Speakers 2025
SPEAKERS 2025
GIANT Health brings together the world’s leading Healthtech experts, government cabinet ministers, entrepreneurs, founders of unicorn businesses, and more, to provide you with invaluable business networking and learning opportunities.

Hassan Chaudhury, HonFAPM
Head of Commercial, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Michael Bell
Chair of South West London ICB & Chairman at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust

Caroline Clarke
NHS London Regional Director

Dr. Tom Coffey
OBE, Senior Health Adviser to the Mayor of London

Liam Cahill
Advisor to leading NHS organisations

Chris Garner
Assistant Director for Community Service Development, NHS North Central London ICB

Dr Mayur Vibhuti
Chief Clinical Information Officer, NHS Kent & Medway

Manka Ramachandran
Chief Pharmacist & Clinical Director for Medicines Optimisation, CDAO Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Yousaf Ahmad
Integrated Care System Chief Pharmacist and Director of Medicines Optimisation, NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board

Dr Shanker Vijay
GP lead, Digital Transformation in Primary Care, NHS England

Rachel McIlroy
CStat, Systems Implementation Lead Population Health Management, NHS England

Rob Knott
Commercial Director, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

David Lawson
Director of Medical Technology & Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care

Dr Keith Grimes
Digital Health & Innovation Consultant, Curistica Ltd

Dr Paul Gilluley
Chief Medical Officer

Minal Bakhai
Director of Primary Care Transformation at NHS England

Rajesh Sivaprakasam
Lead for Robotic Renal Failure Surgery, Barts Health NHS Trust

Deborah Duval
Managing Editor of Kidney Care & Multiple Transplant Recipient

Annie Hunningher
Consultant Anaesthetist & Group Safety Lead, Barts Health NHS Trust

Teopista Ssemakula
Senior Practice Development Nurse for Operating Theatres, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Jonny Groome (Chair)
Paediatric anaesthetic consultant (Barts Health NHS Trust), Associate Medical Lead for Sustainability (Nuffield Health) and Honorary Associate Professor in Sustainability (UCL)

Dr Anne Symons
Healthcare architect and Senior Research Fellow in Healthcare Design (The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL)

Professor Ian Eames
Professor of Fluid Mechanics (UCL)

Olu Alaka
Director of PFI Estates, Facilities and Contract (University College London Hospital)

Fiona Daly
Director of Estate Sustainability and Workforce, and the National Deputy Director of Estates for NHS England. Honorary Professor (UCL)

Mr Asif Chaudry
Robotic Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer Surgeon at Royal Marsden NHS Trust & Founder of UGIRA (Upper GI International Robotics Association)

Professor Manish Chand
Robotic and Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgeon and Professor of Surgery at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust

Mr Asit Arora
Robotic Head, Neck and Thyroid Surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas NHS Trust & Clinical Lecturer at King's College London

Mr Jamil Ahmed
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon & Deputy Director of Medical Education, University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group

Mr Michael Powar
Consultant Colorectal, Laparoscopic and General Surgeon at Addenbrooke's Hospital

Shafi Ahmed
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Rima Makarem
Chair of Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB

Penny Dash
Chair, NHS England

Hannah Farrar
Chief Executive and Co-Founder at CF

Dr Esh Tatla
Doctor, founder & director of Beyond Tomorrow Media, previous board advisor for BIONABU