Penny has focused her career on improving the quality and efficiency of health and care services in order to improve life expectancy and quality of life. She has worked as a hospital doctor and as a public health doctor and was previously Head of Strategy for the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care.
Penny has extensive experience as a consultant/advisor to healthcare systems globally. She spent five years at the Boston Consulting Group and 20 years with McKinsey & Company where she was an advisor, partner and senior partner, leading McKinsey’s healthcare practice across Europe. She has sat on a number of boards – as vice Chairman of The King’s Fund, a Non-Executive Director on the board of Monitor, the Regulator of Foundation Trusts, and Chair of North West London Integrated Care Board.
Penny is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. She has an MSc in Public Health Medicine and a MBA from Stanford Business School where she was a Fulbright Scholar.