OUR LEADERSHIP
Professor Nadey Hakim
GCSJ, MD, PhD, FRCSEng, FRCSI, FACS, FICS (Hon), FRCSGlas (Hon), FASMBS, FINS (Hon), FIMSA (Hon)
Chairperson, UHealth
President Elect, The Transplantation Society
Professor of Transplant Surgery, Imperial College London
Professor of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic London
Professor of Transplant Surgery, Imperial College London
Professor of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic London
Professor Hakim is globally recognised for his leadership in transplant surgery, having co-led the world’s first successful arm transplant and launched the first pancreas transplant programme in Southeast England.
Academic and Surgical Achievements:
• Over 250 peer-reviewed papers and 24 textbooks authored
• PhD from University of London; Surgical Fellowships at Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota
• Former World President of the International College of Surgeons
• Former Vice President of both the Royal Society of Medicine and the British Red Cross
• Honoured globally with five honorary professorships, visiting academic roles, and the Max Thorek Professorship of Surgery
• Editor-in-Chief of International Surgery for 11 years; now Emeritus Editor
• Awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 2016
Currently serving as:
President Elect, The Transplantation Society
President Elect, History of Medicine (RSM)
Vice President, International Medical Sciences Academy
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Professor G. K. Mahadev
MD, MRCS, AFRCS, FRCS
CEO, UHealth
Dr Mahadev is on a lifelong mission to bring affordable and accessible healthcare and education to communities worldwide.
He served the NHS from 1996 to 2019, before founding UHealth and launching global initiatives that now span Europe, India, the Middle East, and the US.
His work bridges infrastructure, finance, and policy — enabling delivery at global scale.
Key Achievements:
• Secured two major UK Government contracts totalling £34 billion GBP
• Designed the World’s First Healthcare Apprenticeship Program
• Founded the World’s First Healthcare Academy at Flixton Girls’ School, Manchester
• Instrumental in creating multiple medical schools:
- Kent & Medway (UK)
- University of Bolton Medical School (UK)
- Jacksonville Medical School (USA; opening 2025/26)
- Currently establishing 5 medical schools with 500-bed hospitals in India (World Bank funded)
- Leading development of Healthcare Universities and Hospitals in the Middle East and USA
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Dr. Babita Jyoti
MD, MRCP, FRCR
Director of Education, UHealth
University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute (Fellowship-trained)
Dr. Babita Jyoti is a clinician-educator with deep experience across oncology and advanced radiotherapy, combining rigorous training with academic contribution and examination leadership. She is among the first physicians in the US to complete fellowship training in both paediatric and adult proton therapy, bringing a strong educational lens to clinical excellence and learner development.
Career Highlights:
• Completed fellowship training in both Paediatric and Adult Proton Therapy at the University of FL Health Proton Therapy Institute
• Completed Internal Medicine residency in Manchester, England
• Completed a dual residency programme in Medical Oncology and Radiation Oncology at Clatterbridge Cancer Center (UK)
• Authored multiple book chapters and publications in peer-reviewed journals; presented at international conferences
• Edited 10 books in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Clinical Review series
• Served as an examiner at Manchester Medical School
• Clinical interests include breast cancer, paediatric cancers, and central nervous system tumours
• Completed Internal Medicine residency in Manchester, England
• Completed a dual residency programme in Medical Oncology and Radiation Oncology at Clatterbridge Cancer Center (UK)
• Authored multiple book chapters and publications in peer-reviewed journals; presented at international conferences
• Edited 10 books in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Clinical Review series
• Served as an examiner at Manchester Medical School
• Clinical interests include breast cancer, paediatric cancers, and central nervous system tumours
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Prof. Nadir A. Ibrahim
MD, FRCA, MAcadMEd
Director of Research, UHealth
Consultant Anaesthetist, Salford Royal University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Professor, The University of Greater Manchester
Professor Nadir A. Ibrahim is a consultant anaesthetist and medical educator with leadership experience in clinical quality, patient safety, and postgraduate assessment. His work bridges frontline emergency anaesthesia with structured academic delivery — including OSCE leadership, module design, and oversight of service-improvement programmes with a focus on safety and reliability.
Career Highlights:
• Consultant Anaesthetist at SRUH NHS Foundation Trust (since 2011) providing on-call emergency anaesthesia services
• Leads Year 4 OSCE examinations (University of Manchester)
• Served as Clinical Director for the PACU, leading during the COVID-19 pandemic, implementing policies to enhance clinical safety
• Anaesthesia Module Lead, organising and delivering induction sessions for third-year medical students
• Academic Advisor mentoring third- and fifth-year medical students
• Supervises Quality Professional Excellence Programme (QPEP) projects focused on patient safety and service delivery
• Visiting Examiner for the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Royal College of Surgeons; FRCA OSCE/SOE Examiner
• Leads Year 4 OSCE examinations (University of Manchester)
• Served as Clinical Director for the PACU, leading during the COVID-19 pandemic, implementing policies to enhance clinical safety
• Anaesthesia Module Lead, organising and delivering induction sessions for third-year medical students
• Academic Advisor mentoring third- and fifth-year medical students
• Supervises Quality Professional Excellence Programme (QPEP) projects focused on patient safety and service delivery
• Visiting Examiner for the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Royal College of Surgeons; FRCA OSCE/SOE Examiner
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Taha Coburn-Kutay
Business Development Director, UHealth
Chairman, UK Asian Business Council
Economic & Business Advisor to the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, Uganda
Economic & Business Advisor to the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, Uganda
Taha Coburn-Kutay is a seasoned business strategist and international development leader, with over two decades of experience in global business operations, trade, and media. He specialises in building cross-continental partnerships across the UK, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, with a focus on emerging sectors and high-impact collaboration.
Career Highlights:
• Chairman of the UKABC — a one-stop trade facilitation platform for businesses in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the UK
• Appointed Economic & Business Advisor to the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, Uganda
• Played a leading role in bringing MotoGP to India in 2023, hosted at the Buddh International Circuit
• Holds multiple non-executive directorships across sectors including:
- Healthcare, Green Energy, Technology, Education, and Real Estate
- Founder of Monkey Consulting Ltd (UK, USA, India, Middle East) — a cross-sector consulting firm
- Partner at Tabernacle Software, delivering advanced agricultural drone technologies across India
- Director at Golden Agrisense Pvt Ltd, focused on modern orchard development in Kashmir
- Former Managing Editor at Asian Lite UK and CEO of Asia Television Global
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Karan Mahadev
Director of Finance, UHealth
Chief Financial Officer, Promake Ltd
MSc Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Columbia Engineering
Karan Mahadev is a results-oriented finance leader with experience spanning capital raising, financial strategy, and M&A support. He brings a mix of institutional rigour and founder-led execution, supporting growth initiatives through investor-grade modelling, valuation materials, and commercial structuring.
Career Highlights:
• Sourced a £50m capital raise investment
• Contributed to work awarded under the UK National Microbiology Framework (Lot 2 & 4; ~£34Bn)
• Secured partnership with the Microsoft Global Development team
• Attained Top 10 “Global Venture” status under the Lafarge Holcim Accelerator Programme
• Produced valuation materials for sell-side transactions (US ~$100mm; UK ~$40mm)
• Built investor materials and performed DCF financial modelling for private and institutional audiences
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Giri B Karthikeyan
Director of IT & AI, UHealth
Digital Transformation Lead, Swami Vivekanand Health Mission
Senior Systems Architecture Consultant, NHS England
Giri B Karthikeyan is a product and platform leader specialising in high-stakes healthcare delivery, with hands-on AI/ML execution, operational resilience, and information-governance-by-design. His work spans clinical decision support, early detection of illness, national-scale clinical analytics, smart wearables, and large-volume digital operations - with a consistent emphasis on auditability, human-in-the-loop safeguards, and real-world run-state reliability.
Career Highlights:
• Built & Led Design and Build of a FNN decision support and early detection system designed for NHS Primary Care
• Delivered national-scale systems and field ops at the world-record breaking Netra Kumbh specialist ophthalmologic camp:
- Serving 250k+ patients over 48 days, generating 25M+ data points, delivering 164k+ bespoke prescription spectacles in-situ
- Led to 17k+ surgeries/specialist interventions at 250 partner hospitals across India.
• Designed and delivered an offline-first framework for patient access in coordination covering 17,000 sq. km of Himalayan Terrain
- Formed the basis of care delivered to over 1.5M patients with critical life saving care over 3 years with 0 interruptions.
• Created a custom ML-led clinical analytics and load management platform improving NHS clinical interaction efficiency by 40%
Dr. Vakati Sreedhar
Director of Innovation, UHealth
Founder & Managing Director, Dr. Remedies
IAMRAI (Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Innovation Forum)
Dr. Vakati Sreedhar is a radiologist and healthcare entrepreneur with experience spanning medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare services, and innovation-led R&D. He combines clinical grounding with platform-scale execution, building capabilities across trading, labs, services, and manufacturing — and supporting the development of patented devices through industry and research-park partnerships.
Career Highlights:
• Founder and Managing Director of Dr. Remedies.
• Medical graduate (Bangalore University, 1996) with PG studies in Radiology (TN) and fellowship experience in Singapore
• Built a diversified healthcare group operating across trading, services, labs, and manufacturing, with a presence in 14+ states
• Medical devices partnerships spanning interventional cardiology, radiology, endoscopy, and healthcare IT, including:
• Built a diversified healthcare group operating across trading, services, labs, and manufacturing, with a presence in 14+ states
• Medical devices partnerships spanning interventional cardiology, radiology, endoscopy, and healthcare IT, including:
- Medtronics
- Pentax Medical Japan
- Guerbet France
- Meril Life Sciences
• Established NABL, ANAB, and ISO-certified Dr. Remedies Labs at 22+ locations central labs offering 2,500+ tests
• Built Remedies Health First: a 360-degree healthcare services platform offering full spectrum health & wellness features
• Cardiology R&D leader with patents & prototypes incl. a first-of-its-kind Sinus Venosus ASD device in structural heart therapy
• Supports medtech breakthroughs through IAMRAI (a Section 8 company), with a research hub at IIT Madras Research Park
• Established NABL, ANAB, and ISO-certified Dr. Remedies Labs at 22+ locations central labs offering 2,500+ tests
• Built Remedies Health First: a 360-degree healthcare services platform offering full spectrum health & wellness features
• Cardiology R&D leader with patents & prototypes incl. a first-of-its-kind Sinus Venosus ASD device in structural heart therapy
• Supports medtech breakthroughs through IAMRAI (a Section 8 company), with a research hub at IIT Madras Research Park
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BOARD OF ADVISORS
Professor Dr Mohan Kaul
Ph.D. (Sorbonne), D.Litt. (Canada), Chartered Fellow CIPD (UK)
Chairperson of the Advisory Board, UHealth
President, India Partnership Forum
Former Director-General, Commonwealth Business Council
Former Senior Diplomat, Commonwealth Secretariat
Former Director-General, Commonwealth Business Council
Former Senior Diplomat, Commonwealth Secretariat
World Bank Director
Professor Kaul is a champion of international trade and investment and a globally recognised policy advisor, business leader, social entrepreneur, and academic. His career spans advisory roles with the UN and World Bank, executive leadership in Commonwealth diplomacy, and academic distinction in both India and the UK.
Career Highlights:
• Member of the UN Secretary-General’s Management Efficiency Group
• Conducted the first World Bank evaluation of Mohammed Yunus’ Grameen Bank in Bangladesh
• Delivered a keynote at a special session of the UN General Assembly on Public Management
• Founder of the Commonwealth Business Forum and the Commonwealth Business Council
• Held roles as:
- Director of Management Development, Commonwealth Secretariat
- Public Sector Adviser, United Nations
- Former Professor and Dean, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
• Board member, past and present, of:
- ICICI Bank (UK)
- UK India Business Council (UKIBC)
- World Bank Africa Virtual University
- Royal Overseas League
CURRENTLY SERVING AS:
President, India Partnership Forum (IPF)
Liveryman, City of London
Member of the Boards of Several Companies
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Professor George E Holmes
DL
Member of the Advisory Board, UHealth
President & Vice-Chancellor, University of Bolton
Deputy Lieutenant (Greater Manchester)
Professor George E Holmes, DL, is an experienced university leader and governance specialist with a long track record in higher education strategy, quality assurance, and institutional development. He has led at the Vice-Chancellor level since 2005 and brings deep expertise in governance, resource stewardship, and educational outcomes at scale.
Career Highlights:
• President & Vice-Chancellor; Member of the Governing Body, University of Bolton
• Serves on the Resources Committee and Nominations Committee
• Appointed Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive in 2005
- becoming the youngest university head in the UK at the time; now one of the longest-serving Vice-Chancellors in Britain
• Serves on the Resources Committee and Nominations Committee
• Appointed Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive in 2005
- becoming the youngest university head in the UK at the time; now one of the longest-serving Vice-Chancellors in Britain
• Holds a Doctorate in Education, an MBA, and a BSc in Economics; Fellow of the Institute of Directors
• Edited two international journals for nearly a decade, specialising in Quality Assurance in Education
• Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of North London (now London Metropolitan University)
• Played a central role in founding the Lincoln University Campus (opened by HM The Queen)
• Appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester (2015)
• Edited two international journals for nearly a decade, specialising in Quality Assurance in Education
• Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of North London (now London Metropolitan University)
• Played a central role in founding the Lincoln University Campus (opened by HM The Queen)
• Appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester (2015)
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Professor Iqbal Singh, CBE
MD, MRCP, FRCP
Member of the Advisory Board, UHealth
Consultant Physician (Medicine for Older People), Blackburn
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Medicine), Institute of Medicine, University of Bolton
Professor Iqbal Singh CBE is a senior clinician and healthcare regulator with leadership experience spanning patient safety, professional standards, and national oversight. His work has shaped governance frameworks in healthcare quality and regulation, alongside academic leadership in medicine.
Career Highlights:
• Consultant Physician in Medicine for Older People (Blackburn)
• Pro Vice-Chancellor (Medicine), Institute of Medicine, University of Bolton
• Founder Commissioner, Health Care Commission
• General Medical Council (GMC) Council Member (2008–2012) and Chair of the GMC’s Equality and Diversity Committee
• Member of the Review Group for Good Medical Practice (GMP), 2013
• Chaired the HCC - IERG on Patient Safety, developing standards and indicators for assessing safety in healthcare
• Member of the Health Honours Committee advising on nominations for the Queen’s New Year and Birthday Honours lists
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Mike Nithavrianakis, OBE, MVO
Member of the Advisory Board, UHealth
Formerly, His Majesty's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia
Formerly, Consul-General in Milan and Director, Trade & Investment - the Italian Republic
Michael Nithavrianakis is a senior diplomat and civil servant with more than 35 years’ experience representing HMG across ten countries, including leading large, complex UK missions in challenging environments. He is recognised for building credible, high-level partnerships that advanced UK security and prosperity, and brings deep expertise across foreign policy, international security, and trade & investment, alongside private-sector and board-level experience.
Career Highlights:
• 35+ years in diplomatic and senior civil service roles across ten countries
• Deputy High Commissioner, Karachi; Trade Director, Pakistan
• Deputy Trade Commissioner, Middle East & Pakistan Region (2019–2022)
• FCO London / British Embassy Kabul assignment (2019)
• Managing Director, Castle Gordon Global Advisory Ltd (2014–2018), gaining private-sector & non-executive/board expertise
• Appointed (from 1 November 2025) to the Board of the King’s Trust International Pakistan Development Group
• Appointed as UK “Ambassador” to The Citizens Foundation, supporting high-quality education for underprivileged children
• Postings from 1984-2000 included roles in London and overseas assignments including Kuala Lumpur, Moscow, and Accra
• Deputy High Commissioner, Karachi; Trade Director, Pakistan
• Deputy Trade Commissioner, Middle East & Pakistan Region (2019–2022)
• FCO London / British Embassy Kabul assignment (2019)
• Managing Director, Castle Gordon Global Advisory Ltd (2014–2018), gaining private-sector & non-executive/board expertise
• Appointed (from 1 November 2025) to the Board of the King’s Trust International Pakistan Development Group
• Appointed as UK “Ambassador” to The Citizens Foundation, supporting high-quality education for underprivileged children
• Postings from 1984-2000 included roles in London and overseas assignments including Kuala Lumpur, Moscow, and Accra
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Professor Zubair Hunslot
Member of the Advisory Board, UHealth
Provost, The University of Greater Manchester
Prof Zubair Hunslot is an experienced higher-education leader with over four decades of cross-sector experience spanning engineering/software practice, academic leadership, quality assurance, and transnational education. His career began with a competitive merit scholarship at age 15, followed by 12 years in professional engineering/software development before transitioning into higher education and progressing through senior academic and executive roles.
Career Highlights:
• 40+ years of career experience spanning industry & higher education, beginning with a merit scholarship at age 15
• 12 years of professional engineering/software development experience prior to entering academia
• Academic Journey: Lecturer (1990) → Senior Lecturer → Principal Lecturer → Deputy Dean/Director roles
• Extensive leadership in academic quality assurance, collaborative partnerships, and transnational education
• Served as Principal & Academic Director for the University of Bolton’s Ras al Khaimah campus (2008–2011)
• Appointed to current Provost role in October 2011
• Served as Principal & CEO of a UK school (2014–2016), leading oversight across secondary and further education
• 12 years of professional engineering/software development experience prior to entering academia
• Academic Journey: Lecturer (1990) → Senior Lecturer → Principal Lecturer → Deputy Dean/Director roles
• Extensive leadership in academic quality assurance, collaborative partnerships, and transnational education
• Served as Principal & Academic Director for the University of Bolton’s Ras al Khaimah campus (2008–2011)
• Appointed to current Provost role in October 2011
• Served as Principal & CEO of a UK school (2014–2016), leading oversight across secondary and further education
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