Team
Ash Soni OBE
Adviser
Ash was the President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society where he led the development of the strategic plan for 2016-2021 and chaired the Assembly. He is also an Executive Member of National Association of Primary Care and has over 30 years of experience as a practising pharmacist and pharmacy owner.
Lee Cowles
Board Director
Lee supports the management team with strategy and governance. Lee is an experienced technology CEO having been part of the early team of Betfair and currently leading BoilerJuice. Prior to his tech career, Lee worked in manufacturing and as a marine engineer in the Royal Navy.
Benoit Wirz
Board Director
Ben is passionate about helping improve education through technology and runs the largest Ed tech investment fund in Europe.
Slava Kremerman
Co-founder & CEO
Slava was a member of the Leadership Team at Nutmeg, one of the UK’s most successful technology startups. He has a passion for technology and believes it can be used to make a transformative difference in marketplaces. Slava currently focuses on steering the overall vision and values of the company.
Oren Cohen
Co-founder
Oren most recently ran the UK office of Optimizely, a prominent and highly-successful Silicon Valley technology company.
Alistair Holt
Engineer
Alistair has been building web-based applications and platforms for over 15 years. He has a passion for design, technology, and user experience. He combines these passions to create valuable, enjoyable, and useful products.
Charly Pearce
Engineer
Charly comes from a family of pharmacists and dispensers, and her very first work experience as a teenager was at her grandfather's pharmacy! Charly is an SEN teacher turned full-stack developer on a mission to use code for social good, volunteering as an instructor at Code First Girls and helping local community groups build websites.
John Carroll
Product Designer
John is a User Experience Designer with a background primarily in FinTech and education, having worked at Nutmeg, Zopa and most recently Zen Educate. His main focus at Zen Locum is building and owning a product that benefits both stores and locums.
Jono Hey
Chief Product Officer
Jono is an experienced product manager and customer experience designer. He ran UX and design at Nutmeg and has studied and taught design and strategy in the UK and San Francisco.
Keleigh Horton
Locum Success
Keleigh is an expert at building smart processes and systems, having developed these skills from her roles in Education and Finance. In her everyday role, Keleigh provides locums with first-rate guidance and assistance, making their experience of working with Zen Locum as seamless as she can.
Kirsten Eskicioglu
Locum Success
Kirsten comes to Zen Locum from a background in the recruitment sector, where her focus was building consultative partnerships with her candidates and clients. She supports our locums with all things Zen, from onboarding to finding work. She is passionate about people and enjoys developing new ways to improve the locum experience.
Lydia O'Callaghan
Store Success
Lydia comes from a scientific background. She is an experienced Account Manager, supporting an array of healthcare professionals to grow their businesses. She prioritises relationship building and understanding the needs of her customers to provide the best possible service to pharmacies and opticians.
Michael Jansen
Store Success
Michael's experience in Hospitality, Events and Marketing helped him to build skills in relationship building and problem solving. He loves achieving the best outcome possible for Zen’s customers and is always on the lookout to find ways to make our platform even better!
Michelle Whitaker
Locum Success
Michelle is accomplished in Business Development and Marketing from her previous experiences. At Zen, she strives to grow our pool of talented locums from sourcing through to onboarding. Michelle is always working hard to ensure our locums feel fully supported with Zen.
Priya Lall
General Manager
Priya joins us from Bain & Company where she solved strategic challenges for companies across a range of industries including healthcare. Priya spends her time ensuring Zen Locum makes it as easy as possible for stores and locums to find each other.
Sebastian Fernando
Marketing
Sebastian has extensive experience building growth for start-ups including his own. He is passionate about using data and marketing to help new pharmacists and optometrists discover the benefits of joining Zen Locum.
Terence Au
Store Success
Terence is a Biomedical Science graduate. After university he gained strong pharmaceutical knowledge whilst working at Life Science recruitment company, Proclinical. Now Terence derives novel ways for pharmacies and opticians to find locums, looking to vastly improve the process with smart technology, without compromising on quality or service.
Zara Danton
Marketing
Zara comes from a marketing background, having studied it at university and previously worked within the marketing department for The Walt Disney Company. Zara now creates content to support locums and stores along their journey with Zen Locum.