Medicine · Entrepreneurship · Digital Strategy

Ideas, examined carefully and built to work.

I am a Scottish entrepreneur and former NHS doctor. My work brings together scientific thinking, digital innovation and the practical experience of building organisations from the ground up.

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Based in Scotland.
Working beyond boundaries.

Profile

Different fields. One way of thinking.

My career has crossed medicine, entrepreneurship, digital commerce, property and public affairs.

I trained in medicine and anatomy at the University of Glasgow before working as a doctor in the NHS. I subsequently founded and developed several online businesses, beginning with a specialist beauty service in 2007 and continuing today through Opti Laboratories.

Alongside my commercial work, I have managed a national grassroots campaign and worked as a consultant. Across each setting, I have relied on the same approach: understand the evidence, identify the real problem and turn a good idea into a practical result.

I live in Scotland. Away from work, I enjoy family life, wide-ranging reading and spending time outdoors.

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Analytical judgement

Using evidence and first-principles thinking to make complex decisions clearer.

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Digital strategy

Designing the systems, customer journeys and processes that underpin modern organisations.

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Initiative

Testing, learning and improving until an ambitious idea becomes a useful reality.

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Curiosity

Looking beyond familiar assumptions to find better questions and more original answers.

Background

A broad professional foundation.

Medicine

Medical training and NHS practice

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), together with a BSc (Hons) in Anatomy, followed by clinical work in the NHS.

Enterprise

Online business and scientific beauty

Founder of multiple profitable online businesses, with experience spanning healthcare, specialist beauty, education and property.

Strategy

Campaigns, communications and consultancy

Experience managing a national grassroots campaign, translating complex positions into clear public communication and coordinated action.

Today

Building with science and technology

Focused on thoughtful products, effective digital systems and the opportunities created where scientific understanding meets entrepreneurship.

Media

My work and commentary have reached audiences in the UK and internationally.
  • The Times
  • The Scotsman
  • The Herald
  • Le Monde
  • Vogue
  • BBC
  • STV
  • Evening Standard
  • Daily Mail
  • Country & Town House

Contact

Let’s discuss a worthwhile idea.

For business enquiries, collaborations or other professional correspondence, please get in touch by email.