Dr Alisdair Smithies

Alisdair Smithies is a senior healthcare leader and educator with over two decades of experience helping organisations turn ambition into measurable improvement. He has led national and international programmes across digital innovation, workforce development, and culture change—strengthening capability, advancing digital maturity, and improving patient outcomes. Having worked across academia, the NHS, and global systems, he has shaped major initiatives, co-designed leadership curricula, and advised on strategies aligning technology, people, and culture. His approach blends evidence-based leadership with practical application to foster confident leadership, embedded innovation, and sustained system-wide improvement.