Nuffield Health appoints chief commercial officer

Nuffield Health appoints chief commercial officer

Nuffield Health has appointed Chris Gowland as chief commercial officer.

Gowland (pictured) has spent most of his career with Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), most recently as chief customer officer covering customer experience and marketing.

He previously held a range of roles including leading the mortgage business, customer-facing teams serving 30 million customers and commercial director for the retail bank.

Gowland replaces David Beresford, who joined on an interim basis in 2024 and will continue on as interim chief operating officer for hospitals.

Gowland said: “Nuffield Health is an important organisation, dedicated to delivering outstanding patient care and member support across its network of hospitals and fitness and wellbeing centres, while investing in free health and wellbeing initiatives that benefit communities nationwide.

“I am really excited to join Alex and the rest of the team in an organisation with an incredibly inspiring purpose, and huge ambition, at a challenging and pivotal time in the health and wellbeing industries.”

Alex Perry, CEO at Nuffield Health, said: “Nuffield Health has an enormous opportunity to drive more impact – delivering high-quality care and fitness support to more people, and expanding on our free programmes for all to further increase our positive social impact. Strengthening our leadership team is key to achieving our bold ambitions.

“We’re thrilled to welcome executives of the talent and track records of Kathryn and Chris and I know that both will make a huge contribution to Nuffield Health and our mission to build a healthier nation.”