Simplyhealth hires Paul Schreier as chief executive

Joins the business in May

Jaskeet Briah
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Paul Schreier will join Simplyhealth as its new chief executive officer in mid-May, succeeding acting CEO Nicholas Potter who will continue in his previous role of chief financial officer.

Currently, Schreier is the interim CEO at the Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation which supports science to solve urgent health challenges. Schreier led the Wellcome Trust's efforts on Covid-19 treatments, which resulted in him becoming the global therapeutics co-lead of the World Health Organisation's accelerating Covid tools partnership. He is also a member of the investment committee that oversees Wellcome's substantial investments' activities. Previously, Schreier was appointed to the Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, where was deputy secretary...

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