
Piyush Mahapatra is a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, Chief Innovation Officer at Open Medical, and mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Name: Piyush Mahapatra Occupation: Trauma and orthopaedic surgeon & Chief Innovation Officer at Open Medical “I have a passion for fixing things that are broken. It is what drove me to pursue a…

Chris Whittle is an NHS doctor in Anaesthetics, Founder of Q Doctor and Chief Medical Officer at eConsult. As a cohort 1 clinical entrepreneur who had progressed successfully through the programme, Chris became a mentor to support the next generation of innovators. Name: Chris Whittle Occupation: Doctor, Founder of Q Doctor and Chief Medical Officer…

Marcus Stow is an experienced nursing officer, clinical leader, and innovation adviser, who joined the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme as a mentor in 2019. Name: Marcus Stow, OBE, MStJ, RN Occupation: Nurse, clinical leader and innovation adviser. With 20 years’ experience within the Royal Air Force, Marcus has delivered 29 new and unique products into…

Cosmin Mihaiu is an entrepreneur, business developer and mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Name: Cosmin Mihaiu Occupation: Entrepreneur and Business Developer I have previously run my own health-tech start-up, selling a digital product to both private and NHS organisations in the UK. I have participated in several start-up accelerators, managed several R&D (grant…

Lore Lippmann is a Cambridge University PhD graduate with over 15 years’ experience in corporate finance, specialising in investment, business valuation and NHS Finance. This year, Lore joins us as a mentor to support cohort 7 of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Name: Lore Lippmann Occupation: NHS Senior Finance Leader I am a chartered accountant…

With 23-years’ experience working as a physiotherapist, Tim has a passion for innovation and business. Having personally founded a number of successful businesses, including physiotherapy clinics, apps and two software platforms, Tim enrolled as a mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur programme in 2020. Name: Tim Allardyce Occupation: Physiotherapist and founder of Surrey Physio and…

Smriti Kirubanandan is the Global Consulting Director, healthcare and Lifesciences and Head, Strategic Marketing at TATA Consultancy Services and a mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Name: Smriti Kirubanandan Occupation: Global Consulting Director, healthcare and Lifesciences and Head, Strategic Marketing at TATA Consultancy Services As the Director & Head of Strategic Marketing, Healthcare and…

Martin Noble is a commercial IP lawyer and mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Name: Martin Noble Occupation: Commercial IP Lawyer I’m a lawyer, but please don’t let that put you off! I take a proactive approach to tackle problems head on, looking to add value at all stages of the business life cycle.…

Robert P Mollen is a US-qualified corporate lawyer, based in London and is a mentor in the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Robert has nearly 10 years’ experience mentoring technology start-ups in connection with securing early-stage finance, US market entry, internationalisation, and startup-corporate collaboration issues. I have worked with start-ups/scaleups in over 20 accelerators and other…

Stephanie Brooking is the company director of a Life Sciences marketing and events agency called ‘Minnac Life Sciences’ and mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. With >25 years’ experience within the Life Science market, Stephanie is an experienced strategic commercial Leader with a history of working in management consulting for the life sciences and…
