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Head of Health and Social Care, techUK
Leontina joined techUK in March 2020, where she is now heading up the organisation’s Health and Social Care programme. At the moment, she is also completing an MSc in Health Policy at Imperial College London.
A former journalist, Leontina previously worked for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) as an associate editor for its International and Media divisions. There, she covered the EMEA region for Healthcare IT News, MobiHealthNews and HIMSS TV, with a focus on policy and innovation, and contributed to the Women in Health IT newsletter and HIMSS Insights eBook.
Outside of work, she enjoys reading, dancing, travelling and visiting her family in Romania, where she hails from.
Programme Manager, Social Care, techUK
Rory is techUK’s Programme Manager for Social Care.
Working across the Health & Social Care and Local Public Services programmes, Rory is coordinating our social care activity and leading our ongoing place-based transformation initiatives.
Prior to techUK, Rory held several roles within the NHS Test & Trace programme where he was involved in governance reforms, the national allocation of Covid-19 tests, and the introduction of a genomic sequencing capability in the government’s Rosalind Franklin ‘mega’ laboratory. He also spent time in the Department for Education within the School Resource Management strategy and impact team.
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Programme Manager, Health and Social Care, techUK
Alex joined techUK in July 2021, where she is now Programme Manager for Health and Social Care.
Alex formerly worked at Portland Communications, joining as part of their 2019 Graduate Scheme intake. In March 2020 she joined Portland’s Health team, supporting a range of clients in the life sciences industry across both public affairs and strategic communications.
Alex has a degree in History from the University of Cambridge, focussing on Early Modern Europe and material culture. Outside of work she enjoys reading, finding new places to eat, and running.
The techUK Annual Dinner will take place on Wednesday, 13 July 2022. Our Annual Dinner is the established, must-attend business dinner in our calendar. The evening will begin with a drinks reception, allowing ample networking opportunities, followed by a fabulous dinner and speeches from the country's leading technology stakeholders.