Senior hires at Nuffield

Nuffield Health has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Kathryn Pritchard to the newly created role of chief people officer and Chris Gowland as chief commercial officer.

Pritchard (pictured) has a long career in human resources and transformation both internationally and in the UK and has previously held chief people officer roles at Nord Anglia Education and Odeon Cinemas.

Gowland, meanwhile, has spent most of his career with Lloyds Banking Group, most recently as chief customer officer covering customer experience and marketing. He previously held a wide range of roles including leading the mortgage business, customer-facing teams serving 30 million customers and commercial director for the retail bank.

Gowland replaces David Beresford, who joined on an interim basis in 2024 and will continue with the organisation as interim chief operating officer for hospitals.

Nuffield said the appointments coincide with ‘bold ambitions’ to build on its track record, improve productivity and efficiency, build a thriving workplace and multiply its social impact.

Commenting on the appointments, Nuffield Health CEO Alex Perry said: ‘Nuffield Health has an enormous opportunity to drive more impact – delivering high-quality care and fitness support to more people, and expanding on our free programmes for all to further increase our positive social impact. Strengthening our leadership team is key to achieving our bold ambitions.’