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‘Betting against the NHS’: £1bn private hospital to open in central London - The Guardian

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University of Nottingham

Hampton School

Chief Commercial Officer at Cleveland Clinic London

Executive team member responsible for building and delivering the commercial functions of Cleveland Clinic London (CCL), a $1bn + greenfield healthcare system located across four locations in Central London. Winner of Laing Buisson Hospital of the Year 2023.

Key achievements 
•	Team building – recruited and developed team to deliver the commercial functions of the business across Payer Contracting, Global Patient Services, Marketing, Communications, Government Relations, Business Development, Strategy and Sustainability
•	Payer contracting – led the successful simultaneous negotiation of contracts with all key domestic and international medical insurers 
•	Global Patient Services – built an operational team of 20 to serve international patients seeking treatment in London; led successful engagement and negotiation with referring embassies and international hospital groups
•	Strategic partnerships – identified and executed partnerships with leading private hospitals to deliver complementary service lines in selected patient pathways
•	Organisational Strategy – determined five year organisational strategy for next phase of growth in the UK
•	Construction – Executive lead for the construction and launch of a new Medical Outpatient Facility in the City
•	Public relations –responsible for the media launch of the largest private hospital to open in London in the last 30 years. Secured positive coverage across top tier global media outlets. 
•	Government relations – delivered engagement plan across multiple government agencies and public sector organisations
•	Marketing – execution of a multi-channel marketing campaign from launch of clinical services
•	Internal communications – led internal communications as CCL scaled from 30 to 1,200 employees.

Cleveland Clinic London

Chief Commercial Officer

Director, advising at Board level on all aspects of investor relations and corporate communications. Experience across a wide range of transactions including mergers, IPOs and shareholder activism. 
Member of the Health and Life Sciences practice and the Capital Markets Advisory Group.

Brunswick Group

Director

Responsible for all aspects of Corporate Finance to support the delivery of Circle’s business plan, working across finance, investor relations, business development, property, legal, IT and specific hospital locations.

Key responsibilities and achievements 
•	Financial planning and analysis – responsible for group financial planning and analysis to inform strategic decision-making and support delivery of Circle’s business plan. Accurately guided market analysts for three successive years.
•	Business development –commercial and financial lead on appraisal and execution of business development opportunities, including joint ventures, acquisitions and new contracts. Commercial lead on defining business model, winning and executing a £150m, five-year MSK contract. Year 1 of contract exceeded budgeted profitability.
•	Acquisitions – finance lead for significant acquisition, from making initial bid to finalisation of multiple due diligence work streams, SPA and debt documentation. 
•	Fund raising – delivery of strategic financial analysis to the CFO and Board to support all aspects of equity fundraising. £47m equity fund raise completed in June 2012; £27.5m in January 2014.
•	Investor relations – develop new and maintain existing relationships with key third party stakeholders including sell side analysts, regulators, intermediaries and investors.
•	Lease financing - sourcing and delivery of lease financing to support the commissioning of Circle’s Independent hospital pipeline. £9m lease finance secured
•	Real Estate financing –responsible for satisfying the due diligence requirements of prospective and existing funders of new private hospital real estate developments. Term sheets for £50m development funding secured.
•	Director on the Executive Board of Circle Reading Hospital – member of the Executive Committee during a two year period of growth to a  £20m turnover business.
•	Non-Executive Director on the Audit Committee of Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust

Circle

Head of Corporate Finance

Role: Responsible for the regulation of a portfolio of 20 Foundation Trusts (acute, specialist and mental health hospitals), with a combined turnover of c. £4bn, to ensure they remain financially sustainable and effectively governed.
Key achievements
•	Delivery of a robust and rigorous regime for monitoring a complex portfolio of Foundation Trusts. Held Trusts to account for implementation of turnaround plans to address financial and clinical performance failure.
•	Direct management of Monitor’s relationship with the boards of the 20 Foundation Trusts.
•	Project lead for the delivery of Monitor’s annual plan review for 137 Foundation Trusts. Identification of current and future financial and governance risks. Development of solutions to mitigate these risks

Monitor

Portfolio Manager

Role: Responsible for managing the Executive Chairman’s office to ensure good corporate governance, provision of quality briefings and advice on key issues facing Monitor.

Key achievements 
•	Management of the business of the board and its committees.
•	Ensured the professional management of diverse aspects of Monitor’s external communications.
•	Handpicked to project manage organisational change project throughout evidence gathering, design and implementation phases.

Head of Private Office - secondment

Role : Advise No. 10 on the effective delivery of the Prime Minister’s key public service priorities by providing rigorous analysis, support and challenge to Central Government Departments. 

Key achievements
•	Delivered a number of intensive problem-solving reviews identifying robust, evidence-based recommendations to drive delivery of improved outcomes. Projects included NHS Health Checks, Delivering Same Sex Accommodation and burglary reduction. 
•	Provided clear and concise written and verbal presentations to Senior Civil Servants and No.10 officials.

Prime Minister's Delivery Unit - Delivery Advisor

Undertook focused, risk-based analysis of information submitted by NHS trusts seeking to obtain Foundation Trust status in order to determine whether they were financially viable, well governed and legally constituted.

Assessment Manager

Responsible for the delivery of complex financial due diligence projects including vendor due diligence, listings, disposals, acquisitions and complex carve outs. 
Experience across a wide variety of industries including private equity, oil and gas, on-line media, transport, telecommunications, leisure, consumer products and manufacturing. Deal sizes ranged from £20m to £1.4bn.

KPMG UK

Transaction Services Manager

Responsible for management accounting, budgeting and forecasting, financial control, statutory and tax reporting and special projects.

Will Rowberry