Paul Insley

Paul Insley

Director - Audit, Risk & Governance Committee

Paul is the Managing Director of a leading temporary staffing and complex care services business Ocean Healthcare   Here Paul creates the strategic plan for growth and delivery, maintaining the unique culture of the business with relationships at the heart of everything they do.  Paul passionately believes, as a healthcare professional himself, that amazing healthcare from the private sector can be delivered with a moral compass.  His job here is to make sure the company is a commercially, clinically and operationally successful business, with a focus on ensuring that things are done the right way.

Paul completed his Masters in Pharmacy at Portsmouth University in 2004 and then completed postgraduate training in the NHS before registering as a pharmacist in 2005. Paul has worked in community pharmacy covering a number of roles all over the country, all focused on pharmacy and expanding healthcare offerings.  In 2017 Paul become the Commercial Manager for Bestway, and took over the running of the company in 2018 becoming Head of Wholesale and joining the Executive board of the company. Paul also oversaw the integration of a specialised medical appliance distribution business.  He was responsible for seeing this start-up business become the 6th largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in the UK.