Our team

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Gianluca has overseen high-profile research and education projects at Imperial College London. He started his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder

Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder

Dr Jack Halligan

Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder

Jack is a medical doctor who has led research projects to evaluate digital health solutions at Imperial College London and consulting projects at McKinsey & Company.

Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder

Chief Medical Officer & Co-founder

Dr Saira Ghafur

Chief Medical Officer & Co-founder

Saira is a respiratory physician at St Mary’s Hospital, London and digital health expert who has published on digital health adoption, reimbursement, and cybersecurity.

Chief Medical Officer & Co-founder

Chair and Co-founder

Prof Ara Darzi

Chair and Co-founder

Prof. Darzi is a globally recognised health innovation pioneer and Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) at Imperial College London.

Chair and Co-founder

Head of Operations

Owen Bray

Head of Operations

Owen has managed operations and strategic projects in higher education, business incubation and the third sector.

Head of Operations

Director, Evidence Solutions

Dr Mehul Patel

Director, Evidence Solutions

Mehul is a GP with an MSc in Health Informatics who has worked in Clinical Lead and Clinical Safety roles for multiple digital health companies.

Director, Evidence Solutions

Senior Consultant

Dr Des Conroy

Senior Consultant

Des is a medical doctor who has worked in clinical practice in the UK and Ireland and previously worked as a Digital Health Clinician at a large health tech company.

Senior Consultant

Advisor, Clinical Evidence

Dr Ana Luisa Neves

Advisor, Clinical Evidence

Ana is a medical doctor and PhD researcher with >15 years’ experience evaluating digital health solutions. She has published >40 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Advisor, Clinical Evidence

Advisor, Economic Evidence

Dr Divya Srivastava

Advisor, Economic Evidence

Divya is a health economist who leads the Digital Health Lab in The Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research at the University of London.

Advisor, Economic Evidence

Advisor, Market Access (US)

Susan Xu

Advisor, Market Access (US)

Susan is a US-based healthcare reimbursement and market access strategist with experience advising digital health companies on how to access the US market.

Advisor, Market Access (US)

Advisor, Regulation

Dr Iain Charlton

Advisor, Regulation

Iain has worked in medical devices and digital health for over 20 years and specialises in the regulation of Software as a Medical Device (SaMD).

Advisor, Regulation

Advisor, Market Access (US)

Ryan Callahan

Advisor, Market Access (US)

Ryan is an expert in digital health and healthcare reimbursement in the US. He has published on value-based care, healthcare analytics, and digital health adoption.

Advisor, Market Access (US)

Advisor, Health Systems

Jonty Roland

Advisor, Health Systems

Jonty is an independent adviser on health system reform and universal health coverage to governments, global institutions and private sector organisations.

Advisor, Health Systems

Dr Bethany Holt

Advisor, Health Systems

Bethany is a US-based medical doctor, researcher and former management consultant specialising in health systems, community engagement and philanthropic strategy.

Advisor, Health Systems

Didi Thompson

Advisor, Health Systems

Didi has worked across a range of healthcare and policy initiatives spanning research, consulting, and education at Imperial College London and McKinsey & Company.

Advisor, Health Systems

Our Purpose

Prova Health exists to improve health for all by supporting innovation.

We believe that innovation in healthcare needs to be evidence-based, safe, effective and provide value for money. We act on these convictions by supporting the countless organisations and individuals that are trying to make healthcare better.

Our values

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Trust

Trust is at the core of everything we do. We want to build trust with our clients, partners and team members. We strengthen trust in health innovation. We keep our word when we commit to do something and we maintain high standards and an independent point of view.

Care

Care is what we want to give to the people we work and interact with. It is a necessity. To us, that means being thoughtful, kind, respectful and inclusive.

Excellence

Excellence is what we aspire to. At Prova Health we are ambitious. We want to tackle big challenges and do so globally. We are lucky to have incredibly innovative people and organisations as our clients. We are inspired by them to always push the boundaries of what we do.

Collaboration

Collaboration is the only way we can achieve our purpose. We will not be able to do it alone. We practise collaboration within our team, we build strong relationships, as equal partners, with our clients and we create connections between the people we encounter that share our goals and beliefs.