Private healthcare group Mediclinic has appointed Dr Felicity Harvey as an independent non-executive director and member of its Clinical Performance & Sustainability Committee. 

Harvey is currently a visiting professor at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, a non-executive director of Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. She is also a member of the WHO Independent Oversight & Advisory Committee for Health Emergencies, and member of the United Nations’ Secretary General’s Global Health Crises Task Force.

Previous roles include director general of public and international health at the Department of Health.

Medicilnic chairman Dr Edwin Hertzog commented: “The board is delighted to welcome Dr Harvey as a non-executive director of the company and a member of the Clinical Performance & Sustainability Committee. 

“Her thorough knowledge of the health sector as well as her broad general experience will be a valuable addition to the board.”