About
Name: Edward Bellamy
Nationality: British
Programme: Cambridge EMBA 2022
Education: Economics degree, University of Leeds; Masters of Law specialising in Information and Technology
Current role: Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Product Officer (Health), EMIS Group Plc
Industry sector: Healthcare/Technology
What is your professional and educational background?
Before University, I worked in a GP surgery and found a number of improvements for how information was moving around and being reported in the organisation. I wrote some (basic) software to digitise, improve consistency and access to key data, such as referral forms, comms, compliance information. I then wrote similar systems for other GP practices, whilst doing an Economics degree at the University of Leeds. When I finished my degree, we created a commercial version of the product and went to market. Over the following years, I did a Masters of Law specialising in Information and Technology and then in 2015 we sold the business to health software company, EMIS Group Plc. Since then, I have worked across different areas of EMIS and have led on national NHS commercial deals and product organisation leadership for our point of care systems.
What is the most exciting thing about your work?
EMIS Group is a major provider of healthcare software, information technology and related services in the UK. Every day, the things we do have an impact on patients across the country and that is both exciting and humbling. During the pandemic we were in the privileged position to support the UK’s national covid response and I was proud to lead on our national covid vaccination work with some brilliant and tremendously committed teams in EMIS and across the NHS.
What attracted you to Cambridge Judge Business School and the Executive MBA?
A compulsion to grow professionally and ensure that in so doing I was able to confidently benchmark myself against excellence drove me toward an Executive MBA. I chose Cambridge because the EMBA students, faculty and staff were of exceptional calibre, the content of the course was well balanced (just the right amount of finance!) and the teaching format across 20 months made a lot of sense for me professionally. It does of course help that the teaching and research is world renowned and is a beautiful place to spend weekends, steeped in more than 800 years of University history.
What are your long-term career ambitions?
My long-term career ambitions are to lead and support some of the world’s most significant health tech organisations to deliver meaningful and life changing solutions.