Our Team

JON BUTLER
Director of Data, Digital and Technology

Jon is responsible for driving digital transformation and technological advancement within LaingBuisson and is responsible for the Data and Digital Operations teams. In his previous role, Jon was the driving force behind LaingBuisson’s flagship consumer brand, GoPrivate.com, and has over 20 years’ experience in range of sectors.

TIM READ
Director of Research & Content

Tim Read is the Director of Research & Content at LaingBuisson. Previously, he was Managing Director of Marwood Group, a health, social care and life sciences consultancy specialising in policy, regulation and reimbursement for national and international clients, and was responsible for the delivery of over 80 M&A and strategic engagements in UK and Europe covering the spectrum of health, adults and children’s social care and life sciences & social care providers.

Tim has over 15 years of health and social care experience across the public and private sectors. This includes writing Laing Buisson’s Children Services market report, setting up a Specialist Care Conference, working for CQC to develop their strategic priorities and deliver a national thematic report on mental health crisis care, working in local government to create innovative health inequality strategies, and acting as a Visiting Fellow at the Health Experiences Institute, University of Oxford to explore how the user experience could drive improvements in care quality.

tim.read@laingbuisson.com

JADE CUMMINGS
Head of Events

Jade is Head of Events for LaingBuisson. Jade has extensive experience in the event industry having worked her way up to Head of Operations at the global professional conference organisation, Worldwide Business Research. Prior to this, Jade started within sales and planning for hotel hospitality. Jade obtained her Event Management BA Hons at University of Hertfordshire.

jade.cummings@laingbuisson.com

JOE FOLEY
Database Manager

Joe is the Database Manager for LaingBuisson. He leads the Data Team and is responsible for the processing of all incoming data into the company’s Data Warehouse. In addition to this, he assists with the development of internal systems to ensure they meet the needs of the business, as well as outgoing data for various LaingBuisson products. Joe has a First-Class Honours in Computing & Website Development with a focus on Database Theory and Internet Applications. He joined LaingBuisson in 2022 after working in the Higher Education sector for 12 years.

Joe.Foley@laingbuisson.com

MARIA DAVIES
Editor, HealthcareMarkets UK

Maria has more than two decades’ experience as a business and financial journalist. She has specialised in writing about the UK’s private and voluntary healthcare sector for the last 15 years. Maria covered the historic ‘Condordat’ signed by the NHS and independent healthcare providers, which paved the way for the Labour government’s radical market-based reform of the NHS at the turn of the Millennium. Since then, she has tracked the key trends in independent healthcare from the advent of patient choice and the emerging NHS market to multi-million pound flotations and game-changing deals.

+44 (0)20 7923 5390
maria.davies@laingbuisson.com

DEVEN PAMBEN
Editor, CareMarkets UK

Deven Pamben has more than 20 years’ experience as a journalist, working on newspapers, trade magazines and online publications. A Criminology graduate, Deven worked for Hertfordshire Constabulary before becoming a journalist. He began his journalism career at a local newspaper in Hertfordshire before moving into trade magazines in permanent roles or as a freelancer. Titles he has reported and edited on include Law Society Gazette, Harpers Wine and Spirit, and Health Club Management. Deven has also written travel features for the Sunday People, and spent two years working in Beijing for the official press agency of the People’s Republic of China.

+44 (0)20 7923 5398
deven.pamben@laingbuisson.com

STEPHEN DORRELL
Non-Executive Director

Stephen is a Director of Four Eyes Insight, Seacole Digital, Omnes Group, Public Policy Projects, Dorson Inform, Dorson Transform, Faithful Group and Artemis Publishing. In addition, he is a trustee of Place2Be, a national charity focussed on children’s mental health and well-being, and the former Chair of the NHS Confederation. Stephen was a Member of Parliament for 36 years serving as Secretary of State for Health from 1995 to 1997 and the first elected chair of the House of Commons Health Committee between 2010 and 2014.

stephen.dorrell@dorsongroup.com

WILLIAM LAING
Founder and Executive Chairman

William is the Founder and Executive Chairman of LaingBuisson, leading the development of the business with a particular focus on its data capabilities. He is also a Director of Seacole Digital. William is a well-known healthcare economist and a leading commentator on healthcare and social care and his views are often quoted in the media and he frequently speaks at conferences and participates in policy think tanks. Before founding LaingBuisson in 1976, William worked for the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and the Office of Health Economics where he was Deputy Director. He has a BSc Econ from the London School of Economics..

william.laing@laingbuisson.com

HENRY ELPHICK
Non-Executive Director

helphick@mansfieldadvisors.com