Our team

Claire co-founded PPL following a career in policy and programme management, bringing a track record of delivering successful outcomes within complex political environments...

Simon co-founded PPL with Claire in 2007, following senior management and leadership roles in the UK and internationally, working in both the private and public sectors...

James, a non-executive director on PPL's board since 2008, is a barrister with a broad commercial practice, acting for multinational blue-chip companies ranging from financial services to international trade...

Folarin brings over a decade of health and public-sector consultancy experience, covering acute services, commissioning, primary care and out-of-hospital services, system-level governance and telecare / telehealth. Folarin’s expertise, combined with his experience across the NHS, gives him a firm grounding in robust, high-quality delivery programmes that minimise unnecessary disruption and provide assurance to local, regional and national stakeholders.

Katie joined PPL as an Associate Director in September 2017 with a wealth of experience as a management consultant from across the big 4 agencies. She has worked for clients across Central & Local Government, Health and also in the private sector.

Paul Corrigan gained his first degree in social policy from the LSE in 1969, his PhD at Durham in 1974 and has been appointed visiting professor of public policy at the University of North London since 1995. He is a former Special Advisor to No. 10 and whilst in government led the development of Foundation Trust. He has subsequently become a highly respected commentator on healthcare across the UK.

Natasha Larkin leads PPL’s learning and development offer and has over 10 years’ L&D experience in the public and charity sectors. Her experience spans the full learning and development cycle from scoping and identifying learning needs through to bespoke design, delivery, and evaluation of individual, team and organisational impact.

Chris is an experienced management consultant who specialises in using data modelling and analytics to support operational and strategic decision-making.

David is an experienced Manager with expertise in complex system change and system integration that focuses on co-producing change that delivers real outcomes. David joined PPL from Accenture’s Health and Public Sector Group, where he specialised in the delivery of large transformation projects.

Toby is an experienced Manager with a decade of experience in applying technical, analytical and core consulting skills to solve complex problems and deliver change. At PPL, Toby leads the Evidence Based Change team and has worked on a range of projects using analytics and evidence-based change to support the development of health and social care organisations.

Vish Valivety joined PPL in 2014 as an Analyst and has since then been a part of a number of projects to affect change in both health and social. He combines a strong analytical background with a structured project management approach to help guide system leaders to work together to provide holistic solutions and improvised care for local residents.

Mark Brooker is a senior project manager who joined PPL in 2012. having previously worked in local government for over ten years in various research, policy development and project management related roles on behalf of the London Research Centre, the Greater London Authority and London Councils.

Ellie joined PPL in January 2019 as a Senior Project Manager following a career as a senior logistics officer in the Royal Air Force.

Charlotte is a Senior Consultant who joined PPL in February 2019 after working as an NHS doctor for six years within a variety of different hospitals and specialties.

Laura joined PPL in 2016 as an Analyst Consultant after the NHS Graduate Training Scheme. There, she specialised in human resources and organisational development, working in NHS Trusts across London.

Iyoni joined PPL as a Consultant in August 2017 after nine years in the NHS, having undertaken clinical training and working as a frontline clinician. Iyoni has a strong background in change management with in-depth firsthand experience of healthcare challenges, opportunities, policies and reforms.

Cáit joined PPL as a Senior Consultant in January 2019 from Deloitte’s strategy and operations public sector health group. Cáit is an experienced consultant who has worked across a range of public-sector health and care projects. She has experience in digital transformation, organisational re-design and strategy.

Jose joined PPL as an Analyst in September 2017. Jose’s background in hospital and community pharmacy has given him exposure to multi-disciplinary teams within primary, secondary and tertiary care, including spending time working with a local CCG.

Pei-Ling joined PPL in October 2017 from a background of Biomedical Sciences, specialising in Global Health and Epidemiology

Katlyn joined PPL as an Analyst in September 2018. Katlyn has previously worked for the microSME Walk With Path where she managed the design and development of a Class I medical device from a user and clinical perspective.

Reda joined PPL as an Analyst in September 2018. Before joining PPL, Reda has worked with a mental health charity as a researcher collecting data regarding housing and associated health outcomes within the deaf community.

Pippa joined PPL in September 2019 as an Analyst, having worked in a digital marketing agency for three years. There, she managed over £5 million annual ad spend across multiple platforms for a diverse portfolio of client industries.

Ken joined PPL in 2016 and is our Finance and Operations Manager, previously a Senior Finance and Administration Senior Executive at the Hong Kong Tourism Board. He holds a degree in Information Systems with Business Management from Westminster University.

Laura joined PPL in May 2016 and is our HR and Office Manager. In previous roles she provided high quality human resources and recruitment services.Laura has a track record of improving and streamlining HR and recruitment systems and since joining PPL she has been working on improving operational processes, streamlining recruitment, induction and staff development.

Saleena joined PPL in November 2018 on an initial 2-week placement in collaboration with The Prince’s Trust and is currently our Office Administrator.