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Nick Kirby
Managing Director, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, United Kingdom
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
leadership vision
Realise improvements in life outcomes through how health services are provided, harnessing collaborations across sectors and organisational boundaries.
my story
Learning with peers from other health systems has created new insights into my own experience in the UK.
There is as much learning from recognising natural assets in the familiar as there is from the novel approaches that other countries are applying to improve outcomes for patients and populations.
about me
Over the last 20 years, Nick has undertaken a range of operational, strategic and policy leadership roles in healthcare and life sciences. Since joining Cambridge University Hospitals in 2022, he has been Managing Director for the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Executive Director of Strategy & Major Projects, and is presently seconded into the role of Chief Operating Officer.
Roles as Managing Director for system oriented organisations have necessitated working across organisational and sectoral boundaries. In the Shelford Group - a collaboration of ten major research hospitals - Nick worked on shared national policy priorities; in the UCL Health Alliance, he set up a new provider collaborative spanning specialist, acute, primary, community and mental health services in North Central London.
Nick has an academic background in economics, political economy and healthcare leadership. He joined the NHS as a graduate management trainee. He is an FA qualified football coach and has been coaching children’s teams since 2017.
Meet the Partners
Sciana — The Health Leaders Network is a joint initiative of The Health Foundation, Careum and the Bosch Health Campus, in partnership with Salzburg Global.
