Omar is a former healthcare management consultant turned healthtech entrepreneur and venture capital investor. Originally from Iraq, Omar arrived in the UK as a refugee, grew up in social housing in New Malden, and has since built a career dedicated to healthcare innovation.
After successfully scaling his startup to reach 25% of the NHS Primary Care market in just 18 months, he now leads an angel syndicate focused on early-stage healthtech startups.
Omar is also a mentor to healthtech founders, an assessor for Innovate UK, and an advisor to NHS England and the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Most recently, he launched the UK’s first Primary Care Innovation Accelerator, supporting the adoption of healthcare innovations across the UK.