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UAE - Established in the UK, in 1978, IHG which provides hospital commissioning, medical planning and equipping, project management and turnkey design and construction healthcare services forms a strategic partnership with UAE based Vecta Strategy's Healthcare management consulting practice.
As the GCC's healthcare market is projected to grow at a rate of 12% per annum to $69.4 billion by 2018,governments and private investors are determined to positionand build facilities according to Western quality standards.
Choucrallah Karam, Vecta Strategy's Associate Partner and MENA Healthcare Practice Leader, comments, "Our partnership with IHG is a perfect synergy to complement our healthcare advisory practice in the region. With our local healthcare expertise combined with IHG's operational excellence we can offer clients in the private and public sectors quality turn-key healthcare services across the full spectrum of planning, developing, operating and improving healthcare facilities.
Mr. W. King, Chief Executive of IHG comments "TheGCC has always been a growth market for us, and now through our alliance with Vecta Strategy, with their local MENA healthcare knowledge resources combined with our worldwide experience we can provide high quality sustainable healthcare solutions for our clients. We want to ensure our clients have a fully comprehensive service from inception to completion.
IHG's first healthcare project dates back to the UAE in 1979 with the Presidential Court of Abu Dhabi when the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, at that time, Sheik Zayed, asked his nephew Sheikh Suroor to establish a National Health Service in Abu Dhabi. IHG successfully assisted Sheikh Suroorby providing circa 70 healthcare experts to reside in Abu Dhabi for eight years under the patronage of Sheikh Zayed, in order to improve healthcare services in Abu Dhabi.
IHG has completed over 450 healthcare contracts successfully and continues to be on the forefront healthcare project development. IHG developed its UK healthcare services by working with more than 50 NHS healthcare authorities and NHS Trusts, particularly in providing recruitment services with circa 15,000 staff being recruited for the NHS. Since it was founded IHG has enjoyed the support of the British Government and the considerable benefit of being able to call on people from over 150 countries, who have trained and worked in the UK's National Health Service (NHS). The NHS is the world's largest healthcare organization with an annual budget of over £120 billion.
Paul Klinkhamer, Vecta Strategy's Managing Partner comments, "We are excited to partner with IHG who continue to be on the forefront of healthcare facility project development. The alliance fits perfectly with Vecta Strategy's mandate to localize world-wide technologies and technical capabilities."
Ralph Dando, Development Director at IHG - International Hospitals Group, comments, "Partnering with a local consultancy with a strong healthcare track record enables our service offering to incorporate strategy development to our GCC clients, especially to Clients who are seeking to expand their network."
IHG delivers expertise in the following areas: functional planning, hospitals and Healthcare facilities design, hospital construction,project &construction management, equipping, commissioning (bringing healthcare facilities into operation), operational management, staff training (clinical, non-clinical and management), accreditation and quality assurance programs, facilities management and planned preventativemaintenance.
For more information visit www.ihg.co.uk
Vecta Strategy is amanagement consulting firm founded in the UAE by local expert industry consultants with over 50 years of combinedextensive operational and Middle East experience. The firm advises across various industries including Healthcare, Education, Banking & Finance, Oil and Gas, and Travel and Hospitality. The healthcare practice service offering range from process improvement and optimisation including patient flow redesign, patient experience development in outpatient and inpatient settings; designing and implementing the strategy cycle including running the project management office and running performance management systems for public and private entities; and healthcare practitioners' human resource consulting including organization design and corporate governance design, compensation and benefits, recruitment advisory services.
For more information visit www.vectastrategy.com
Vecta Strategy's Healthcare Practice is led by Choucrallah Karam, Associate partner. Prior to forming Vecta Strategy, Choucrallah led the healthcare practice at Huron Consulting Group for the MENA region andplayed a pivotal role in PwC's Health Industries team, where he consulted for leading healthcare and education providers, payers, insurers and regulators in the MENA region and specifically in the GCC. Prior to joining PwC, Choucrallah focused on business development for a local healthcare consulting firm where set up healthcare projects in the GCC, such as networks of outpatient clinics in joint venture with medical education providers.
Choucrallah brings in 10 years of healthcare and education consulting experience in the MENA region and has consulted for more than 25 clients regionally. He holds an MBA from EcoleSupérieure Des Affaires affiliated with ESCP-EAP, France and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the Lebanese American University in Beirut Lebanon.
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