Healthcare World Festival II - Speakers

Healthcare World Festival 2021 - Our Speakers

Abhi Shekar

Abhi is passionate about using digital, data and technology to transform health and healthcare service delivery. He has designed digital hospital, digital strategy development and implementation, operating models, business cases and systems implementation, and has worked with a range of healthcare organisations in the UK and Australia. Alastair Currie

Alastair is a Partner in the Employment and Pensions Department, advising on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues. He advises on matters in Tribunals, the EAT, appeal courts and civil courts, usually defending claims for unfair dismissal, discrimination and breach of contract.

Alistair Grenfell

Alistair Grenfell is responsible for Iqvia’s operations in the UK&I, Northern Europe, France, Spain, Portugal & Turkey, Germany & Austria, Switzerland & Israel, Italy & Greece, East Europe, Russia & CIS and Africa, Middle East & South Asia. Alistair Russell

Alistair is passionate about unlocking commercial value from NHS intellectual property. He leads business development for Imperial Private Healthcare (IPH) and the Trusts emerging International Partnerships business in education and consulting services. In 2019/20 IPH generated over £25 million for the NHS.

Anthony Huszar

Dr Anthony Huszar is a public health professional, specialising in health systems strengthening. He previously led the UK Government’s Fleming Fund programme in South East Asia. Anthony has worked on preventative health strategies, task-shifting and digital health initiatives, seeking other ways to circumvent the human resource challenge. Dr Anushka Patchava

Anushka has launched new health solutions and propositions across global markets. She holds an advisory position at World Economic Forum as a Healthcare Expert, is Head of Health Technology at the United Nations (CEFACT), and is on the Editorial Board of Blockchain in Healthcare. Alf Theodoru

An international healthcare specialist with a background in epidemiology, Alf has worked with 210+ hospitals in 40+ countries, developing protocols to benchmark facilities using recognised international standards, key clinical outcomes and patient experience. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (FISQua).

Andrea Tithecott

Andrea Tithecott established Al Tamimi’s regional Regulatory Practice leads the firm’s Healthcare sector group. Her healthcare practice focuses on health sector facilities, healthcare regulation advice, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and biotech advisory services. She is a member of the UAE-UK Business Council Healthcare Working Group.

Ben Furneaux

Ben Furneaux is responsible for building new strategic opportunities for Cigna International Markets in the ME region. Ben’s experience of developing sustainable joint ventures, partnerships and being seconded into a majority-owned government business as it privatised, brings a unique perspective on making PPPs successful and sustainable.

Healthcare World Festival 2021 - Our Speakers

Brian Niven

Brian has over 20 years’ experience of working in healthcare consultancy, prior to which he worked within the NHS in information analysis roles. With a background in operation research, Brian has a keen interest in the use of data and metrics to inform policy and decision making. Carly Caton

Carly is a lawyer specialising in commercial and contractual healthcare matters. She leads Bevan Brittan’s international healthcare practice and works with NHS and independent healthcare providers (and suppliers to the healthcare market) on projects both in the UK and globally. Charlotte Refsum

A former GP, Charlotte is Healthcare Executive to the Global Chairman for Healthcare, Government and Infrastructure at KPMG International, during which time she launched KPMGs Global Workforce Proposition for Healthcare and Government, and co-authored a book on the global workforce crisis in healthcare.

Dan Morris

Dan is an experienced healthcare litigator with a particular focus on emerging clinical risk and safety issues in digital health and social care, AI and med tech. He advises start-ups, SMEs and established corporate providers on liability exposure, indemnity arrangements and other dispute issues.

Emma Sheldon MBE

Emma has built businesses internationally and led cross-functional teams in marketing, sales, operations and research and development and has led M&A activity. She participated in a management buy-out of a global healthcare manufacturing business in 2015. Now she helps business owners to realise their growth ambitions. Daniel Cidon

As CTO and co-founder of NextGate, a global leader in enterprise health data integration specialising in patient ID matching, Dan leverages technology to turn problems into opportunities to make a difference. He is responsible for shaping NextGate’s long-term technical vision and turning emerging technologies into leading-edge solutions.

Ernesto Chanona

Ernesto Chanona focuses on helping national and international companies obtain FDA approval, find venture capital funding and enter the US market. To support international companies, he fosters strategic partnerships with innovation hubs, international trade organisations, academic researchers, NGOs, and entrepreneurs. Elliott Engers

Elliott co-founded Infinity Health in 2014 to make task management safer and more efficient whilst improving clinicians’ experience of their crucial, high-pressure roles. He brings his technical knowledge and skills to deliver a platform to improve the experience of every member of health and care staff.

Professor Ged Byrne MBE

Professor Ged Byrne is responsible for the enhancement of the NHS workforce through engagement with countries within and outside the EEA. A surgical oncologist, he is a Professor of Medical Education at the University of Manchester and an honorary Professor of Health Sciences at the University of Salford.

Healthcare World Festival 2021 - Our Speakers

Dr Ibtesam Al Bastaki

Dr Ibtesam Al Bastaki is responsible for the development of various health projects within Emirates of Dubai. She leads, advises and guides to ensure a proper holistic expansion in healthcare industries within UAE. She also initiated the healthcare investment strategy, adopting a PPP concept in healthcare. Jason Helgerson

Jason, a nationally recognized leader in health care & delivery system reform, believes in new, innovative approaches to solving complex problems in health and social care. He leads the firm’s portfolio of venture capital and private equity advising, as well as engaging in international comparative work.

Jim Campbell

Jim Campbell oversees the development and implementation of global public goods, evidence and tools to generate investments in the education, employment and retention of the health and care workforce in pursuit of global health security, universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi

Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi has played an instrumental role in establishing Dubai Science Park as the region’s leading community for scientific research and innovation, attracting more than 400 companies and strengthening partnerships among corporations, universities, and communities. Josie Winter

Josie holds an MSc in Infection Prevention and Control and lectures for the University of Lincoln on Infection Control related issues. She is a Scientific Advisor for BICs (British Institute of Cleaning Science) and has recently worked as an IPC Consultant for Netflix.

Jyoti Mehan has 13 years’ experience in healthcare consulting, including working across government organisations to agree system-wide policy and protocols, working with commissioners and providers, designing and delivering complex programmes of work. She is tasked with ensuring that expertise is integrated across the wider system.

Mat Oram

Mat is a business intelligence / procurement leader with 16 years public/private and outsourced procurement experience across all levels of business. He works with clients to help solve their commercial, procurement, actionable insight challenges, using stakeholder engagement, strong analytics and industry experience to deliver transformational change. Dr Jennifer Catalano

Dr Catalano is a scientist, international trade analyst, adjunct professor in business and analytics, and non-profit adviser. She was a scientific reviewer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 10 years. Currently, she is an analyst at the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Jyoti Mehan

Nic Fox

Nic leads the NHS Digital commercial and legal function which specialises in digital and technology procurements, and commercial and market management. He has led major national digital programmes with a range of technology suppliers, and the programme to establish NHS Digital as a new statutory organisation in 2013.

Healthcare World Festival 2021 - Our Speakers

Dr Nicholas Crisp

Dr Crisp is a public health specialist, having worked in several African countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia and Tanzania. He led the establishment of the National Health Laboratory Service, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority and the creation of the Forensic Pathology Services. Niti Pall

An expert in primary care, healthcare funding and diabetes, Niti has pioneered a number of major innovations. A leading thinker, she holds senior roles with AXA and KPMG, is the Chair of IDF Europe and sits on a number of clinical and startup Boards.

Stephen Dorrell

Stephen is Executive Chairman of Public Policy Projects and was Secretary of State for Health from 1995 to 1997. He was the first elected chair of the House of Commons Health Committee, developing the role of the Committee as an authoritative cross-party voice on health and care policy. Steve Gardner

Steve has been a specialist in the development of opportunities in the international healthcare space since 2010. He helped created Healthcare UK’s supplier engagement programme in 2017 and has worked extensively in the Middle East, Indian, South American and African markets. A member of the founding family, Suneeta

Reddy joined the enterprise in 1989. She is a member of Harvard India Advisory Board and a member of the CII National Council and Healthcare Council. She has an honorary doctorate in Life Sciences from Sage University, Indore.

Vincent Buscemi

Vincent Buscemi is a highly experienced health and social care lawyer who specialises in commercial, corporate and regulatory law across the independent and NHS sectors; he is recommended by Legal 500 and ranked in Chambers and Partners. Bevan Brittan is a UK Top-100 law firm. Simon Swift

Simon is focused on improving the use of information so decisions are based on evidence rather than anecdote and whim. His domain knowledge covers healthcare policy, data and the healthcare information landscape together with clinical practice, developing meaningful intelligence to enable understanding, debate and change.

Suneeta Reddy