Recovery programmes
Structure, prioritisation, accountability and delivery pace in financially-pressured or operationally-challenged organisations.
Director-led digital and transformation leadership for regulated environments under pressure.
Twenty-seven years across NHS, public sector and regulated industries — programme recovery, large-scale transformation, AI readiness grounded in clinical and operational reality. Available for strategic interim, contract, advisory and transformation roles.
What I help organisations do
Parachuting into organisations that need recovery, transformation, or practical AI readiness — and maintaining delivery grip while they get there.
Large-scale transformation
Core platform replacement (EPR and equivalents), service redesign, data, analytics, digital enablement and operating model change at scale.
AI readiness, grounded in reality
Championing adoption while addressing the hard truths first: structured data, frontline and clinical leadership, board accountability.
Selected proof
NHS-heavy by experience — applicable to regulated environments more broadly.
27 years
Digital, transformation and recovery leadership across primary, acute, mental health, community, research and national programmes.
£12bn NPfIT
Project managed national Lorenzo EPR development within one of the largest public digital programmes.
83 services
Nottinghamshire Healthcare digital transformation across mental health and community services under CQC special measures.
Palantir · Databricks · Azure
Data platforms at Arden & GEM CSU supporting planning, mutual aid and operational insight.
“Best suited to organisations that need clarity, structure, pace and delivery grip — especially where programmes are challenged, under scrutiny, or need board-level traction.”
Lawrence Hession-Kent
Senior director and strategic transformation leader. Twenty-seven years across digital health, EPR programmes, data platforms, service redesign and programme recovery. Board-level credibility, hands-on delivery grip.
Based in Solihull, working UK-wide. Available for engagements where calm senior leadership, honest diagnosis and practical delivery grip matter most.