Steven Melton (born 6 January 1962) is CEO of Exemplar Healthcare, [1] former Managing Director of MyDentist, [2] and the former Chief Executive of Circle Health Ltd, the first private company to take over an NHS Hospital, namely Hinchingbrooke Hospital. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Melton was born in Turkey on 6 January 1962 and educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge. [3]
Melton began his working life in the personal care division of Unilever. [3] After 11 years he moved to Asda where he worked alongside Archie Norman at a critical juncture in the life of that company. [3] Melton’s peers at Asda included Justin King, Mike Coupe and Richard Baker. [3]
Melton joined Circle Health Ltd in 2008 and became CEO after the departure of Ali Parsa. [3] [7] Being CEO of a private owner of a former NHS Hospital is arguably not without controversy and in an interview with The Sunday Times on 15 February 2015 Melton stated that his ‘job isn’t to be a ‘larger-than-life character. I’m not very fond of the media exposure I have had; it’s not my natural character’. [3]
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