Making AI and technology work for patients, carers and the people who serve them.
I help boards and leadership teams deliver Agentic AI, product and transformation across health, care, medtech, life sciences and local government, with governance built in. Forty years across healthcare, financial services and insurance, delivering under NHS, GDPR and ICO constraints.
Practical AI.
Better care.
Who I work with
Organisations where data, AI and technology have to be delivered safely, and where the outcome is better care or better research.
NHS Trusts, ICBs and government bodies
Making data and AI safe and useful at scale, within NHS, GDPR and ICO requirements.
Care providers and local authorities
Making technology and data work for social care and integrated care, from providers to councils.
Health tech and life sciences scale-ups
Product, engineering and data leadership for companies growing in regulated markets.
MedTech companies
Product, engineering and data leadership for medical technology and AI healthcare companies in regulated markets.
PE and VC-backed portfolio companies
AI strategy and product and engineering transformation for businesses in the portfolio.
Universities and research bodies
Trusted Research Environments and data governance, working with OMOP and FHIR.
How I can help
Three ways of working, so the support fits the need and the board's time.
Non-executive and chair roles
Board-level challenge and guidance on technology, AI, data and digital strategy, grounded in direct experience of running these functions in regulated settings.
Retained board and executive advisory
A trusted sounding board for chairs, CEOs and executive teams on strategy, investment decisions and delivery, available when it matters.
Project work
Defined pieces of work on AI strategy, data platforms, and product and engineering transformation, with clear outcomes and a clear end.
Board-level challenge, from someone who has run the function.
I am available for non-executive director and chair roles in health, care, medtech, life sciences and local government, where technology, AI, data and finance are central to the board's decisions.
What I bring to a board
Technology, AI and data oversight
A former Non-Executive Director with a Technology, AI, Data and Finance remit, providing board-level oversight, challenge and strategic guidance.
Judgement in regulated settings
Delivery under NHS, GDPR and ICO constraints: GDPR compliance delivered on time and 40% under budget at Aetna, and ICO-grade anonymised patient data for 13 acute NHS Trusts at Sensyne Health.
Financial and commercial literacy
A qualified management accountant (CIMA), who founded and sold a healthcare IT company (5.4x multiple) and led global technology functions at JPMorganChase and Merrill Lynch.
From the executive team to the boardroom
Experience translating technical strategy for policymakers, boards and executives, with board-level accountability for technology at Nuffield Health.
Board and governance roles
What I think about
Agentic AI in regulated settings
Moving a whole 400-person division to Agentic AI delivered an 8–10x improvement in software delivery. The harder part is doing it safely.
Data as a national asset
Joined-up data can support Neighbourhood-level care, when it is built on trust, consent and good governance.
Trusted Research Environments
Secure, standards-based platforms (OMOP, FHIR) that let researchers use health data without putting people's privacy at risk.
Delivering under NHS, GDPR and ICO constraints
Regulation is part of the design brief. I have delivered GDPR compliance on time and 40% under budget.
About Alan Payne
Alan Payne is a customer, commercial and purpose-driven technology and product leader with 40 years' experience across healthcare, financial services and insurance. He most recently led the 400-person Health & Social Care division within The Access Group, a multi-hundred-million-pound software group, where he moved the division to Agentic AI and launched a Life Sciences business line with a Trusted Research Environment built in partnership with the Office for Life Sciences.
Earlier, he was Chief Information & Product Officer at Sensyne Health, Chief Information Officer, International at Aetna, and Chief Information & Digital Officer at Nuffield Health. He founded and sold Healthsolve, a healthcare IT company, and held senior technology roles at JPMorganChase, Oracle and Merrill Lynch.
He is a former Non-Executive Director of the Northern Health Science Alliance, a Board Advisor to Apian, and was Honorary Professor in Intelligent Systems at UCL.
Selected career
Where research meets the real world
Working with universities, clinicians and regulators to turn evidence into products and platforms that get used.
Insights
Practical writing and talks on AI and data in health, for boards and leaders.
The ethics equation: How AI can transform healthcare responsibly
Logistical friction is the largest hurdle to reaching virtual wards’ true potential
Industry Spotlight: Alan Payne, group product and engineering director, the Access Group
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