Fiona Bride
London
Summary
Dynamic leader with a focus on trust-driven leadership, fostering high-performing teams through collaboration and collective accountability. Demonstrates strategic thinking with a proven track record of developing and executing data-driven strategies to achieve both short and long-term goals, with the capability to recognise and work with opposing tensions.
Expertise in operational delivery, including financial accountability, governance, and board-level oversight. Skilled in stakeholder engagement to align insights across diverse healthcare parties. Strong complex problem-solving capabilities that drive innovative solutions and future-oriented plans.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
4004
4004
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Director of Medicines and Chief Commercial Officer
NHS ENGLAND
London
01.2023 - 09.2025
- Demonstrated leadership in developing high-performing teams within public sector and corporate pharmaceuticals.
- Executed NHS medicines strategy for £20bn spend, achieving £1bn savings via biosimilars.
- Forged partnerships with pharmaceutical companies to enhance access to innovative medicines.
- Oversaw implementation of simplified procurement process, maximising value and supplier engagement.
- Managed commercial operations across NHS's £55bn expenditure, ensuring optimal performance.
- Engaged stakeholders across government and industry to drive collaborative results.
- Prioritised initiatives using operational excellence methodology to meet annual goals.
- Promoted continuous learning practices to support team improvement and development.
Director Of Market Access
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
London
01.2012 - 09.2023
- Accountable for UK pricing and access strategy across the medicines portfolio to drive growth and patient outcomes, delivering on time access for a broad portfolio, negotiating numerous indication based pricing agreements and budget impact test mitigations.
- Developed and negotiated the world leading innovative government collaborative commercial agreement to transform risk sharing approach and accelerate patient uptake of novel cholesterol lowering medicine (inclisiran)
- Strong professional relationships with business partners, government leaders and local health authorities to deliver outcomes in line with company's business priorities
- Developed a high performing team, predicated on psychological safety and high trust
- Global development role working across China, US, Germany and France to assess commercial viability for business development opportunities
Director Market Access
Huntsworth Health Agency
London
01.2009 - 12.2011
- Developed market access strategies for global and UK accounts to support business development of healthcare marketing agency
- Established the market access function capability across 5 internal companies through a collaborative and agile leadership approach
- Facilitated cross-company board level strategy to determine 3 year plan
- Strong leadership track record of building high performing teams and a culture of empowerment, growth and belief
Education
Negotiator - Business
GAP Partnership
UKMBA - Business
Henley Business College
UKBSc - Medical Biochemistry
University of Birmingham
BirminghamSkills
- Trust-based leadership
- High-performing team collaboration
- Strategic decision-making
- Negotiation skills to deliver shared goals
- Data-driven insights
- Operational governance and oversight
- Stakeholder alignment
- Problem-solving methodologies
Accomplishments
London Classics Medal - London Marathon, Ride London Cycle and Swim Serpentine
Affiliations
Wife, mum of 2 and a keen runner. Achieved the London Classics Medal (London Marathon, Swim Serpentine and Ride London Cycle)
Timeline
Director of Medicines and Chief Commercial Officer
NHS ENGLAND
01.2023 - 09.2025
Director Of Market Access
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
01.2012 - 09.2023
Director Market Access
Huntsworth Health Agency
01.2009 - 12.2011
Negotiator - Business
GAP Partnership
MBA - Business
Henley Business College
BSc - Medical Biochemistry
University of Birmingham
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