Mark Sharpe
Salisbury,Wiltshire
Summary
Accomplished dual qualified clinician with expertise in strategic planning for health and wellbeing, data analytics and insight as well as pathway development and integrated care. Demonstrates a strong track record in innovation and healthcare transformation, improving employee and client outcomes in a wide variety of healthcare and industry environments. Strong project management skills alongside extensive knowledge of the healthcare market and provider landscape. Committed to advancing healthcare systems through evidence based, strategic thinking combined with skilled stakeholder management to deliver tangible change and improvement.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work history
Principal Consultant
Mercer
London
04.2016 - Current
- Working with a diverse range of UK and global corporate clients to identify and quantify health risks within their working populations, leading to the development of evidence based, innovative health and well-being strategies, tailored programs and interventions.
- A proven history of improving employee experience and outcomes through proactive design and connection of the client health and wellbeing ecosystem, whilst simultaneously ensuring best value for the client through efficient use of the benefits and value add services available.
- Highlighted expertise in health data analytics, health and wellbeing strategy, return to work and rehabilitation services, mental health and musculoskeletal pathways, healthcare and wellness market insights, clinical audits, case management, and problem-solving.
- Proven performer against key business metrics; consistently exceeded new business targets by double digits over the past five years.
- Previous examples of savings to clients include a 22% reduction in sickness absence costs for a large FTSE-100 client following the introduction of an early intervention pathway; able to further demonstrate the benefits of direct access and early intervention with reduction in musculoskeletal claims cost of over 32%.
- Senior leader in a team delivering double digit team growth for each of the past three years.
- 2025 stand out client projects include design and development of early intervention sickness absence management pathway for large FTSE-100 blue chip client, redesign of onsite health and wellbeing provision and pathways for key financial services client and development of an evidence-based health and wellbeing strategy for large UK engineering company.
- Winner of best International Health and Wellbeing Strategy, REBA 2019 with Wells Fargo
- Promoted from Senior Associate to Principal in April 2018.
Interim Professional Head of Physiotherapy
Nuffield Health
Epsom, Surrey
10.2014 - 03.2016
- Thought leadership, overarching governance and professional development for a 500+ employed chartered physiotherapist community across the UK.
- Proposition and innovation - future MSK service development in response to evolving markets and client needs, including the advancement of remote and digital solutions as well as traditional face to face services.
- Connecting fitness, physiotherapy, occupational health and other wellbeing services to address specific key client challenges.
Rehabilitation Clinical Lead
Aviva Health
Southampton
12.2010 - 10.2014
- Led all early intervention and rehabilitation activities across Aviva UK Health.
- Developed and launched first-to-market direct access physiotherapy and musculoskeletal end-to-end pathway (‘BacktoBetter') for corporate clients (2012).
- Focused on cost-effective service delivery alongside high-quality outcomes, achieving a c.40% reduction in average episodic MSK claims costs, maintaining impact still consistently delivered over 10 years later.
Clinical Development Manager
Aviva Health
Southampton
02.2006 - 11.2010
- Proposition development across health insurance client base - focused on innovation and outstanding customer experience through direct access to relevant expert support.
- Aviva Customer Excellence Award winner - Healthcare Innovation 2010.
- Rehabilitation Initiative of the Year 2009.
- Between 1999 and 2006, I was a full time practicing physiotherapist working across the NHS, private sector, occupational health and sports injury management in a variety of roles. This practice continued part time until 2009 as I combined work as a physiotherapist during my initial role at Aviva.
Education
Diploma of Higher Education - Performance Coaching
BPP University
Manchester, England 08.2025 -
Lifestyle Medicine
British Society of Lifestyle Medicine
London 01.2024 -
Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid England
London 05.2020 - 06.2020
Bachelor of Science - Physiotherapy
University of the West of England
Bristol, England 09.1996 - 06.1999
Bachelor of Science - Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Bath
Bath 09.1992 - 06.1995
Skills
- Strategic planning (health and wellbeing)
- Data analytics & insight
- Pathways and integrated care
- Product development
- Innovation and healthcare transformation
- Stakeholder management
- Healthcare market and provider expertise
- Leadership expertise
Affiliations
- Fitness - regular cyclist, gym goer, dog walker and park runner
- Rugby coach (Trojans RFC junior rugby)
- Treasurer of Whiteparish Youth Group
Accomplishments
- Rowed the length of the UK for MyName5Doddie Motor Neurone Disease
- London Marathon for NSPCC
Timeline
Diploma of Higher Education - Performance Coaching
BPP University
08.2025 -
Lifestyle Medicine
British Society of Lifestyle Medicine
01.2024 -
Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid England
05.2020 - 06.2020
Principal Consultant
Mercer
04.2016 - Current
Interim Professional Head of Physiotherapy
Nuffield Health
10.2014 - 03.2016
Rehabilitation Clinical Lead
Aviva Health
12.2010 - 10.2014
Clinical Development Manager
Aviva Health
02.2006 - 11.2010
Bachelor of Science - Physiotherapy
University of the West of England
09.1996 - 06.1999
Bachelor of Science - Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Bath
09.1992 - 06.1995