Arif Ahmed is an entrepreneur and private equity investor in healthcare, technology, e-commerce and B2B services companies. He has a proven track record of scaling innovation in complex regulatory environments.
Arif holds a BA in economics, a MSc in health policy and management and has undertaken postgraduate studies in systems theory. He spent the early part of his career in the IT industry where he co-founded a software company that scaled an NHS proof of concept pilot into a Department of Health contract serving over 1 million NHS employees. Prior to this Arif was a management consultant at several independent consultancies operating largely in the fields of IT, strategy, healthcare and e-commerce. He is now building a portfolio of healthcare, software and B2B services investments.
Arif is a member of the Commercial and Private Healthcare Strategy committee, Finance, Investment and Performance committee and the Research and Innovation committee.
Declaration of interests:
- Shareholder, Partner; Greystoke Investments Limited
- Shareholder, Non-Executive Director; British Smaller Companies Venture Capital Trust 2 PLC
- Shareholder, Deputy Chairman; PHL Group Holdco Limited
- Board Advisor; Fairford Holdings UK Limited
- Board Advisor; Global View Systems Limited
- Board Advisor; CareScan Limited
