Behind GIANT Health is a vision that has grown into one of UK’s most influential healthcare innovation ecosystems — and at the centre of it is Barry Shrier, CEO and Founder of GIANT Health.

A serial entrepreneur, innovator, and business leader, Barry has spent his career building companies that solve real-world challenges through technology, with a strong focus on healthcare transformation, sustainability, and global collaboration.

Building GIANT Health Into a Global Innovation Platform

Barry Shrier founded GIANT Health to connect and empower the global healthcare innovation community.

Today, GIANT Health has evolved into a large-scale ecosystem that brings together hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, innovators, investors, and policymakers.

At its core, the platform exists to bridge the gap between innovation and implementation — ensuring that promising health-tech ideas are not just discussed, but actively supported and scaled within real healthcare systems.

As described in GIANT Health’s mission, the organisation is focused on improving global health and wellbeing by promoting healthcare innovation and supporting health-tech entrepreneurs.

A Career Built on Innovation and Impact

Before founding GIANT Health, Barry Shrier built a strong track record as an entrepreneur and business leader across multiple industries.

He has founded and led several companies focused on technology, engineering, and sustainability — including ventures in electric vehicles and zero-emission innovation.

One of his most notable achievements includes founding Liberty Electric Cars, where he co-developed zero-emission vehicle technology and helped scale the company into a multi-million-pound business with global clients.

His career has consistently focused on identifying complex global problems and building commercially viable, technology-driven solutions.

A Strong Advocate for Health-Tech Entrepreneurship

Barry Shrier is also widely recognised for his work in supporting health-tech entrepreneurs and early-stage innovators.

Through GIANT Health, he has helped create platforms such as conferences, startup competitions, and media programmes designed to accelerate collaboration between startups, investors, and healthcare institutions.

GIANT Health’s annual event brings together thousands of attendees from across healthcare and technology, including senior NHS leaders, clinicians, government representatives, and global innovators.

The goal is clear: to create opportunities for meaningful collaboration that leads to better healthcare outcomes.

Media, Thought Leadership, and Public Engagement

Beyond his role as CEO, Barry Shrier is also active as a public speaker and media host.

He has led discussions on healthcare innovation through initiatives such as GIANT’s Healthy Innovators Live TV, where he interviews industry leaders and explores trends shaping the future of healthcare technology.

He also hosts the GIANT Thinking podcast, which focuses on the challenges and opportunities in healthcare innovation, including system capacity, rising demand, and the role of technology in delivering better care at lower cost.

These platforms reflect his broader commitment to education, dialogue, and knowledge-sharing across the global healthcare ecosystem.

A Vision for the Future of Healthcare

At the heart of Barry Shrier’s work is a simple but powerful vision:

to create a healthcare system where innovation is not isolated, but connected — where ideas move faster from concept to implementation, and where collaboration between sectors drives real-world impact.

This vision continues to shape GIANT Health as it grows into a global hub for healthcare transformation.

Looking Ahead

As healthcare systems face increasing pressure from workforce shortages, rising demand, and rapid technological change, the need for platforms like GIANT Health continues to grow.

Under Barry Shrier’s leadership, GIANT Health remains focused on one core mission: bringing people together to accelerate innovation and improve health outcomes worldwide.