Professor Tim Orchard Chief executive, consultant physician and gastroenterologist

Background

Tim, a consultant gastroenterologist, was appointed chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare in 2018. He was previously medical director and divisional director for medicine and integrated care at the Trust, which he joined as a registrar in 2000. He undertook his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Cambridge, trained at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School and was a research fellow at the University of Oxford.

Tim is professor of gastroenterology at Imperial College London and is renowned for his ongoing research and teaching in the field of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). He has been the chair of the IBD section of the British Society of Gastroenterology and national representative on the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation. He has a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and, in 2000, was honoured with the Ralph Noble Prize by the University of Cambridge.

During his time as chief executive, Tim has been focusing particularly on developing a collaborative, inclusive and kind organisational culture, and the Trust has seen significant improvements in its CQC ratings and staff engagement scores. Tim has also been developing the Trust’s strategic partnerships with Imperial College London and others to help embed research and innovation in all aspects of the organisation’s work, supporting the creation of a new life sciences hub at St Mary’s Hospital and an increased five-year funding award of over £95m for the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre.

 

Expertise

Colonoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis