Speakers

A leading UK health policy expert, Ed has advised at the highest levels within government, the NHS and industry. After starting his career in consultancy, he was the longest ever serving Special Adviser at the UK Department of Health & Social Care, serving as Adviser to the Health Secretary from 2013-2018. In this time Ed worked with two Prime Ministers and completed Yale University’s System Leadership Programme for NHS leaders.

Ed then moved to the UK Foreign Office as Chief of Staff to the then Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt MP, before going back to life sciences and consultancy in 2019. Ed now leads Newmarket Strategy while providing senior counsel to a range of clients including major private equity investors, international pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and health service providers.