Meet the Team
Bringing ideas to life together
Bringing ideas to life together
About Us
How Carradale is Making an Impact Around the World
How Carradale is Making an Impact Around the World
How Carradale is Making an Impact Around the World
Bringing ideas to life together
How Carradale is Making an Impact Around the World
About Us
Our Journey
Our Journey
Our Journey
Carradale Futures was established in 2017 by Jake Arnold-Forster and Matt Gee as a specialist advisory firm focused on healthcare. Our work centred on a recurring problem: why meaningful change remained difficult to achieve, even after years of consultancy, policy development and digital investment.
Working with NHS hospitals, mental health trusts and other regulated care providers, we saw that policies were often disconnected from day-to-day practice, processes varied widely and organisations lacked consistent operational assurance.
In response, Carradale Futures began developing SOPHIA in 2020. SOPHIA was designed to turn policy and guidance into clear, executable processes that could be understood, followed and improved in large, complex organisations.
Today, SOPHIA has evolved into an operational governance and process intelligence platform, enabling care providers to standardise where it matters, link how work is done to outcomes and support continuous improvement at scale.
Our Journey
Carradale Futures was established in 2017 by Jake Arnold-Forster and Matt Gee as a specialist advisory firm focused on healthcare. Our work centred on a recurring problem: why meaningful change remained difficult to achieve, even after years of consultancy, policy development and digital investment.
Working with NHS hospitals, mental health trusts and other regulated care providers, we saw that policies were often disconnected from day-to-day practice, processes varied widely and organisations lacked consistent operational assurance.
In response, Carradale Futures began developing SOPHIA in 2020. SOPHIA was designed to turn policy and guidance into clear, executable processes that could be understood, followed and improved in large, complex organisations.
Today, SOPHIA has evolved into an operational governance and process intelligence platform, enabling care providers to standardise where it matters, link how work is done to outcomes and support continuous improvement at scale.
Our core team is based in London, supported by advisors and serving clients across the globe, including Australia, the Middle East and the United States.
Our core team is based in London, supported by advisors and serving clients across the globe, including Australia, the Middle East and the United States.
Our core team is based in London, supported by advisors and serving clients across the globe, including Australia, the Middle East and the United States.
Meet The Team
Jake Arnold-Forster
Jake's career spans from journalism to management at EMAP. Joining Dr Foster in 2000, he helped publish Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios. As Managing Director, he led a joint venture with the Health and Social Care Information Centre and became the first Chief Executive of Dr Foster Intelligence in 2005. Since 2009, Jake has supported health tech start-ups and consulted for various healthcare entities globally. In 2020, he co-founded Carradale Futures to enhance healthcare safety and value through standardisation and automation.
Co-Founder and CEO
Matt Gee
Matt has over 20 years’ experience in strategy and commercial development roles. Working initially in strategy departments in the media sector (Guardian, Channel Four, Channel 5), Matt spent the next decade providing advice to a range of media companies and investors focused on the media space around investment case preparation and deal due diligence. Matt has acted as a non executive director for a range of early stage businesses and served as CEO of an investment fund he established in 2007 until its sale in 2020.
Co-Founder and CMO
David Caswell
David is a business builder with a strong record of scaling digital and data-driven companies across healthcare, financial services, media, and technology. He has founded and led ventures in these sectors, serving as Chairman, CEO and Non-Executive Director, and specialises in growth strategy, P&L management, product development, marketing and governance. He has backed and advised ventures including Rated People, Mapway, You at Work, Welldoing.org, Vitesse PSP, Upmost, Furthr.earth, Kindred and Fat Fish Digital.
Chairman
Paul Scott
Currently NED at Carradale Future and CEO at Essex Partnership University Trust. Paul served as Chief Financial Officer at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust and Executive Director of Finance, Strategy, and Performance at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust. With senior roles in the East of England Ambulance Service and Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Paul is dedicated to enhancing healthcare services through collaborative partnerships.
NED
David Lane
CTO
David Lane is a UK tech leader behind 100+ products used by millions. A first-class Computer Science & AI graduate from the University of Sussex, he launched his first AI venture straight out of university in 2004 and has been building at the edge of mobile, data, and AI ever since. From hit consumer apps to complex healthtech platforms, he blends product instinct with engineering rigour to turn ambitious ideas into scalable reality.
Dora Jewell
Dora holds a first-class degree in Human Sciences from UCL and an MSc in Public Health. With expertise in statistical modelling, health economics and epidemiology, she has published research on HIV PrEP adherence. Her career spans healthcare consulting and pharmaceuticals, including work at Lumanity for Bayer and Novartis. At Carradale Futures, Dora built the delivery team, led the development of the SOPHIA platform, and now oversees product and data functions, integrating ML and NLP to automate digital SOP creation.
Managing Director
Mark Cusack
With a strong track record in commercial roles spanning industries and the globe, that cover life sciences, SaaS, FMCG, financial services and earth sciences, Mark brings a wealth of experience to the commercial team at Carradale.
Having understood the struggles of efficiency and process inconsistency from inside some of the worlds largest brands to leading his own start up, the utility of and boon of benefits that SOPHIA and the SOPHIA intelligence platform really drew Mark to Carradale.
VP Business Development Strategy
Alba Vargas
Head of Business Development
Alba holds an MSc in Bioscience Entrepreneurship from UCL and a first-class degree in Biotechnology from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. She has published research on neurological diseases and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt with training in people, innovation and business management. At Carradale Futures, Alba has led NHS transformation projects across primary, acute, mental and community care, transferred NHS initiatives to Australia, and built the business development team, combining scientific expertise with healthcare innovation and operational delivery.
Kelechi Odoemena
Technical Lead
Kelechi blends system dynamics and modern analytics to turn complex operations into clear, measurable outcomes. He holds BS and MS degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan and brings both technical and management experience across agriculture, health, and climate. At Carradale Futures, he leads data and workflow solutions—spanning Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and secure Azure services—so regulated teams (including NHS partners) can scale safely. A Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate and Windows Insider Fellow, Kelechi champions privacy‑first, compliant delivery that accelerates adoption and impact.
Jacob Goldberg
Jacob holds a BA in economics from Brown University and has joined us this year as a Growth Executive. During his time at Brown, he played for the Men’s rugby team and focused his extra-curricular activities on entrepreneurship, succeeding in multiple start up incubators and heading the Entrepreneurship Programme’s podcast. He has experience in private equity and at start-ups in insurance, fintech and real estate, but has found his home in healthcare and is keen to make a difference at Carradale futures and in the sector.
Growth Executive
Meet The Team
Jake Arnold-Forster
Jake's career spans from journalism to management at EMAP. Joining Dr Foster in 2000, he helped publish Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios. As Managing Director, he led a joint venture with the Health and Social Care Information Centre and became the first Chief Executive of Dr Foster Intelligence in 2005. Since 2009, Jake has supported health tech start-ups and consulted for various healthcare entities globally. In 2020, he co-founded Carradale Futures to enhance healthcare safety and value through standardisation and automation.
Co-Founder and CEO
Matt Gee
Matt has over 20 years’ experience in strategy and commercial development roles. Working initially in strategy departments in the media sector (Guardian, Channel Four, Channel 5), Matt spent the next decade providing advice to a range of media companies and investors focused on the media space around investment case preparation and deal due diligence. Matt has acted as a non executive director for a range of early stage businesses and served as CEO of an investment fund he established in 2007 until its sale in 2020.
Co-Founder and CMO
David Caswell
David is a business builder with a strong record of scaling digital and data-driven companies across healthcare, financial services, media, and technology. He has founded and led ventures in these sectors, serving as Chairman, CEO and Non-Executive Director, and specialises in growth strategy, P&L management, product development, marketing and governance. He has backed and advised ventures including Rated People, Mapway, You at Work, Welldoing.org, Vitesse PSP, Upmost, Furthr.earth, Kindred and Fat Fish Digital.
Chairman
Paul Scott
Currently NED at Carradale Future and CEO at Essex Partnership University Trust. Paul served as Chief Financial Officer at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust and Executive Director of Finance, Strategy, and Performance at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust. With senior roles in the East of England Ambulance Service and Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Paul is dedicated to enhancing healthcare services through collaborative partnerships.
NED
David Lane
CTO
David Lane is a UK tech leader behind 100+ products used by millions. A first-class Computer Science & AI graduate from the University of Sussex, he launched his first AI venture straight out of university in 2004 and has been building at the edge of mobile, data, and AI ever since. From hit consumer apps to complex healthtech platforms, he blends product instinct with engineering rigour to turn ambitious ideas into scalable reality.
Dora Jewell
Dora holds a first-class degree in Human Sciences from UCL and an MSc in Public Health. With expertise in statistical modelling, health economics and epidemiology, she has published research on HIV PrEP adherence. Her career spans healthcare consulting and pharmaceuticals, including work at Lumanity for Bayer and Novartis. At Carradale Futures, Dora built the delivery team, led the development of the SOPHIA platform, and now oversees product and data functions, integrating ML and NLP to automate digital SOP creation.
Managing Director
Mark Cusack
With a strong track record in commercial roles spanning industries and the globe, that cover life sciences, SaaS, FMCG, financial services and earth sciences, Mark brings a wealth of experience to the commercial team at Carradale.
Having understood the struggles of efficiency and process inconsistency from inside some of the worlds largest brands to leading his own start up, the utility of and boon of benefits that SOPHIA and the SOPHIA intelligence platform really drew Mark to Carradale.
VP Business Development Strategy
Alba Vargas
Head of Business Development
Alba holds an MSc in Bioscience Entrepreneurship from UCL and a first-class degree in Biotechnology from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. She has published research on neurological diseases and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt with training in people, innovation and business management. At Carradale Futures, Alba has led NHS transformation projects across primary, acute, mental and community care, transferred NHS initiatives to Australia, and built the business development team, combining scientific expertise with healthcare innovation and operational delivery.
Kelechi Odoemena
Technical Lead
Kelechi blends system dynamics and modern analytics to turn complex operations into clear, measurable outcomes. He holds BS and MS degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan and brings both technical and management experience across agriculture, health, and climate. At Carradale Futures, he leads data and workflow solutions—spanning Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and secure Azure services—so regulated teams (including NHS partners) can scale safely. A Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate and Windows Insider Fellow, Kelechi champions privacy‑first, compliant delivery that accelerates adoption and impact.
Jacob Goldberg
Jacob holds a BA in economics from Brown University and has joined us this year as a Growth Executive. During his time at Brown, he played for the Men’s rugby team and focused his extra-curricular activities on entrepreneurship, succeeding in multiple start up incubators and heading the Entrepreneurship Programme’s podcast. He has experience in private equity and at start-ups in insurance, fintech and real estate, but has found his home in healthcare and is keen to make a difference at Carradale futures and in the sector.
Growth Executive
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Our Expert Advisers
Sir Mike Richards
Non-Executive Director at the Department of Health and Social Care, Trustee for Cancer Research UK and HelpForce, and Visiting Fellow at the Health Foundation. Leading a cancer screening review for NHS England. Previously, Chief Inspector of Hospitals for England at the CQC, Director for Reducing Premature Mortality at NHS England, and National Cancer Director. Honoured with a CBE in 2001 and knighthood in 2010.
Chair, CQC
Mike Farrar
Currently CEO of Health and Social Care for Northern Island, Mike is an experienced Chief Executive with a strong background in healthcare, nonprofit organisations, and crisis management. Led a business supporting NHS services for over a decade. Recently served as Acting Deputy CEO at Kings College Hospital during COVID-19. Currently chairs Keele University and UKactive.
CEO, Health and Social Care - Northern Island
Dr Klaus Boecker
In 2006, Klaus helped redesign Abu Dhabi's health system and held leadership roles, including Head of Strategy at the Health Authority and CEO of Reem Hospital. In 2023, he founded Kelston Management Consulting LLC to drive investment in advanced technologies and diversify the UAE's economy. Prior to this, Klaus began his career as an Army Doctor with the Bundeswehr, worked as an Autopsy Pathologist at Cologne University, became a Social and Medical Affairs Correspondent for NDR and WDR, and advised clients at McKinsey & Co.
CEO, Kelston Management Consulting
Simon St Clair
Experienced Medical Director with a demonstrated history of working in private hospital setting & health care industry. Strong healthcare services as a professional skilled in Urology, Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), Healthcare Management, and Medical Device regulation. Experienced medico-legal expert.
Experienced Medical Director
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