Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 30, 2000

Bharat Patel – The Health Clinic Plc (hec.l)

BHARAT PATEL is the Chief Executive of The Health Clinic Plc. Mr Patel has many years' experience in multi-site businesses. After completing his chartered accountancy training with Norton Keen & Co, he held posts as International Corporate Audit Manager with Avis Inc. and Finance Manager with B.A.T. Stores Plc, before becoming Finance Director of Tesco Stores Limited in 1986. He then progressed to Regional Managing Director and Acquisitions Director positions at Tesco Stores Limited, before moving to Woolworths Plc as Finance Director. In November 1996 he led the MBI of The Eye Clinic. Profile
TWST: Can we start with a brief overview of The Health Clinic.

Mr. Patel: The company was founded over 20 years ago in the Northeast,

in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. It was a business that