Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
I am the CEO and co-founder of PocDoc, one of the fastest growing HealthTech businesses in the UK. PocDoc's mission is to find, screen for and prevent chronic diseases like Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease from putting millions of people at risk of early death and overwhelming healthcare systems. My passion for this mission comes from a very personal place - when I was 14, my father had a stroke due to undiagnosed Cardiovascular Disease. It was a catastrophic event that had huge ramifications for him and us as a family - and continues to this day. PocDoc's Healthy Heart Check has been used thousands of times across every part of the UK to deliver an NHS equivalent Health Check in Communities, Workplaces and at home - in 10 minutes, without needing to visit the GP. PocDoc has raised record Seed funding for our sector in the UK from the leading investors in UK HealthTech, including the only NHS-anchored Venture Capital fund. PocDoc was incubated in the NHS and works with the NHS across the country, screening thousands of patients in community, workplaces and home. I sit on two NHS Advisory Boards that support SMEs and increasing diversity in the NHS ecosystem. For PocDoc media enquiries, please email [email protected]. HealthTech Hour The HealthTech Hour showcases the best CEOs, founders, clinicians, investors, frontline workers and journalists that are changing the face of healthcare and share stories that don't get mainstream media coverage. Now over 100 episodes with over 300,000 streams per month from people in over 50 countries, it is one of the largest HealthTech podcasts in Europe. Previous notable guests include Lottie Whyte, Dr Hazel Wallace (the Food Medic), Amber Vodegel, Dr Sara Kayat, Matt Hancock and Ali Parsa, among many others. The show is rated 5 stars on all platforms and consistently is in the Top 100 for its category. For HealthTech Hour enquiries, please contact [email protected] Last Friday Club On the last Friday of every month I give up my time to speak to anyone about any business issue - for free, no strings, no agenda, just a safe space. We're launching the second season of this based on the amazing success of season 1, with multiple companies securing funding following their calls with me. I have deep expertise in early stage startups, fundraising, healthtech, sales/commercial and health - and that's what I write about here. Information about the Last Friday Club is on my LinkedIn.
PocDoc is one of the fastest growing HealthTech businesses in the UK. . PocDoc's mission is to work with Healthcare Systems to find, screen for and prevent chronic diseases like Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease from putting millions of people at risk of early death and overwhelming healthcare systems
HealthTech Hour is a weekly live radio show and podcast, that is one of the largest HealthTech podcasts in Europe, getting over 300,000 streams a month from over 50 countries worldwide, rated 5 star and consistently in the top 100 health/medicine podcasts.
One of 8 business leaders from across the UK's amazing SME sector to represent interests of SMEs with NHS England.
Advisory Panel Member for the LEAP programme aiming to improve access to coaching and mentoring for diverse groups of founders in HealthTech supporting the NHS
Further grant to deploy our PocDoc platform at scale in the UK to provide rapid Covid-19 testing to priority sectors
Innovate UK grant winner to adapt PocDoc platform to addressing need for scaling Covid-19 rapid testing across UK.