Directors
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Nigel Marsh
Chief Executive
Nigel Marsh joined Medacs Healthcare in July 2003 as Managing Director,becoming
Chief Executive Officer of the Medacs Healthcare Group in October 2007.
He has 22 years experience within the healthcare market both in the UK and overseas.
Nigel joined Medacs Healthcare from AXA PPP Healthcare where he held a number of roles across the Group,
culminating in the position of Strategy and Business Development Director.
During this time Nigel was involved in the acquisition of a number of new businesses and the introduction
of new products and worked extensively with other AXA healthcare businesses based overseas.
Prior to this, Nigel worked for an insurance company based in Australia and is a qualified accountant.
Richard Olney
Finance Director
Richard Olney joined Medacs Healthcare in January 2008. He has 10 years experience
in the recruitment sector, 7 of which have been at board level. He qualified as
a chartered accountant with Price WaterhouseCoopers and was a manager in their Corporate
Finance Division before moving to industry in 1995.
Claire Evans
HR Director
Claire joined Medacs Healthcare in April 2003 as HR Business Partner, becoming HR Director in October 2007. Claire has 16 years HR experience both in the UK and overseas.
Prior to joining Medacs Healthcare, Claire was a Call Centre Manager in the travel industry having gained experience in sales management and call centres in her role as Telesales Manager for Prudential Direct. Whilst living in Australia, Claire worked for GE Capital Fleet Services as their National Client Services Manager and for National Mutual (now part of AXA) in Customer Service management roles. She gained her initial experience in HR whilst working for National Mutual in New Zealand.
Trevor Lambert
Marketing Director
Trevor Lambert is Marketing Director of Medacs Healthcare Group. He joined the company in November 2010 and is based in our London office.
Trevor has twenty years of experience in designing and implementing business-to-business and public sector marketing communications strategies, building and repositioning brands in professional services, local government and education.
A Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Chartered Marketer for more than ten years, Trevor gained his first degree in Business Studies from Sheffield Hallam University and his MA in Marketing from Thames Valley University in London.
Trish Davidson
Head of Nursing and Social Care
Trish Davidson joined Medacs Healthcare in October 2005. She has 8 years healthcare
recruitment experience. Trish joined Medacs Healthcare from what was formally Corinth
Healthcare and prior to that was responsible for setting up a small healthcare recruitment
company in Cheshire.

Gareth Murphy
Managing Director of UK Recruitment
Gareth Murphy is Managing Director of Medacs Healthcare’s UK Recruitment business, with a national remit covering the temporary and permanent recruitment of healthcare professionals for the public and private sectors. He joined Medacs Healthcare in January 2011.
Gareth is responsible for the integration of all staffing services to the healthcare sector, including doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and social carers. His consultative approach is focused on finding cost effective solutions to clients’ specific needs.
Before joining Medacs Healthcare, Gareth spent eight years with Cable and Wireless, most recently as Managing Director of Scotland and Ireland. He led client management and operational teams and latterly was responsible for the evaluation and integration of all acquisitions.
As Commercial Director for LBM Marketing over five years he delivered margin-generating solutions for some of the UK’s largest blue chip companies. His work in developing the business contributed to the company being listed in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list of fastest growing companies in 2006.
Andrew Preston
Managing Director Managed Healthcare
Andrew joined Medacs Healthcare in December 2007 as Managing Director. He has a
vast knowledge of the world health market having worked and delivered health services
in the UK, Europe, Australia, NZ, South Africa, South America and North America.
Andrew joined Medacs Healthcare from Serco Group Plc where he was the Director responsible
for delivering their clinical services business. Andrew joined Serco in 2005 when
they acquired the business Andrew established in 2003, which focused on Primary
Care delivery across the UK. Prior to that Andrew held a number of senior Director
level positions focused on health delivery and technology worldwide. Andrew worked
in the NHS for almost 5 years in both Operational and Strategic management roles,
and also has a number of published papers on clinical topics.
Debbie McDean
Managing Director New Zealand
Debbie McDean is the Managing Director of Medacs Healthcare New Zealand and has
been employed by Medacs Healthcare since mid 2004. Debbie has an extensive background in recruitment,
both in commercial and health spanning some 15 years. She has worked in the UK and
NZ markets, owned her own health recruitment business in New Zealand and worked
for several leading recruitment brands.