2012 Annual Summit – Speakers

Below you can find the biographies of some of our 2012 speakers. 


Sir Andrew Dillon

Sir Andrew Dillon

 

NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) ; Chief Executive

Andrew Dillon joined the NHS in 1975 and held a number of senior management positions, including General Manager of the Royal Free Hospital and Chief Executive of St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, before joining the National Institute for Health and …

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Julie Brown

Julie Brown

 

AstraZeneca ; Interim Chief Financial Officer

Julie Brown is the Interim CFO of AstraZeneca plc. She has a broad Finance and Commercial background, having worked in VP Finance roles in R&D, Operations, Global Marketing and Business Development, and Marketing Company President Portugal and Regional Vice President …

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Andrea Ponti

Andrea Ponti

 

JP Morgan ; Global Co-Head of Healthcare Investment Banking

JP Morgan’s healthcare team in EMEA is led by Andrea Ponti, who has worked on a swathe of deals including advising on Novartis’ $5bn high-grade bond issue in 2010 and Roche Holdings $16bn bond. One of his team’s largest deals …

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James Allen Heywood

James Allen Heywood

 

PatientsLikeMe ; Co-Founder & Chairman

An MIT engineer, Jamie entered the field of translational research and medicine when his brother Stephen was diagnosed with ALS in 1998 at the age of 29. Since that time, Jamie’s scientific and business innovations have been transforming the intersection …

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Rima Makarem

Rima Makarem

 

NHS London ; Non-Executive Director and Audit Chair

Rima Makarem (INSEAD MBA’99J) was a non-executive director and Chair of Audit and Governance for a Primary Care Trust from 2007 before being appointed to a similar role at NHS London, the Strategic Health Authority, in 2010. She previously worked for …

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Ville Öhman

Ville Öhman

 

Laastari Lähiklinikka ; CEO

Ville Öhman is CEO and co-founder of Laastari Lähiklinikka, the first international retail clinic chain in Europe. Ville is a former healthcare consultant and has co-founded several companies in the healthcare sector with focus on mental health, diabetes, and patient information management. www.laastari.fi

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Jacob West

Jacob West

 

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ; Director of Strategy

Jacob West is Director of Strategy at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Before joining King’s, Jacob worked for several years at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, where he was lead adviser on health policy from 2007 to 2010. Earlier …

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Prof. Richard Sullivan

Prof. Richard Sullivan

 

King’s Health Partners Integrated Cancer Centre ; Director of External Affairs/Director, Institute of Cancer Policy

Prof Sullivan is Director of the new Kings Health Partners Institute of Cancer Policy. As a member of the Integrated Cancer Centre executive he leads external affairs and is also Visiting Professor (Faculty of Medicine) at Universidad Catolica, Santiago de …

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Dr. Rudy Dekeyser

Dr. Rudy Dekeyser

 

LSP Health Economics Fund ; Managing Partner

Rudy Dekeyser, PhD, joined LSP in 2012 to become managing partner of the LSP Health Economics Fund. Prior to joining LSP, he was Managing Director of VIB, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, a public research organization conducting frontline research in the …

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Louise Marston

Louise Marston

 

Nesta ; Head of Innovation & Economic Growth, Policy & Research Team

I head the Innovation & Economic Growth team at Nesta, an independent charity with a mission to make the UK more innovative. I work on innovation in businesses using new technologies. I joined Nesta in 2009 and have authored reports …

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