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Executive search to the healthcare sector
Providers in the healthcare sector are under growing pressure to reflect and meet the demands of diverse populations and compete in an increasingly globalised marketplace. At the same time, the lines that separate medical science, learning and technology, are becoming increasingly blurred with unprecedented innovation and disruption at a dizzying pace.
The global pandemic placed unprecedented strain on healthcare providers and as a lasting result the sector has never been more high-profile whilst constrained by finite resources. At Alumni Global we have consultants dedicated to our healthcare practice, with the expertise and experience that enables them to be proactive in their support for organisations that are seeking to shift their strategies towards patient-centric, technology enabled business models.
We are able to deliver leaders that will help build competitive advantage and manage challenging roles whilst reflecting and modelling the culture of diversity that is essential in modern healthcare.
Our consultants have a deep healthcare expertise and an extensive network primarily in:
- Acute, mental health and community health providers
- Private and independent hospital groups
- Healthcare commissions, payers and regulators
Featured assignments
CHEO is recruiting a full-time Pediatric Intensivist for the role of Division Head, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. CHEO plays a critical regional role as the only Level 3 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) serving Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec, and the Qikiqtani region of Nunavut.
EEAST is made up of exceptional people delivering outstanding care, every hour of every day. Whether it’s on the frontline or behind the scenes, no two days are ever the same and every role helps save lives.
The Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG), was formed in May 2025 and brings together the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Trust, the James Paget University Hospitals Trust and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn.
As Director, Cairns Hospital Redevelopment Stage 1b, you will lead CHHHS's involvement in more than $1 billion of new Cairns Hospital infrastructure, representing the Health Service and partnering with Health Infrastructure Queensland (HIQ) to ensure the successful design, procurement, construction and commissioning of this transformational investment.
Since July 2022 NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) has held responsibility for planning NHS services, including primary care, community pharmacy and those previously planned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).
At East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) we provide hospital and community health care services for Colchester, Ipswich and local areas. Formed on 1 July 2018, ESNEFT is the largest NHS organisation in the region.
We are the world’s busiest emergency ambulance service.
Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year.
We are the busiest emergency ambulance service in the UK serving one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse cities. We provide emergency and urgent healthcare that is free to patients at the time they receive it.
We employ approximately 4,400 people, making us one of the largest providers of specialist community health services in the country.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for providing hospital services for the people of Bradford and communities across Yorkshire.
The role is responsible for the full spectrum of infrastructure management functions across the Health Service, including leadership of the IAM Department. These responsibilities are exercised through the management of in-house labour, and the management and supervision of day labour and/or contractors where necessary to supplement in-house labour.
We are the largest provider of 0 to 19 services across Liverpool and Sefton, working in partnership to improve the health and wellbeing of 160,000 local children and their families, and one of only three trusts in the country which deliver high secure mental health care.
Join an exceptional team at Canada’s leading pediatric rehabilitation teaching hospital.
EEAST is made up of exceptional people delivering outstanding care, every hour of every day. Whether it’s on the frontline or behind the scenes, no two days are ever the same and every role helps save lives.
We are now seeking an outstanding Group Chief Executive to lead that next stage of our development.
We are one of UK’s largest, busiest and most complex NHS foundation trusts, providing a wide range of hospital and community services for the people of Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from much further afield.
We are responsible for providing care across the widest of spectrums: from within people’s homes and working with our voluntary sector partners in local communities, to offering the most specialist hospital care available in our regional centre.
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
As an ICB, we work with our partners in the four Places (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield) to understand and meet the local health and care of people in each of these areas.
In July 2022, 12 organisations came together to establish NHS Greater Manchester, our city region’s ICB. We are a statutory part of our ICS - Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership, overseen by a Board comprising colleagues from across the system championing joined up working to help people live independent, active and healthy lives, all while making the system work better for the public and professionals who serve it.
This is a senior physician executive role with a strong focus on clinical quality and safety, medical staff leadership, and system partnership.
In July 2022, 12 organisations came together to establish NHS Greater Manchester, our city region’s ICB. We are a statutory part of our ICS - Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership, overseen by a Board comprising colleagues from across the system championing joined up working to help people live independent, active and healthy lives, all while making the system work better for the public and professionals who serve it.
CHEO is recruiting a Department Chief and full-time pediatric anesthesiologist to actively lead clinical care, teaching and research in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
CHEO is recruiting a Division Chief and full-time pediatrician to actively lead clinical care, teaching, research and advocacy in the Division of Pediatric Medicine within the Department of Pediatrics.
Our key strengths
Deep, up-to-date sector insight and knowledge, from our +30 years of experience in the industry.
Trusted advisors to our clients in inclusive hiring practices, with a strong commitment to diversity.
Extensive network of leaders and specific functional expertise, across a broad range of different levels.
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Our expertise
We have broad industry expertise but we have also specialised and built extensive networks within certain functions to add more value to you as our client.
Our services
We assess people for key positions and fine-tune executive teams. Through identifying and developing the right leaders, key competence and leadership, we pave the way for our clients’ success.
As organisations integrate AI into daily operations, it changes not only which tasks people perform. It also changes how experience is built, how judgement is developed and how trust grows. When AI takes over research, analysis, administration and first drafts, parts of everyday learning may disappear unless organisations consciously replace them. For leadership and HR, the question is therefore not only how AI should be implemented, but how work should be organised so that people continue to develop the experience and judgement the organisation needs.
It is difficult to define the leadership of the future in clear-cut terms. Succession planning therefore needs to be about more than who is next in line for a senior role. The question is instead what situations future leaders will face and what capabilities they will need to navigate them. The starting point must be the organisation’s future direction, not today’s roles or individuals.
CEOs and other CxO leaders are increasingly asking for an experienced sounding board outside their own organisation, someone who asks questions and widens their perspective. Lars Navéus of Alumni Global describes one such match, arranged for a senior leader at one of Sweden's largest listed industrial companies, with board director Anna Ohlsson-Leijon as the sounding board.