Steve Melton (businessman)

Steven Melton (born 6 January 1962) is Chief Executive of Circle Health Ltd, the first private company to take over an NHS Hospital, namely Hinchingbrooke Hospital.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Melton was born in Turkey on 6 January 1962 and educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge.[1]

Melton began his working life in the personal care division of Unilever.[1] After 11 years he moved to Asda where he worked alongside Archie Norman at a critical juncture in the life of that company.[1] Melton’s peers at Asda included Justin King, Mike Coupe and Richard Baker.[1]

Melton joined Circle Health Ltd in 2008 and became CEO after the departure of Ali Parsa.[1][5] Being CEO of a private owner of a former NHS Hospital is arguably not without controversy and in an interview with The Sunday Times on 15 February 2015 Melton stated that his ‘job isn’t to be a ‘larger-than-life character. I’m not very fond of the media exposure I have had; it’s not my natural character’.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Money not politics drove us out of the NHS, says Circle chief - The Sunday Times". thesundaytimes.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Steve Melton faces PAC: Circle Holdings boss in Hinchingbrooke Hospital row is next in line for Margaret Hodge treatment". The Independent.
  3. ↑ Steve Melton, Circle chief executive. "HINCHINGBROOKE: Circle chief executive Steve Melton’s full statement as private firm pulls out of hospital". Hunts Post.
  4. ↑ "Circle does not have a 'sustainable future with Hinchingbrooke'". ITV News.
  5. ↑ Sean Farrell. "Circle says it’s driven by its patients – but it’s been looking rather sick itself". the Guardian.


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