The HealthInvestor Power 50 Leading Investor title is awarded to the individual – whether at a private equity firm, family office, REIT or institutional fund – that has spearheaded the most innovative deals or portfolio company exits in 2017

The 2017 entries are:

• Mike Adams, chief executive, Octopus Healthcare
  Phil Bayliss, head of later living, Legal & General
  John Goodey, senior vice-president – international, Welltower
  Carrie Hiebeler, senior investment officer, Ventas
  Kenneth MacKenzie, managing partner, Target Advisers
  Andrew Ovey, head of healthcare, AXA IM – Real Assets
  David Porter, managing partner, Apposite Capital
  Tim Street, senior adviser, Patron Capital
  Matthew Tooth, managing partner, BC Partners
  Charlie Troup, managing partner, Duke Street

Well executed deals require a quality transactional lead, and the HealthInvestor Power 50 Deal Maker accolade goes to the leading corporate financier or property consultant that investors and operators wanted managing their deal in 2017. 

The 2017 entries are:

• Issy Corbett, head of healthcare M&A, PwC
• Justin Crowther, head of healthcare, Catalyst Corporate Finance
• Tim Edghill, international director and head of European healthcare M&A, JLL
• Julian Evans, head of healthcare and hotels, Knight Frank
• Hedley Goldberg, managing director, Rothschild
• David Jones, head of healthcare and life sciences financial advisory, Deloitte
• Richard Lunn, managing director – care, Christie & Co
• Tom Morgan, senior director – healthcare advisory, CBRE
• Andrew Nicholson, partner, KPMG
• David Sanders, executive director, DC Advisory

M&A and company expansion just isn’t possible without injections of capital from lenders. This award celebrates the healthcare lead at a bank or alternative capital providers that has been the most supportive to operators and investors in 2017. 

The 2017 entries are:

• Paul Birley, head of healthcare, Barclays
• Derek Breingan, head of health and social care, Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank
• Patrick Grant, partner, Alpha Real Capital
• Jeremy Huband, head of healthcare, HSBC
• Dasos Kirtsides, national head of healthcare – business development, Santander UK

Health and social care providers operate in undeniably tough trading conditions and growing companies in this environment require a resilient, visionary and pragmatic leader. The HealthInvestor Power 50 Outstanding Leader prize is given in recognition of the chief executive who encapsulates these qualities and more, and has steered their company most successfully through the year. 

The 2017 entries are:

• Iain Anderson, group chief executive, NFA Group
• Jane Ashcroft, chief executive, Anchor Trust
• Pete Calveley, chief executive, Barchester Healthcare
• Andrew Cannon, chief executive, Voyage Care
• Joy Chamberlain, chief executive Elysium Healthcare
• Steve Gray, chief executive, Nuffield Health
• Avnish Goyal, managing director, Hallmark Care Homes
• Mike Neeb, chief executive, HCA Healthcare UK
• Mike Parish, chief executive, Care UK
• Jeremy Richardson, chief executive, brighterkind
• Nick Sanderson, chief executive, Audley Retirement
• Tony Stein, chief executive, Healthcare Management Solutions
• John Strowbridge, managing director, Avery Healthcare
• Daya Thayan, chief executive, Kingsley Healthcare
• Trevor Torrington, chief executive, Priory Group

Necessary to every deal or company expansion plan, because of their deep sector knowledge, are the due diligence advisors. The HealthInvestor Power 50 Sector Specialist award is presented to the advisor who has shown themselves most indispensable on transactions or as a source of strategic advice in 2017.

The 2017 entries are:

• Clare Connell, managing director, Connell Consulting
• Giles Johnson, partner, CIL
• Andrew McKechnie, private health sector lead, PwC
• Leonid Shapiro, managing partner, Candesic
• Jonathan Sparey, head of Europe, LEK Consulting

The HealthInvestor Power 50 NED prize is given to an individual who has shown themselves to be a dynamic, must-have non-executive director or chairman of a care company by being the perfect foil to the executive teams and an invaluable font of knowledge.  

The 2017 entries are:

• Robbie Barr
• Mike Parsons
• Chai Patel
• Douglas Quinn
• Ted Smith

The 2017 shortlist:

• Binni Adu, chartered surveyor, CBRE
• Jonathan Clark, group finance director, Core Assets
• Jayne Davey, chief operating officer, Voyage Care
• Christian Dubé, director, August Equity
• John Gladstone, director, JLL
• Nicolas Mallet, partner, Antin Infrastructure Partners
• Lorraine McGarry-Wall, chief operating officer, brighterkind
• James Mesquitta, head of corporate healthcare finance, Santander UK Corporate & Commercial
• Caroline Smith, chief executive assurance officer, Nuffield Health
• Michael Voges, executive director, ARCO

Picked by both the Power 50 shortlist themselves and by readers’ votes, the HealthInvestor Power 50 Grand Prix is awarded to the person, regardless of speciality, who has been deemed to have had the best year in healthcare.