Vivek Muthu MA, BMBCh

Vivek Muthu worked as a doctor in the UK National Health Service, including London’s Queen Square, the Hammersmith and Oxford University hospitals, before joining the British Medical Journal, where he helped to develop and lead a team examining the clinical value of drugs and devices. Mr Muthu then went on to found Bazian, a company dedicated to developing and servicing the needs of the emerging paradigm of value-based health internationally.
Following its acquisition by The Economist Group, Bazian lies at the heart of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s value-based health-care business, for which Mr Muthu took overall leadership and strategic responsibility. After launching EIU Healthcare, he has now taken up a non-executive advisory role as chair of the business. He also sits on the steering panels for a number of UK-based initiatives in value-based health. In the past, he has additionally served as a health-care consultant to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.