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Medtech market access and adoption strategist, passionate about bringing health tech products to market with lived experience scaling a digital therapeutic in the NHS.

Big Health UK Director & Chief of Staff

May 2019 - 2022

  • Zero to One Grew the business from a £1M Government grant to national reimbursement for all 1.3M NHS staff over the Covid pandemic and securing a 3 year contract with the Scottish Government covering c. 5m people.

  • Advancing Digital Therapeutics Delivered the Sleepio NICE evaluation leading to the first positive recommendation NICE has ever given to a fully automated software as a treatment solution.

  • Commercial leadership Owned and developed commercial flywheel for UK business overseeing value proposition, market validation, business development, pipeline generation, evidence generation, pricing, implementation, to marketing.

  • Management Grew Big Health UK team from 2 to 8 people. Rated second best manager in company, 96/100 manager effectiveness with a team of 3 direct reports.

  • Media Gained over 3,400 followers on LinkedIn. Known in digital health media with appearances in MobiHealthNews, Stat News, BBC, Guardian, Giant, HETT, HealthTechForward, RCM Podcasts, Modern Healthcare etc.

Digital Health.London Accelerator Regional Lead

2018 - 2019

  • Commercial Leadership Franchised the Digital Health.London Accelerator model to four regions including Manchester, East Midlands, South West of England and South East of England

  • Health tech start-ups Led the year long programme to support c. 100 small to medium sized enterprises to access funding, the NHS and gain adoption.

Other professional experience

KPMG Health and Human Services Management Consultant 2016 - 2018

Moorfields Eye Hospital Darzi fellow in Clinical Leadership 2015 - 2016

NHS Doctor in Foundation Year training 2013 - 2016

Founder Student Doctors Academy 2011 - 2013

Education

Postgraduate certificate Leadership in Health (merit), University of Leeds 2015 - 2016

Masters Healthcare Ethics & Law (merit), University of Manchester 2011 - 2012

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Manchester 2007 - 2013