In this week’s episode Tom shares his journey as a commercial leader taking healthtech companies from seed stage to multi billion dollar listings on the NYSE! We discussed: 🎓 First job as a lecturer in Beijing, China  💼 Transitioning into a career in private equity  🧠 The roles and responsibilities of a strategy consultant  📈 Commercial Director at Babylon Health - The Good, Bad and Ugly  🚀 3 ways to climb the career ladder faster  🔬 How to commercialise a product in healthcare  🤝 Joining...

In this week’s episode, Sara shares her journey of working with the NHS and healthcare clients over the last 20 years. Whilst also staying + building a career at one SINGLE company (Deloitte)!  We discussed: 📚 Studying Romance Languages and Communications at university 🎨 Creative vs Consultant 🧠 The personality traits for a career in consultancy 💼 Motivations to study for an MBA at INSEAD🏢 Building a career at Deloitte spanning 2 decades 🔒 How do companies like Deloitte retain talent?🏥 How...

In this week’s episode, Meri shares his journey from the world of investing to breaking the bottlenecks in clinical trials as he builds the anti-CRO for life science pioneers.  We discussed:  🔄 Transitioning from venture capital into healthtech 💼 Investor vs Founder Traits, Personality and Mindset🌱 The origin story of Lindus Health 🏗️ The first few days/weeks of building Lindus Health 🚧 Barriers to entering the pharma industry as a new startup🔒 Securing the first clinical trial with Habitual🍾...

In this week's episode, Samuel shares his journey in the pharmaceutical industry, a career spanning close to 2 decades working in the UK, Switzerland and US covering roles from sales rep, medical affairs to global marketing and business unit head to now gearing up to start as a country president in Central Europe, not to mention his 🦞 theory! We discussed: 🏥 The role of medical affairs and why people should join the industry🌟 Why 21st century leadership is about authenticity, vulnerability...

In this week’s episode Tim shares his journey of leaving medicine just as he was about to become a renal consultant to eventually becoming the CEO of Doctors.net.uk and now co-founder of Cognitant which is an award-winning patient engagement platform and community.  We discussed: 🔍 Motivations to study medicine🚪 Leaving medicine just before becoming a renal consultant🔄 Transitioning from a clinical career to CEO of Doctors.net.uk 🏁 The early adopters of Doctors.net and commercialising 💪 Why...

In this week’s episode Prof. Mahmud shares his journey from big pharma to senior leadership within the NHS to now leading healthcare for BT.  We discussed: 🔄 Transitioning into healthcare from big pharma🏭 The private sector/industry (Pharma) vs public (NHS)📈 Climbing the ranks of senior leadership within the NHS👩‍⚕️ Dealing with differences between hospital execs/managers and clinicians❓ Is the NHS at breaking point?💼 The motivation behind moving to BT💡 Why we need industry partners in...

In this week's episode Jacob shares his journey from a rundown hospital to building a startup that is now used in 98% of GP Practices and 68% of hospitals in the country!  We discussed:  🏥 ‘The rundown hospital on Euston Road’🚨 How to spot signals for failure and When to ‘pivot’🔄 Pivoting from an Antibiotic Prescribing App to a Patient Communication Tool🗣️ The importance of speaking to users and feedback🎯 Focusing on the ‘communication challenge’ to redesign healthcare💼 How to secure your...

In this weeks episode Umang shares his journey from the NHS to Microsoft sharing his experiences in building a career which spanned medical insurance at Aviva then later as an early and senior employee at Babylon.  💡 Motivations to study medicine👶 Pursuing a career in paediatrics🔍 Discovering knowledge gaps and up-skilling🏥 NHS Leadership Academy Clinical Fellow💼 Exploring an alternative career in medical insurance (Aviva)💰 Learning to understand how ‘money flows’🌟 The first exposure to Ali...

In this weeks episode Krishan shares his journey from ENT to GP to building the world’s first all-in-one ear and hearing healthcare platform.   We discussed: 🌟 Motivations to become a clinician👨🏽‍⚕️ Can medical school play a role in becoming an entrepreneur?👂 Navigating a career within ENT🚀 The origin story of TympaHealth🤝 The importance of having supportive seniors and mentors🔬 How to bring a medical device to life?🔄 Transitioning from ST6 ENT (Reg) -> ST1 GP (SHO)?⚖️ Balancing full-time...

In this week’s episode Michelle shares her journey from psychiatry to management consulting and why at the heart of it all her passion remains centred around helping people and making positive impact.  We discussed: 👩‍⚕️ Motivations to Study Medicine🩺 Becoming a Better Doctor because of Consultancy 🧠 Pursuing Psychiatry as a Speciality 📈 Transitioning from Psychiatry into Consulting 🤝 The Human Touch + Putting People First in Healthcare 🏥 Is the NHS a Political Vehicle designed to be...

This week we cover the inside story of the largest primary care organisation in the UK from Day 1 to merging with Operose Health.  We discussed: ⚖️ The difference between a salaried GP and a GP Partner🚀 Transitioning into owning + running multiple GP practices🏆 Winning bids, tenders and the procurement processes👥 The dynamics of having 6 co-founders⚔️ Dealing with conflict in leadership teams🛠️ The first changes incorporated when taking over a new GP practice📈 The tipping point of 10...

Apply for the NHS Innovation Accelerator   In this week’s episode Konrad shares his journey from running a fashion brand to working in digital media before transitioning into pharma and now leading innovation in healthcare.    We discussed: 🎓 Starting the entrepreneurial journey at school💡 Are entrepreneurs born or made?👗 Running a fashion brand in Germany😭 Dealing with startup failure after 6 years💷 Moving to the UK with only £500 to build a new life🦸‍♂️ Becoming the master of your own...

In this week’s episode, Susan shares how she went from being a geriatric doctor to becoming a partner at EY to now leading the Google Health team in the UK!   Topics discussed: 👩‍⚕️ First few years as a doctor + pursuing geriatric medicine 🇦🇺 Practising as a doctor in Australia 💸 Dealing with personal + financial hardships early on in her career 💼 Building a career in consulting at EY 🤝 Role of a Partner at EY ❓ Do brands matter on your CV? 🎯 Finding fulfilment in your career 🦸 Dealing with...

In this week’s episode Geraint shares his journey from clinical medicine to public health, inventing the concept for ‘Virtual Wards’ to now being the Director of Population Health at Microsoft.   We discussed: 👩‍⚕️ First few years in clinical medicine 👨‍⚕️ Practising as an ED doctor in Australia -> coming back to the UK ⚕️Building a career in public health 🗣️ Explaining what public health is for non-clinicians 💡 Creativity while practising medicine 😷 Dealing with COVID as a public health...

In this week’s episode Harry shares how he merged his background in healthcare within the NHS together with his passion for software engineering to ultimately founding Open Medical.  🤔 Designing and developing software since age of 14 🛠️ Natural inclination towards engineering and design 🏥 Deciding to pursue a career in orthopaedics 🩺 Exercising + suppressing engineering tendencies during surgical training ⚕️ Deciding to re-engage into engineering during surgical training 👩‍⚕️ Advantages of...

This week we share Dr Janak’s journey from clinical medicine to working within healthcare operations, technology + consulting for large corporates, public sector and start-up environments.    Topics Discussed: ⚕️ Motivations to study medicine 💼 Transitioning from medicine into consulting 💡 First consulting role at Accenture 💰 Why non-clinical work became more appealing ⚖️ Freelancing as a consultant vs working for a company 💻 Developing a passion for technology and startups during an MBA 🏢...

In this week’s episode Liam shares his journey to becoming a creative distruptor and the landscape of digital innovation within the NHS.   We discussed: 💡 What is means to be a creative? 💥 Struggling with authority and being a ‘disruptor’ ⚙️ What is systems-design thinking? 🤝 How to build a collective grass-roots project in the NHS ❌ Why innovation goes wrong in the system 🗺️ Navigating the NHS landscape as a healthtech company 📈 How to gain traction in the NHS ⏰ Timing and identifying the...

In this week’s episode Ben shares his journey from clinician to advising the CEO of NHS England and now building Europe's largest provider of digital-first home healthcare. We discussed: 🏥 Deciding a career between banking and medicine 💡 Foresight into the adoption of technology in healthcare 🏢 Surrounding yourself with people who are pushing boundaries and different sectors 👑 Becoming an advisor to the CEO of the NHS 📈 The landscape in healthtech (Saturation, Market size etc) 🚀 0 to 1 in...

In this week’s episode we share the three career defining pivots that brought Vishal to leading YouTube Health in the UK.  We discussed: 🌱 The seeds being planted for an alternative career in medicine 💡 Discovering the world of healthcare strategy consulting 💼 The role of a healthcare strategy consultant 🚀 Fostering an entrepreneurial mindset 🔗 The importance of networking 🗣 Why you need to have interesting conversations with interesting people 🤝 How healthtech founders can integrate and...

In this week’s episode we share Keith’s journey to discovering his tribe after 28 years of searching to building a successful career in digital health and innovation.   In this episode we discussed:   ⚕️ Motivations to Study Medicine 💻 First Experience using Technology to Improve his Clinical Practice 🤯 Frustrations and dealing with burnout as a Clinician 💡 Discovering the world of Digital Health and Entrepreneurship 🤝 Finding his Tribe after 28 years of Searching 🏨 Clinical Product...

In this week’s episode Edward shares his journey into venture capital and why it took him so long! In this episode we discuss: 👔 Working at a Blue Chip Company vs Startups 🚀 Introduction to Venture Capital and Octopus Ventures 🔝 Getting onto the right career ladder 🧠 Building a mentality to also step down ladders to get closer to goals 🎬 Behind the scenes at a leading VC firm 💡 How to get the attention of VCs 💔 How founders can deal with VC rejections 🤝 How does Octopus Ventures help Startups...

This week Nayan shares his journey from medicine, pharma to helping clinicians + organisations build digital health products using HealthMachine™, a shopify for DHPs (12 Live Products, 1.4 Million Users and 14 Countries) In this episode we cover: 🏥 Transition from clinician to the world of pharma (Johnson & Johnson) 💡 The Origin story of Avegen Health 🤝 Co-founder relationships and dealing with conflict 🚨 Identifying early signs of failure (Users, Traction, Revenue etc) 🚀 How to get from...

In this week’s episode we share Dr Sam Shah’s journey and career pivots covering: Motivation to become a clinician Consultant in Public health Pivoting his career to leadership and consulting roles Roles in pathway redesigns, policies and building business cases for hospitals Re-training in Law and becoming a public advocate Clinical Lead for 111 to Director of Digital Development at NHS England Transitioning into Digital Health Role at Numan as Chief Medical Strategy Officer Building a...

In this week’s episode, Jas and Jo share their journey from corporate strategy, to business school to co-founding a healthtech startup called Luna.  We discuss: Leaving the corporate world to go business school The Pros and Cons of an MBA First impressions of each other as co-founders The founding story of Luna The first few days + weeks as new startup founders Fundraising process and cold-calling Investors Building a digital health platform as non-clinicians Feedback and user led product...