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Maurice will take up the position of Chairman of the Execituve Board of the Netherlands Cancer Institute on January 1, 2024.[/modal_popup_box]
Beccy has worked predominantly with the public sector for over 25 years. Her career includes 4 years at PWC in Audit where she trained to become an accountant, 14 years in the NHS including 10 years where Beccy was an NHS Executive Board Director holding the positions of CFO, Hospital Managing Director, Director of Strategy & Transformation and the last 12 years at KPMG in the Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare (IGH) business predominantly in management consulting and latterly in Markets.
During her time in the NHS Beccy ran the following departments: Finance, IT, Estates, Procurement, Business Development and Transformation. Beccy’s NHS organisation was awarded “Hospital of the Year” when Beccy was CFO. Beccy led the first ever NHS M&A transaction and has led several NHS turnaround programmes.
At KPMG Beccy is currently Head of Infrastructure, Government and Health. Prior to this she was Head of Health and led the healthcare business during the Covid-19 pandemic where KPMG provided significant support to the UK Government, NHS and private healthcare organisations. Beccy has extensive experience in developing and implementing growth strategies for KPMG as well as experience in management consulting in a number of areas including working with Governments and Public and Private organisations to support them with strategy, target operating model redesign, performance improvement, cost reduction, M&A and health and care service redesign.
Beccy is also KPMG’s Global Head of Care System Redesign and she works across KPMG’s global network to share best practice, drive innovation and support global Governments and public sector clients improve and transform.
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Healthcare is undergoing a transformation. Sahlgrenska University Hospital, which is Sweden’s largest hospital, has started the journey towards the goal of Europe’s leading university hospital in 2032. Together with patients and employees, Sahlgrenska University Hospital is transforming healthcare for a sustainable future.[/modal_popup_box]
He was most recently Senior Vice President at Avalere Health, where he ran its Healthcare Networks consulting practice and oversaw new product development. Erik assisted healthcare systems in determining how to adopt and assess accountable care and bundled payment models, and guiding overall strategy. Erik also worked with health IT companies in responding to emergent issues around EHRs and data exchange.
Prior to joining Avalere, Erik Johnson was a Managing Director with Manatt Health Solutions, leading long-term customer engagements focusing on the application of health IT to clinical challenges and opportunities. He previously spent five years at the Advisory Board Company as Managing Director for its health IT and hospital finance research practices, respectively. From 1998-2003, Erik served in various management and executive capacities at MicroStrategy. He started his career in health care in 1992, as deputy branch chief for Health Finance in the Office of Management and Budget.
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Ruthy has been with Microsoft for over 10 years, and previously led Microsoft’s Healthcare business across Central, Eastern Europe & Middle East-Africa, was Microsoft’s Chief Startups Lead and Software Partners Tech Lead in Central & Eastern Europe, and prior to that, served as the Vice President for Startups & Developer Relations at Microsoft Israel, as part of the Microsoft Israel Leadership team.
Ruthy Kaidar is an executive with over 25 years of experience in the Software, Health-Tech, Medical Devices, Telecommunications, and Venture Capital Industries. As a Computer Science Engineer, she worked in Software and Firmware engineering. She then followed her passion for Healthcare and turned to Brain Research, pursuing a Master’s degree in Biomedical, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, focusing on Brain Computer Interfaces.
Ruthy held key positions in R&D, Project and Product Management, and Business
Development in Med-Tech companies, among them Medingo, which she joined from founding to acquisition by Roche (for $200M). She founded and chaired several Internet and Digital Health startups, served as a business consultant to Health-Tech and Services companies, and was an Entrepreneur In Residence in Venture Capital, focusing on Digital Health investments.
Ruthy holds a BSc in Computer Science, MSc in Mechanical Engineering & Brain Research, and an MBA, all cum laude, from the Technion, Israel. Ruthy lives with her family in Israel, loves yoga and running, and traveling the world.[/modal_popup_box]
Anwer is a healthcare and life sciences technology consulting leader with a track record of launching and growing large-scale technology-based practices and market offerings across healthcare ecosystems. He helps organizations to capitalize on emerging and disruptive technologies, cloud-based/digital solutions, and agile consumption and delivery models.
As Global Healthcare Sector Technology Leader for KPMG International, he leads and collaborates with a global network that creates digital solutions to help address critical challenges and support transformation in healthcare organizations in agile, secure, and scalable ways.
As Partner, Advisory, Customer and Operations, Health and Government, for KPMG in the U.S., Anwer is focused on developing IT-enabled solutions that help his clients to achieve meaningful clinical and operational transformation.
Anwer holds several registered patents in the United States in the areas of health data management and advanced analytics. He is also a frequently published author and speaker on pressing technology topics.
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Prof Kwek received his MBBS degree from the National University of Singapore in 1989. He trained in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and obtained his Master of Medicine (O&G) in 1995. He was admitted as a member to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as well as the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1995.
He subspecialized in High-Risk Obstetrics and undertook a yearlong fellowship in perinatal medicine in the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, Australia. His clinical focus and research interests were on preterm labour, cervical incompetence, post-partum hemorrhage and pre-eclampsia. Prof Kwek assumed the headship of the Peripartum Unit in KKH and was subsequently named as the Head of the Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine between 2006 and 2012. Prof Kwek has been passionate about Academic Medicine and value-based healthcare, being strongly committed to making a positive impact for patients.
He completed his Executive MBA in SMU in 2012 and undertook greater leadership and management responsibilities. He was Chairman of the Medical Board of KKH between 2009 and 2012 before being named as CEO, KKH between 2012 and 2017.
He is focused on improving the quality of patient care and harnessing process re-engineering, innovation and technology to enhance the safety and reliability of clinical care and patient outcomes, while also elevating the experience for patients and healthcare staff. In his role overseeing Digital Health across SingHealth, Prof Kwek is committed to leveraging digital technologies and emerging data structures and architecture to enhance care, to elevate experience by patients and caregivers alike and to extract greater value from the healthcare system.[/modal_popup_box]
Dr. Kwietniewski is leading the expansion of Statista’s hospital rankings, most notably the development of the prestigious World’s Best Hospitals ranking, which now extends to 30 countries worldwide. This ranking includes data from a questionnaire on the implementation of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), which hospitals can submit directly to Statista. The PROMs implementation score will be integrated into all upcoming Statista hospital rankings.
Prior to joining Statista, he contributed his expertise at the BQS Institute, a distinguished private research institute in Germany. In this capacity, he was involved in various projects, notably overseeing quality assurance and health economics initiatives in hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation facilities throughout Germany.
An alumnus of the esteemed Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Dr. Kwietniewski conducted scientific research on the cost and economic efficiency of health care providers. His research further revolved around international comparisons of health care and hospital utilization, showcasing his commitment to advancing the field of health economics.[/modal_popup_box]
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Christoph A. Meier is Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Zürich and holds a faculty appointment at the University of Geneva. He has a longstanding interest in the evaluation and improvement of quality in health care and is/was serving among others on the Expert Board for Newseek’s Best Hospitals of the World, the Swiss Medical Board for HTA and the Swiss Federal Quality Commission.
Prior to his current role, he was the Chief Medical Officer and deputy CEO at the University Hospital Basel, where he implemented the principles of value-based health care and PROMs as key tools for quality and performance management. Previously, held the position as the Chief of Medicine at the Triemli Hospital in Zürich and was heading the Clinical and Molecularl Endocrinology Unit at the University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland.
He received his Medical Degree from the University of Basel, Switzerland and holds Board Certifications in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology & Diabetology and worked at the University Hospital Geneva, the National Institutes of Health (USA), the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Massachusetts General in Boston.
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Since September 2021, Karen has acted as the Interim President and CEO of Nova Scotia Health (NSH) by appointment of Premier Tim Houston. With over 40,000 employees, Nova Scotia Health is the largest employer in Nova Scotia, responsible for operating the provincial healthcare system. Karen has been tasked with leading the organization’s transformational efforts and to take immediate action to improve health care in Nova Scotia. This transformation includes major province-wide infrastructure, including the biggest capital project/spend in Nova Scotia’s history, the installation of a province-wide technology backbone supporting the entire acute care system, the creation of the Nova Scotia Innovation Hub where researchers, clinicians and entrepreneurs come together to innovate creative solutions.[/modal_popup_box]
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Lisa is responsible for seven hospitals, two remote nursing posts, a community mental health and a Public health service and leads a multidisciplinary team of medical, nursing, allied and population health staff to deliver compassionate and inspirational health services across diverse rural, remote, and urban health settings. Devoted to delivering contemporary and culturally responsive healthcare, she is a catalyst for positive change and is unwavering in her commitment to patient safety.
As a visionary leader, Lisa excels at initiating transformative initiatives and cultivating collaborative teams to deliver efficient, consistent, and safe healthcare services. Throughout her career, Lisa has been a beacon of influential stakeholder engagement, forging close collaborations with executive teams, government agencies, and community organisations to elevate health outcomes. A recognised expert in remote health service management, leadership, and delivery, Lisa specialises in building effective and collaborative teams while ensuring robust governance. Her notable accomplishments include guiding organisational restructures, leading outpatient reform, implementing innovative programs, and steering responses to critical situations, including the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in remote settings.
With a dedicated focus on nurturing future leaders, Lisa aspires to make a lasting positive impact in healthcare and champion women in leadership and governance.[/modal_popup_box]
Some of her previous roles include General manager at Fiverr, Director General of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Head of the Israeli National Digital initiative.
Shai-Lee has extensive experience in the High-Tech world, and has served as VP of Marketing at Microsoft’s R&D Center in Israel and was jointly responsible for building relations with the start-up industry in Israel. She has also previously served as Director of Regulation and Corporate Affairs in Microsoft Israel.
Shai-Lee has a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Tel Aviv University, and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University in the United States.[/modal_popup_box]
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