitals and health systems thrive in a data-rich, interconnected era.
Elliott Engers
CEO and Co-Founder, Infinity Health
Elliott co-founded Infinity Health in 2014 following a conversation with an NHS doctor who was battling with the paper task lists and handwritten notes commonly used in hospitals to manage daily tasks. Elliott saw that this was a technical challenge a startup could really contribute to. He set out to make task management safer and more efficient whilst improving clinicians’ experience of their crucial, high-pressure roles; Infinity Health was born.
Elliott began his working life at Virgin Records – first in the post room and subsequently the UK marketing team. He moved on to run a digital agency, building websites and communities for media companies and running technical IT projects. He brings his technical knowledge and skills, and love of technology, to Infinity Health, setting the direction and leading the team to deliver a platform that could improve the experience of every member of health and care staff.
Jyoti Mehan
Chief Executive Officer, Health Care First Partnership
Jyoti Mehan has a wealth of experience and is tasked with taking Health Care First forward as a business and ensuring that expertise is integrated across the wider system. Jyoti assists with enquiries relating to external stakeholder discussions, integrated care systems, primary care networks, primary care contracts along with the strategic outlook and vision for HCF.
She has more than 13 years’ experience in healthcare consulting, including working across government organisations to agree system-wide policy and protocols, working hand-in-hand with commissioners and providers, designing and delivering complex programmes of work.
Alastair Currie
Partner at Bevan Brittan
Alastair is a Partner in the Employment and Pensions Department, advising on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues, both in the private sector and public sector (Health and Local Government). He advises on matters in Tribunals, the EAT, appeal courts and civil courts, usually defending claims for unfair dismissal, discrimination and breach of contract. He also specialises in internal dispute resolution, in particular carrying out complex conduct, capability and grievance investigations.
His non-contentious advice includes advising on all scales of reorganisation and redundancy exercises, and drafting employment / TUPE provisions in commercial agreements. He regularly provides seminars and training workshops on all aspects of employment law, such as internal disputes, the ACAS Code, whistle-blowing, TUPE and reorganisation and redundancy.
Steve Gardner
Managing Director, Healthcare World
Following on from a long career in media and publishing during which he has created a diverse range of consumer and business to business publications, Steve has been a specialist in the development of opportunities in the international healthcare space since 2010. As well as creating the acclaimed Global Opportunity series of international business publications, Steve helped created Healthcare UK’s supplier engagement programme in 2017 and has worked extensively in the Middle East, Indian, South American and African markets.