Jerry Clough

Vice president, advisory services
Optum UK

Jerry Clough is Vice President, Advisory Services for Optum UK, leading their work on integrated care systems and population health management. Optum is one of the largest healthcare providers in the US with a particular focus on using data and insight to transform health systems.

He was a previously a successful Chief Executive and Finance Director in the NHS where he worked for nearly 20 years and also ran his own business for 10 years with a focus on executive and team development, coaching and facilitation to help individuals and deliver programmes of change in health and care.

Jerry is passionate about integration – bringing together services for individuals and communities and cites his work leading the NHS in the creation of the wide scale service integration and pooled budget with the local authority in Plymouth as a career highlight that continues to deliver benefits for the long term.

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