Nick Seddon

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Nick Seddon MBE (b.1978) is a British political policy adviser, businessman, and author. He served as a senior special adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron from May 2013 to 2016. Seddon was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is a Visiting Professor at the Imperial College London Institute of Global Health Innovation. [1]

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Since 2016 he has been an executive at Optum, United Health Group. [2] Seddon is CEO of Optum Genomics, having previously led product strategy and portfolio management for Optum. [3]

Before joining Optum, Seddon served as Senior Special Adviser for Health and Life Sciences to Prime Minister David Cameron from May 2013 to 2016. In this capacity, he played an instrumental role in developing and implementing policies to ensure the long-term sustainability of the NHS. His focus areas included mental health, cancer, childhood obesity, and the 100,000 genome program. [4] During the UK's G8 presidency, he worked with the PM and other international stakeholders to bring the fight against dementia to the forefront of the global policy agenda. [5] He was said by the Health Service Journal to be the ninth most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2013. [6]

Seddon was formerly deputy director of the pro-market think tank Reform [7] and has served as head of communications for Circle, then the UK's fastest growing healthcare company. [8] Seddon has authored many articles in national newspapers and journals, and has appeared frequently on television and radio. [9]

He was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School in Birmingham and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English and earned a first-class degree.

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References

  1. ↑ "Institute of Global Health Innovation". Imperial College London. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ↑ " @n_seddon " on Twitter
  3. ↑ "Institute of Global Health Innovation". Imperial College London. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Grose, Thomas (25 June 2018). "The Next Wave of Brain Research". AARP. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Institute of Global Health Innovation". Imperial College London. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "HSJ100 2013 The annual list of the most influential people in health". Health Service Journal. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Stephen Hawking: NHS is Britain's finest public service and must be preserved from commercial interests" . The Independent. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Seddon, Nick (2007). Who Cares? (PDF). Author: Civitas. p. vii.
  9. ↑ "Institute of Global Health Innovation". Imperial College London. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

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