Richard Phillips
Executive Director, Policy and Partnerships
ABHI Groups
Biography
Richard joined ABHI in June 2015 with over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries.
Richard holds a first degree in Sports Science from Brighton Polytechnic and a Master's in Health Economics Research and Management from Keele University. He served for 10 years as a member of the Technology Appraisal Advisory Committee of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and was a Non-Executive Director at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham for seven years.
Richard holds numerous advisory roles on behalf the industry including for Health Innovation West Midlands, MedConnect North, the West Yorkshire HealthTech Launchpad and the National Institute for Health and Care Research. He Chairs Manchester Foundation Trust’s Commercial Research Delivery Centre’s Industry Advisory Board and is former Chair of both the Small Business Research Initiative Healthcare Programme Board and the South West Academic Health Sciences Network. Richard is a longstanding member of the Institute of Healthcare Management.
Richard, his wife Luan, and their daughter Zelah Marie, live in North Birmingham.