Martin Elliott
speaker, writer, surgeon
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (UCL)
Fellow & Emeritus Professor of Physic at Gresham College, London
Retired Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
NED at The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS FT, London
NED at Children's Health Ireland, Dublin
Chief Medical Officer of Allocate Software
Testimonials
“Blown away by Professor Martin Elliott. An inspirational approach to teamwork.”
Matt Cornwell, 1st Team Manager at Leicester Tigers
“A fantastic example of taking something outside your industry and applying it to your own work.”
Mandy Sansom, Client Relationship Direct at Ember Marketing Consultancy Ltd
“The talk about the way Professor Martin Elliott and his team worked with Formula One to achieve such critical goals, was profound and inspiring. So much can be taken from this and applied in less life or death situations.”
Kathryn Dawson, Director, Marketing Strategy at Bullitt Group
“The presentation from Professor Martin Elliott - the analogy of babies’ hearts with F1 Pit stop processes was remarkable and we could definitely apply this to our own business in Causeway and in particular how we interact with each other to act as a single team on our daily ‘operations’.”
Paul Madeira, Executive Vice President at Causeway Technologies
“This was a privileged insight into the world and mindset of a children's heart surgeon.”
Michael Brooke, Head of Innovation for Global Markets at BNP Paribas
“Moving and thought provoking about not always thinking your industry knows best and collaborating across teams.”
Karen McLaughlin, Global Operations Director at CSC
Audience Members, Brilliant Minds Showcase, Chelsea Football Club, July 2016
For Harvey Thorneycroft Ltd Brilliant Minds Series
"Professor Elliott is an extraordinary communicator, in one-to-one settings and also on the large stage. There are a few things that makes Martin really standout. First, his total command of the clinical subject matter.... Martin is able to make the details of surgery both accessible to non-clinicians and compelling to fellow practitioners at the same time. Second, Martin's willingness to go way outside the boundaries of a CT surgeon and a medical director... I have seen Martin present convincingly on subjects as wide ranging as health economics, medico-legal and regulatory dispute, Health transformation and human factors, Health technology and med-tech, and health ethics.
Lastly, Martin is willing to confront industry taboos head on and frequently displays daring, combined with wit, on sensitive subjects such as negligence and blame, the boundaries of ethics, the psychology of surgeons and the fears of patients and their parents.
This makes Martin's message fresh, compelling and authentic, and takes listeners far beyond what they might be expecting to hear from a heart surgeon".
Parker Moss, Chief Technology and Transformation Officer, Virgin Care
London, UK, June 2016
“All the feedback I got on the evening was very positive and achieved what I wanted. I think you could tell from the atmosphere that you had everyone captured.”
Gareth Jenkins, UK & Ireland Managing Director at DS Smith
Keynote Address for DS Smith Ltd, June 2016
"We were all very inspired and interested by his presentation.
Most of us who’ve grown-up in F1 recognise attributes in our industry that foster achievement and performance however it’s so interesting to learn of a real-life example showing how cross-discipline information exchange can benefit all .
The world needs more of this kind of thinking,.... Brexit and other global events wouldn’t cloud our lives if only this could happen sooner than later."
‘Absolutely fascinating and Martin was an excellent speaker.’
‘Brilliant lecture! Thank you very much!’
Audience Members at Invited Keynote at Mercedes AMG F1, June 2016
Brackley, UK
‘It was a fantastic presentation and I feel enormously privileged and grateful to have been there for it. And enlightened and enthused as a result!
Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity"
Audience Member, Keynote Presentation, Whitehall Industry Group, London 2014