Davies, Mark
Dr Mark Davies
Chief Health Officer, IBM
Mark joined IBM as Chief Health Officer initially for Europe, Middle East and Africa in 2018 and took up the global role in 2022. He has over 20 years’ experience as an NHS General Practitioner in the NHS. He has a long-standing interest in informatics, health policy and system redesign and this has led him to work nationally for 15 years in a number of clinical leadership roles at the Department of Health, Cabinet Office and as executive medical director of the NHS Digital.
Mark led an initiative with the US government on common data and health technology standards which led to a landmark agreement between the UK and US governments. He led the health transparency initiatives from cabinet office which led to some of the largest open data initiatives in the world. He was European Medical Director of the global health informatics specialist MedeAnalytics between 2014 and 2017 specialising in population health. He chaired the health analytics committee within the industry group TechUK.
