Our Board

David is Chairman of Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN), responsible for pulling together health science/tech commercial and academic partners to work with the National Health Service to develop and spread innovation in health and social care, whilst supporting wealth creation in the UK. He also Chairs Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West Integrated Health System. He has previous experience in health, having Chaired East Sussex Healthcare NHS trust which operates Eastbourne and Hastings General Hospitals and Community Services. David acted as Independent Chair for the Improving Healthcare Together 2020-30 which oversaw the provision of health services in the Epsom St Helier system. David spent 25 years in senior board commercial roles within the brewing industry and as a Board Director of three large UK Retailers, including Boots and Halfords. He has also been Chair of MBO start-ups and a UK listed media business. He has held a number of Non-Executive Director roles in the commercial, public and not for profit sectors, including being Chair of Thames Valley Housing, operating 15,000 houses in the private rental and affordable housing sectors. David is also a Trustee on the Board for the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH).

Fiona has extensive international experience in the development of pharmaceutical and biotech products in both smaller companies and the global pharma giants. She has negotiated and managed several international inter-disciplinary partnerships in the industry. Fiona has worked in the development of biotech products for registration and marketing. She has been involved in the development and realisation of intellectual property, and is familiar with aspects of due diligence in product and company acquisitions. She has significant experience of change management in the healthcare sector having acted as national lead in contract management for the Independent Sector Treatment Centre programme in the Commercial Directorate at the Department of Health in the UK and in organisational development or turnaround as Network Director, Director of Commissioning and Corporate Services Director for the Kent and Medway Cancer Network, Surrey Sussex Commissioning Support Unit, and KSS AHSN, respectively. Fiona is also the Finance and Corporate Services Director at KSS AHSN (job share).

Jane is an experienced Chair and medical innovator. She has​ 25 years of diverse business experience from interning at NASA to sitting on and advising boards of global companies, charities and government bodies. She is an environmental scientist and biochemist by training with a particular interest in how science and technology can shape tomorrow’s world. She is also an alumni of Sydney’s prestigious social leadership programme and a business fellow of Oxford University. Jane has an extensive background in helping ambitious people grow their business and brings connections, inspiration, know-how and first-hand experience of what is takes to be successful.

Having worked previously in the private sector, Richard moved to the NHS in 2011, where his experience largely centres on large scale commissioning and transformational change. His focus has always been around utilising analytics and improvement science to demonstrate impact and value. Outside of work, Richard loves playing sports/games, and generally dancing through life.

With a background in the private and public sectors and nearing 20 years’ experience in analytical and leadership roles, Ian has a breadth of knowledge that has been transferrable across industries. His remit includes operational delivery, finance, and reporting, and he can talk for hours on creative dashboard design. When he’s not at work, you can often find Ian enjoying some live sport or music; he watches both better than he plays.

Marie-Anne oversees the development and delivery of specialised portfolios of research, evaluation, and analytics services. She has an interest in the human factor of data-driven solutions in healthcare, and embedding social determinants of health and behavioural approaches to care models. When unable to travel to her home countries, either lounging on a Greek beach or sipping French wine, she tries to escape Cambridge’s grey weather by running and meditating.