As the Global Chairman & Senior Partner for Healthcare, Government & Infrastructure at KPMG International, Dr Britnell oversees revenues of $6-billion supporting 40,000 staff across 157 countries. He is one of the foremost global experts on healthcare systems and has a pioneering and inspiring global vision for health in both the developed and developing world. Mark has dedicated his entire professional life to healthcare and has led organisations at local, regional, national and global levels – provider and payer, public and private. Over the past 10 years, he has worked in over 80 countries on circa 330 occasions, gaining a unique first-hand experience. Dr Britnell was appointed Chief Executive of University Hospitals Birmingham in 2000. He masterminded the largest new hospital build in NHS history, established the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine and developed one of the highest performing healthcare organisations in the UK. He joined KPMG as Global Chairman and Senior Partner for Health in 2009 and has established a successful worldwide health practice. Between 2014 and 2018, Dr Britnell sat as a member of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Health Sector for the World Economic Forum and sits on the Advisory Board of the China Center for Health Development at Peking University. He is also an Honorary Professor at Taishan Medical University School, Shandong Province and holds honorary doctorates from Birmingham City University and the University of Wolverhampton.
