Steven Melton (born 6 January 1962) is CEO of Exemplar Healthcare, former Managing Director of MyDentist, and the former Chief Executive of Circle Health Ltd, the first private company to take over an NHS Hospital, namely Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
Biography
Melton was born in Turkey on 6 January 1962 and educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge.
Melton began his working life in the personal care division of Unilever. After 11 years he moved to Asda where he worked alongside Archie Norman at a critical juncture in the life of that company. Melton’s peers at Asda included Justin King, Mike Coupe and Richard Baker.
Melton joined Circle Health Ltd in 2008 and became CEO after the departure of Ali Parsa. Being CEO of a private owner of a former NHS Hospital is arguably not without controversy and in an interview with The Sunday Times on 15 February 2015 Melton stated that his ‘job isn’t to be a ‘larger-than-life character. I’m not very fond of the media exposure I have had; it’s not my natural character’.
References
- "Steve Melton". www.exemplarhc.com.
- "2017-10-16 - New senior appointments at IDH Group". www.mydentist.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "Money not politics drove us out of the NHS, says Circle chief – The Sunday Times". thesundaytimes.co.uk. p. 6. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015.
- "Steve Melton faces PAC: Circle Holdings boss in Hinchingbrooke Hospital row is next in line for Margaret Hodge treatment". The Independent. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- Steve Melton, Circle chief executive. "HINCHINGBROOKE: Circle chief executive Steve Melton's full statement as private firm pulls out of hospital". Hunts Post.
- "Circle does not have a 'sustainable future with Hinchingbrooke'". ITV News.
- Sean Farrell (9 January 2015). "Circle says it's driven by its patients – but it's been looking rather sick itself". the Guardian.
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