Paul Cooper
R&D Director
IMS

IMS MAXIMS' record as an innovator and a provider of systems that are effective and easy to use owes much to Paul. His in-depth understanding of the healthcare system and of what's happening at the cutting edge of IT, allow him to focus research initiatives on projects that will yield the next generation of clinical software products. Paul is working with some of the brightest minds in universities and hospitals, across Europe, to develop solutions which will help clinicians achieve even higher standards of care and enable healthcare providers to further enhance efficiency and safety.

John Crawford
Healthcare Solutions Manager
IBM

John has 27 years experience in the IT industry, working with clients in the Financial Services, Media, Healthcare and Life Sciences sectors. Much of this business has been conducted internationally, and John has engaged with clients in Europe, the USA and Asia, including some of the largest UK and US-based banks, media companies, publishers, broadcasters and information providers. Over the past 7 years, John has worked with many healthcare IT and medical equipment companies, and with government organisations involved in the delivery of healthcare services. He has a particular interest in the innovative use of IT to extend the reach and capacity of national healthcare systems, to transform healthcare delivery, and to improve the safety and quality of care.

He is currently responsible for IBM’s Healthcare Solutions business in the UK and Ireland, working closely with many business partners, software vendors and system integrators. He is active in a number of healthcare industry and technology bodies, including COCIR (IT Committee), the European Society of Radiology (ESR), the Continua Health Alliance (Policy Strategy Working Group), Health Information Network Europe (HINE), Intellect (Healthcare and Telehealth groups), the Associate Parliamentary Healthcare Group, the UK eHealth Association, and the South East Health Technologies Alliance.

He has delivered scientific papers and speeches at healthcare IT conferences, including EuroPACS, Management in Radiology (MIR), the European Radiology Congress (ECR), the European Telemedicine Conference (TTeC), pHealth (personal health systems), the Irish Healthcare Summit, and World of Health IT.

Ian Denley
Chief Executive Officer
System C Healthcare

Ian is Chief Executive of System C Healthcare plc, and is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the company. He has worked in healthcare IT for the last 12 years, primarily in the design, development and deployment of electronic patient record systems to the NHS.

Ian has a particular interest in patient privacy, and has several publications in this area. He has 15 years in software consulting with many multinational blue-chip clients, mainly in the healthcare, communications and aerospace industries. He has a PhD in Human Computer Interaction.

Margaret Edwards
Vice President UK Commissioning
McKesson

BA (Hons) Econ; MBA; Graduate of INSEAD Top Management Program; Diploma in the Ethics of Medicine ; Cabinet Office Top Management Program.

• 25 years senior management experience in the NHS and Department of Health.
• Chief Executive of a large DGH and Mental Health trust which was awarded 'Trust of the Year' whist under Margaret's leadership.
• Director-General of Performance/Access and Choice at Department of Health and NHS National Board member for 5 years. This included responsibility for delivery of all key Government targets including waiting lists, A&E as well as all of Primary care policy including the development of commissioning and practice based commissioning. During this period Margaret worked closely both with the NHS and senior politicians including the Prime Minister. She was described by the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit as 'One of the best delivery leaders in the country.'
• SRO for national PACS and Choose and Book projects.
• As Chief Executive of NHS Yorkshire and Humber had responsibility for the NHS care of over 5 million, people, a budget in excess of £8 billion and the performance of 36 separate NHS organisations including 14 PCT's.
• Currently personal advisor to Lord Carter of Coles and Vice President of McKesson's Health Commissioning business

A strategic thinker, Margaret has strong health experience across a range of NHS organisations coupled with outstanding economic, leadership, process and organisational improvement skills. It is these skills and experience that has led to proven improvements to health outcomes for patients and local communities across the country.

"Margaret's background as an economist and her substantial NHS leadership experience will be invaluable in this role." Sir David Nicholson commenting on Margaret's appointment as national director of productivity and efficiency (Mar 09)

Simon Fanthorpe
Director of Technology and IT Services
In Practice Systems

Simon is a Director of In Practice Systems Ltd and has worked for INPS for the past 15 years. Although mainly focused on Primary care, Simon has experience of working with all levels of the NHS, LSP's, Pharmaceutical and major technology companies. Recently Simon, who is also a Director of Healthcare Gateway Ltd, the 50:50 joint venture between INPS and EMIS, has focussed on Interoperability issues and solutions across multiple health domains.

Simon's previous experience before Health has included IT solutions for local Government, Banking, Airlines and Manufacturing.

Sue Hawkswell
Managing Director
CSE Healthcare Systems

Lloyd McCann
Care FX

Eddy Peers
Director
Mentis Management Consultants Ltd

Eddy is a Director of Mentis Management Consultants Ltd and has over 25 years experience delivering consultancy advice, guidance and practical support to management teams. Prior to joining Mentis he was a partner in PwC. He has lead responsibility for Mentis’ Healthcare practice, but his work extends across central and local government, police forces, the NHS, and commercial organisations. He has been an active member of Intellect Healthcare and Government Groups for over 10 years.

His key skill areas are the development of integrated business strategies making cost effective use of current and emerging technologies, support for the investment analysis, and consequent process redesign and implementation.

He has extensive experience in the NHS where he has run projects for all levels of the service – DH, Health Authorities, Acute and Primary and Community Care. This has included comprehensive procurement support involving strategic positioning, requirements specifications, business case preparation, procurement management, proposition evaluation and implementation support. His assignments have included extensive working with clinicians.

He has particular experience of multi agency working involving NHS, Police, Probation, and Education services encouraging sensible joined-up thinking prior to developing better processes and systems based on improved communication and working arrangements.

Recently his assignments have focused on current and prospective Foundation Trusts, helping them establish a more business-oriented approach to service delivery and development. This has included development of Trust-level assessment tools to establish the value of centrally delivered ICT systems to the business overall.

He is a qualified Prince 2 Practitioner and holds memberships of the Institute of Management Consultants and the British Computer Society. He is a former vice Chair of the Intellect eGovernment Group.

Jonathan Selby
UK & Ireland Country Manager
InterSystems

Jonathan Selby, InterSystems UK & Ireland Country Manager is responsible for directing the region's business strategy. Prior to joining InterSystems in September 2010, Jonathan enjoyed a successful international career in Europe and America across a variety of IT specialities and cultural boundaries in which he won multi-million dollar accounts. His previous roles include the Vice President EMEA Field Sales for SPSS (a subsidiary of IBM), and the Sales Director for Oracle's Fusion middleware. He has a MBA from London Business School.

Martin Whittaker
Director
Touchstone Consultancy Ltd

Martin Whittaker is director of Touchstone Consultancy Ltd and has been active in healthcare IT for more than 25 years. Starting off as a programmer on pathology systems, he held posts in project management, sales management and marketing before running CHC (UK) Ltd, a company specialising in pathology and diagnostic imaging systems.

Since 1991 he has been a consultant, specialising in the application of IT standards in healthcare. He has also undertaken many strategic consultancy tasks for the NHS, including contributing to the Care Record system OBS and working on the design of the Spine.

As well as his consultancy work, Martin is a founder and oard director of HL7 UK, a not-for-profit body co-ordinating and developing the HL7 healthcare interoperability standards. It is this role that should prove most relevant to the Intellect Healthcare Council: the success of the non-LSP healthcare IT market is likely to be dependent on how well systems can interoperate using HL7. With no clear lead from CfH in this area, it will probably be up to bodies such as Intellect and HL7 UK to set the strategy in this field. It would be his aim to promote a closer relationship between the two organisations. This will help to ensure that suppliers wishes in this area are reflected in the market. Martin Whittaker has been an active member of the Intellect Healthcare Group (and its CSA/CSSA forerunners) since 1986. He was Chairman of the group from 1991-93 and was given a Recognition Award for his services.

Adrian Flowerday
Managing Director
Docobo Ltd

Adrian Flowerday is the Telehealth lead on the council and the Managing Director of Docobo Ltd, and a Chartered Engineer with over 20 years of experience developing technology based solutions for areas including radar, sonar, imaging and medical.

Rob Blay
CEO
JAC Computer Services Ltd

Rob is Chief Executive of JAC Computer Services Ltd, a leading specialist supplier of medicines management solutions to the NHS as well as the Republic of Ireland and South Africa. Following an early career within the NHS as a clinical chemist, Rob has gained over 20 years of experience in management of clinical application suppliers and subsidiaries in the areas of Pathology, Radiology, EPR and Pharmacy for companies operating in the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East and South Africa.

Martin Strange
Head of IT Health
Lloyds Pharmacy

Degree in Biology from York University. 17 years working in defence industry manufacturing, and the design and implementation of computerised production control systems.

6 years supporting the development, use, distribution and computer systems implementation of the Read Clinical Codes. 8 years design, development, piloting and evaluation of designs for the Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions with PharMed and TransScript Ltd.

For the past 4 years Head of IT Health at Lloyds Pharmacy working on IT strategy development. Representative of various companies at Intellect for 15 years. Member of Healthcare Group Council for 3 years.

Richard Pantlin
Chief Executive Officer
Richard Pantlin Ltd

Richard Pantlin spent 15 years with the leading supplier of social care IT systems helping to double turnover and staff over that period. He joined Sheridan Systems in 1996 as Account Manager, then became responsible for developing the latest community care case management software to production quality and building the implementation services team of 34 project managers, trainers & consultants. Sheridan Systems was acquired by Anite and he became Programme Manager for Supporting People. This included the provision of the SP Client Subsidy Tool to all English LA's on ODPM/CLG's behalf.

Anite Public Services was acquired by Northgate and in 2009, Richard co-ordinated the bids for the CAF for Adults Demonstrator funding with local authority customers successfully leading to 9 development workstreams. As Programme Director he worked closely with Dept of Health on the major initiative to improve information sharing between social care & health and support personalisation.

In August 2011 he left Northgate Social Care to set up his own business offering IT consultancy, project management and social enterprise skills to the sector.