James Sherwood is responsible for all of Bupa’s healthcare services that customers need to access when claiming on their PMI policy and manage £1.2bn of annual healthcare expenditure.
James has worked at Bupa for nine years. He is a qualified accountant but now works in a commercial/operational role, having made the move about seven years ago.
Before joining Bupa, James worked at BMI Healthcare for seven years as a Regional Finance Director and as Head of FP&A. During this time, his responsibilities included driving business-wide cost-saving, growth initiatives and providing commercial support to managing relationships with insurers.
Earlier in his career, James spent three years as a management consultant in Capgemini’s finance transformation practice and seven years at the Royal Mail in a range of planning and business partner roles.