Six questions ...

What countries have you most enjoyed travelling to, for business or leisure, and why?

I spend most of my time now in America. One thing I particularly love about the US is its diversity.

When you were a child, what was your ideal job? Why did it appeal?

The first “job” I remember dreaming of was being an astronaut. My mum always encouraged me to dream of exploration and that I could achieve anything with enough hard work.

What was your biggest break in business?

When we convinced an NHS health board to help us out on the first clinical study of our device. We had nothing, we were at super early stage, and the board agreed to work with us. We wouldn’t be here if it had not supported us.

What was your worst moment in business?

The failure of my first start-up. I felt like a failure personally – I was a failure personally. But building a start-up is an exercise in personal resilience. Failure taught me that. You get back up and you get on with it. That’s how you win.

Who do you most admire and why?

Phil Knight, the founder of Nike. Nike’s brand, exemplified by the recent campaigns around

Colin Kaepernick and Serena Williams, comes from the culture Phil Knight created at Nike. It shows a brand can exist to further social cause, as well as for commercial growth.

What book are you reading and what music are you listening to? What was the last film you saw?

Currently, I’m reading Gang Leader For A Day, which is about a sociologist who embedded himself with one of the Chicago gangs. My music taste revolves around shutting out the world to focus on work so I particularly enjoy Above & Beyond, an English electronic music group.