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Board Member
Apr 2021
Cera is a digital-first home healthcare company that harnesses technology to bring care directly to homes, transforming the healthcare landscape by providing higher quality services at a fraction of the cost.
Cera’s carers and nurses now provide technology-enabled services covering a population of 30 million people across the UK and Germany. This amounts to 60,000 patient appointments a day in the community, on behalf of governments, insurers, and the NHS - equivalent in capacity to almost 100 hospitals.
With 150-fold growth in the past four years, Cera is one of Europes fastest-growing businesses, recently passing $300m in annualised revenues. Cera has also gathered one of the largest home healthcare datasets globally, powering the development of cutting-edge AI products that have reduced hospitalisations by up to 70%.
Consistently ranked as the UKs top HealthTech company, Cera’s pioneering approach has been recognised by numerous industry awards including Home Care Awards’ Most Outstanding Home Care Provider, a top-ten position in Deloitte Fast 50 for three consecutive years, and the prestigious Great British Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2023.
Cera was co-founded by entrepreneur, physician and policy expert Dr Ben Maruthappu MBE. Its Advisory Board is Chaired by Sir David Behan, the former CEO of the Care Quality Commission.
Board Member
2020
Essential Pharma aims to improve patients’ lives by reinvigorating and ensuring the long-term, cost-effective and sustainable supply of Essential medicines. Our vision is to be the leading international specialty pharma company focused on guaranteeing patient access to clinically-differentiated, niche, branded medicines for chronic diseases and acute care – what we call “Essential” medicines.
Essential Pharma is made up of innovative and driven people who are passionate about ensuring continued supply of medicines to the patients who are reliant on them. We are committed to living by our values – Collaborative, Responsible, Trustworthy and Dynamic – and pride ourselves on our inclusive culture, where everyone's voice is valued and respected. We have an unwavering dedication to employee growth and believe in fostering an environment where all individuals can thrive.
Watch our video to see why employees love working at Essential Pharma, and explore our current vacancies on the Careers Page here: https://essentialpharmagroup.com/careers/
Board Member
2018
Research Smart is a business with a mission to improve health and wellbeing through technology enabled solutions. Our world-class team brings together talent and expertise from technology, science, engineering, law, medicine and commerce to bring our vision to fruition.
We are a high-performing, close-knit team, located in London and Lisbon with an average of 15 years of professional experience across consulting, technology and sciences.
We maintain the strictest of professional standards used and trusted by Blue chip companies, and whilst we recognise our mission is a considerable feat we live by our core company values: Collaboration, Openness, Dedication and Execution as we build our platform.
We strongly believe in, and are committed to, being an inclusive employer free from bias and discrimination. We offer a number of flexible working arrangements and are happy to consider new ideas. We strive to achieve excellence in all that we do, including maintaining a balance in our individual lifestyles.
Board Member
2018
enGenome provides the expertise and software technologies for the analysis and the interpretation of molecular data in order to support translational research and clinical practice. Our bioinformatics products and services aim to improve the diagnosis of genetic diseases and patients therapies by producing accurate genetic reports with actionable results.
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2021
Board Member
Apr 2021
Cera is a digital-first home healthcare company that harnesses technology to bring care directly to homes, transforming the healthcare landscape by providing higher quality services at a fraction of the cost.
Cera’s carers and nurses now provide technology-enabled services covering a population of 30 million people across the UK and Germany. This amounts to 60,000 patient appointments a day in the community, on behalf of governments, insurers, and the NHS - equivalent in capacity to almost 100 hospitals.
With 150-fold growth in the past four years, Cera is one of Europes fastest-growing businesses, recently passing $300m in annualised revenues. Cera has also gathered one of the largest home healthcare datasets globally, powering the development of cutting-edge AI products that have reduced hospitalisations by up to 70%.
Consistently ranked as the UKs top HealthTech company, Cera’s pioneering approach has been recognised by numerous industry awards including Home Care Awards’ Most Outstanding Home Care Provider, a top-ten position in Deloitte Fast 50 for three consecutive years, and the prestigious Great British Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2023.
Cera was co-founded by entrepreneur, physician and policy expert Dr Ben Maruthappu MBE. Its Advisory Board is Chaired by Sir David Behan, the former CEO of the Care Quality Commission.
2020
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ESSENTIAL PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
Board Member
2020
Board Member
2020
Essential Pharma aims to improve patients’ lives by reinvigorating and ensuring the long-term, cost-effective and sustainable supply of Essential medicines. Our vision is to be the leading international specialty pharma company focused on guaranteeing patient access to clinically-differentiated, niche, branded medicines for chronic diseases and acute care – what we call “Essential” medicines.
Essential Pharma is made up of innovative and driven people who are passionate about ensuring continued supply of medicines to the patients who are reliant on them. We are committed to living by our values – Collaborative, Responsible, Trustworthy and Dynamic – and pride ourselves on our inclusive culture, where everyone's voice is valued and respected. We have an unwavering dedication to employee growth and believe in fostering an environment where all individuals can thrive.
Watch our video to see why employees love working at Essential Pharma, and explore our current vacancies on the Careers Page here: https://essentialpharmagroup.com/careers/
2019
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Evolve HealthCare Partners
Founding Partner
Apr 2019
2018
Board Member
2018
Research Smart is a business with a mission to improve health and wellbeing through technology enabled solutions. Our world-class team brings together talent and expertise from technology, science, engineering, law, medicine and commerce to bring our vision to fruition.
We are a high-performing, close-knit team, located in London and Lisbon with an average of 15 years of professional experience across consulting, technology and sciences.
We maintain the strictest of professional standards used and trusted by Blue chip companies, and whilst we recognise our mission is a considerable feat we live by our core company values: Collaboration, Openness, Dedication and Execution as we build our platform.
We strongly believe in, and are committed to, being an inclusive employer free from bias and discrimination. We offer a number of flexible working arrangements and are happy to consider new ideas. We strive to achieve excellence in all that we do, including maintaining a balance in our individual lifestyles.
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