About Us

CEO & FOUNDER

Prior to founding The Home Hospital, Robert was Head of Global Strategy, M&A & Alliances for Atos, ranked by Gartner as European market share leader for cloud & IT services in healthcare. Robert has 20+ years in digital health and medical device sectors, which are testament to his passion for improving lives with technology. He caught the bug at the young age of 19 when he designed a medical device to improve the lives of wheelchair users, which he took to market across Europe & North America. Robert has been named UK Young Designer of the Year sponsored by Audi, as well as being Highly Commended in the UK Young Philanthropy Awards, sponsored by Classic FM.

SVP of CLINICIAN MARKETPLACE, CHAIR OF ADVISORY BOARD & CO-FOUNDER

Aida is an executive leader with 25+ years’ experience driving excellence, growth and digital transformation in health, care and research. She has served as Chief Executive of HCAs Harley Street Clinic and The Portland Hospital for Women & Children in London. More recently, she has served as Chief Commercial Officer for Huma, one of the fastest growing European health tech companies. In these capacities, she has led commercial and operational team with >£100m budgets and teams of 1500 people. Aida is a qualified pharmacist and is passionate about healthcare provision, it’s management and the difference this can make to human lives.

CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

Paul is a recognised guru of the UK price comparison market, having served as Chief Marketing Officer at Confused.com and MoneySuperMarket.com.  He played a pivotal role taking the industry from being used by 1 in 10 UK consumers to 9 in 10.  He’s joined The Home Hospital to make it the new normal. 

CHIEF CLINICAL DATA OFFICER

Andrew is responsible for how we collect and leverage data to create to improve patient outcomes and create efficiencies.  Andrew was appointed as Professor of Cardiology at Toronto General Hospital and has served as Director of the Ottawa Heart Institute.  He today serves as Chair in Rare & Inherited Congenital Cardiac Conditions at the University Hospital of Manchester NHS.

TRANSFORMATION DIRECTOR

Dan has over 20 years’ experience in delivering complex digitally enabled transformation programmes in health and care, including 15 years at Cerner (Oracle Health) where he served as Consulting Director for Population Health across UK and Europe, as well as establishing their Consulting Practice for optimisation of Electronic Patient Records. Dan started his career as a Critical Care nurse at Kings College Hospital NHS where he went onto lead Operations for Cardiac Services. He still works once a month as an Intensive Care nurse at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS. Dan is trained as a 6-sigma black belt.

HEAD OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Chris is a self-confessed geek who enjoys spending his spare time on technology-focused hobbies. He is an accomplished technology leader, equally comfortable diving into the detail while keeping a clear view of the bigger strategic picture. Chris leads by example, personally driving innovation while also guiding the development team in a collaborative culture of creativity and delivery. He brings over a decade of experience leading teams in medical device software development, alongside hands-on expertise as a solution architect and back-end developer.

VP OF ALLIANCES

Reza joined The Home Hospital from Atos where he was Global Head of Consulting for their $1.3bn health and life sciences division - ranked by Gartner as #1 market share leader for cloud and IT managed services in European healthcare. In this capacity, Reza lead teams of industry experts focused on innovation, sales and delivery of digital transformation, as well as establishing the Global Automation practice. Prior to his tenure at Atos, Reza was an Executive Consultant at KPMG. He is a business transformation expert with deep knowledge of digital and technology.

WELLNESS OFFICER

Taslima serves at The Home Hospital as PA to CEO but is also our nominated Wellness Officer, responsible for staff wellness. In this capacity, she leads initiatives to uphold physical, mental and spiritual health of employees. This includes a range of support resources and employment benefit schemes, directly intended to ensure that The Home Hospital prioritises how we care for our greatest assets - our people.

CO-FOUNDER & DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

David is a co-founder of The Home Hospital and a respected NHS executive who has served at board with leadership of Digital & Transformation functions, with responsibility for major change programmes at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Tavistock & Portman NHS Trusts. David is one of only a few to hold an MSc in Digital Health from the NHS Digital Academy and Imperial College University and currently Chairs a portfolio company of the Alacrity Foundation - a digital health accelerator funded by Welsh government & Venture Capital. David has served in prominent roles for private sector, most recently as Director of Health and Life Science across Northern Europe for Atos.

CO-FOUNDER & CLINICAL ADVISOR

Dr Barlow (FRCP, MSc, MRCP, MB ChB Hons, BSc Hons (Pharmacology) is a co-founder of The Home Hospital and was responsible for conceiving and delivering the Nationally renowned West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust COVID virtual hospital which cared for >6500 patients in 2020-2021. He subsequently worked for NHSE, contributing at national level to virtual ward policy as well as leading the delivery in the East of England. He then drove the diversification and expansion of the virtual ward, adding COPD, ARI and heart failure at Trust level. He is a Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine and served as Divisional Director for Medicine and sitting board member, April 2019-April 2024 for West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust.

ACADEMIC ADVISOR

Professor Dunscombe is the appointed member for healthcare on the UK Government AI Council, reporting to the Cabinet Office. She is a visiting Professor at Imperial College London’s Global Healthcare Policy Unit, where she formerly led the NHS Digital Academy which has trained >300 senior NHS professionals. She is associate digital editor for the British Medical Journal and most recently has joined Dedalus Group as Chief Industry Advisor. Rachel is the founding CHIME ambassador in the UK, as well as chair of the HIMSS UK advisory board. She ranked #8 on CIO Magazine’s CIO 100 list in 2018 as well as Talent Unleashed’s most disruptive CIO in Europe 2016.

NURSING ADVISOR

James is Chief Nurse Information Officer (CNIO) & Deputy Director of Nursing at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in which capacity he is responsible for leading 27 virtual wards across North West London, spanning multiple NHS providers and specialities. His work being at the forefront of virtual ward development and scale, he is a frequent speaker on the domain. James is an innovative, delivery and results focused, senior nurse, with significant operational and corporate experience. He has a passion for building systems and clinical cultures which enable nurses to deliver the best care.

SOCIAL CARE ADVISOR

Mike is a serial entrepreneur who has built and sold several successful social care businesses to Private Equity acquirers. His exceptional grasp of the social care sector, having grown such organisations from grass roots, provides us with invaluable expertise, which enables us to design effective integrations between acute and social care sectors. Mike currently serves as Chair of Trinity Homecare Holdings and as Director of Optimism Heath Group, which delivers ophthalmology services to the NHS. He has recently served as Board Treasurer of the UK Care Association.

RESPIRATORY ADVISOR

Dr Sibley (MBChB, MRCP, MSc) is a Consultant Respiratory Physician at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital who is nationally recognised as a pioneer of Virtual Wards - her work being the subject of multiple awards and publications. Sarah holds a number of leadership roles at regional level, including: Clinical Lead for the Cheshire and Merseyside(C&M) Respiratory Clinical Network, Senior Responsible Officer for the C&M Board, North West Clinical Lead for the NHS@Home Programme and British Thoracic Society Integrated Care lead.