Jun 2024 – Aug 2026
Clemenceau Medical Center, DubaiActing Chief Executive Officer · UAE
Appointed as Adviser in June 2024, then Acting Chief Executive from October, to stabilise operations and reposition a JCI-accredited tertiary hospital in Dubai Healthcare City.
- Revenue up 30 per cent over the two-year engagement, and the hospital brought into profitability
- Supported the sale to Dubai Investments, completed in June 2026
- Rebuilt executive leadership capability and organisational accountability
- Improved governance, financial oversight and management reporting
- Enhanced physician engagement, quality focus and patient experience
2017 – 2022
Community Integrated CareChief Executive Officer · UK
A sector-leading health and social care charity: £145m revenue, 6,000 colleagues, 4,000 people supported across 450 locations. Named Large Charity of the Year by Charity Times in 2019.
- Rebuilt strategy, senior team and systems for a sustainable platform
- Sold 23 nursing homes for £21m to concentrate on supported living
- Three charity mergers and two acquisitions added £30m of revenue
- A leading voice for social care through the Covid-19 crisis
2012 – 2017
Anglo Arabian HealthcareFounder & Chief Executive Officer · UAE
Founded an integrated network of 21 clinics, 8 diagnostic laboratories, 2 hospitals and 7 pharmacies on $100m of private equity backing, reaching turnover above $130m.
- Three-phase strategy from zero base; secured a further $63m for phase two
- Introduced IVF and reproductive medicine with Northwestern Medicine, USA
- Opened a female care centre, an oncology unit and a new Dubai hospital
- Recruited 160 doctors in 18 months
2009 – 2012
Gulf Healthcare InternationalChief Executive Officer · UAE
Medsol Diagnostics, Occupational Health International, Amber and Adara across Dubai, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
- Led an AED 100m recapitalisation, introducing JP Morgan as strategic investor
- Grew operating units from 18 to 26 in three years
- Revenue from AED 100m to AED 250m; EBITDA from AED 20m to AED 47m
2008 – 2009
Enaya HealthcareAdviser · UAE
A move to the UAE to advise Ithmar Capital on market entry strategy for healthcare, studying opportunities across the GCC region over a year.
2007 – 2008
Virgin HealthcareChief Executive Officer · UK
Created the Virgin Group’s entry strategy for UK healthcare: built the senior team, developed the brand and launched a public-private polyclinic primary care model. Led a 26-event roadshow to 3,000 GPs nationwide.
2005 – 2007
Netcare Healthcare UKChief Executive Officer · UK
General Healthcare Group, BMI Hospitals, Amicus Healthcare, InHealth London and NetDoc.
- Managed the £2.6bn acquisition of BMI Hospital Group, 47 hospitals
- Won circa £700m of new NHS business
- Founding member and spokesman for the NHS Partners Network
2001 – 2004
Corporate Services GroupChief Executive Officer · UK & USA
Turnaround of a London-listed PLC, with a fourfold increase in share price over three years.
- Renegotiated £60m of bond debt and led two rights issues
- Closed 60 branches and reduced costs by $25m
- Partnered with the British Olympic Association on its employment network
1994 – 2001
PPP Healthcare and DenplanChief Executive Officer · UK
Led Denplan as Managing Director from 1994, then the parent company PPP Healthcare, now AXA PPP, as Chief Executive from 1998. Turnover £900m, 3.5m members, 2,500 employees.
- Transitioned a 60-year-old mutual into Guardian Royal Exchange, then AXA
- Moved the business from £6m of losses in 1999 to £45m of profit in 2001
- Sold a £70m hospital chain to HCA and acquired BUPA Dental
- Won the financial services customer satisfaction award in 2000
1981 – 1994
Longden & Cook, and Medical Management GroupFounder, Managing Director · Partner · UK
Built a medical and dental management consultancy from a zero base and sold it to Denplan for £1m. Earlier, progressed from adviser to branch manager and partner, working with family practitioner committees and training fundholding practices through the first phase of NHS reform.
