New Managing Director Appointed at Advanced Health & Care

Advanced Health & CareAdvanced Health & Care (Advanced) has announced the appointment of new Managing Director, George Thaw. He will take over from Jim Chase, who has decided to stand down having led the rapid growth of Advanced from the start to become a leading supplier of IT solutions for the growing 'out of hospital', community health and social care sector.

Advanced works with care providers in the NHS, local government, social enterprises and the private sector to deliver leading IT solutions in support of safe, effective and efficient patient care. The business has experienced strong year on year growth, particularly in the NHS urgent care and community and mental health sectors, with a growing number of NHS Trusts selecting Advanced as their trusted solution provider.

Thaw, who will be responsible for driving the next phase of the development of Advanced, has gained impressive experience in senior management positions at some of the world's most high profile organisations. He served at Microsoft for 10 years, where in his role as senior leader in the global services business, he successfully restructured the professional services organisation, introducing a new suite of offerings and increasing overall customer satisfaction.

Following this, he became Global Vice President for Avanade, a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft, which provides IT services focused on the Microsoft platform for mid-sized to large enterprise organisations. Thaw earned the global position after establishing and growing the UK business which contributed the company’s highest gross margin worldwide.

Thaw also served as a senior executive of global enterprise application software provider, SAP, where he managed the day-to-day operational activities. His most recent position was CEO & Group COO of UK-based technology business, Powa Technologies, one of the fastest growing players in the e-commerce and mobile commerce market place.

Further developing Advanced's portfolio of solutions including its mobile care products will be a top priority moving forward.

Paul Gibson, Chief Operating Officer, Advanced Computer Software Group says, "We are looking forward to welcoming George to the Group. He is a highly experienced relationship-based leader with an excellent track record for growing high value, complex enterprise organisations.

"Under Thaw's leadership, Advanced will continue to bring forward innovative IT solutions for the NHS urgent care, community and mental health sectors as well as the homecare and residential care sector."

Thaw adds, "Advanced has developed an excellent reputation in healthcare IT, which is one of the reasons I’m looking forward to joining the business. I’m particularly excited about the opportunity to drive further growth built on excellent customer service, quality and ongoing product innovation to take Advanced to the next level."

Chase will continue to support Advanced in a transitionary role until the end of the financial year.

About Advanced Health & Care
Advanced Health & Care (Advanced) is a leading provider of IT management systems for adult and children’s community, mental health, hospice, home and residential care services, as well as urgent and unscheduled care and clinical call centres.

Advanced focuses on providing innovative mobile IT applications for community based care, supporting tens of thousands of care workers and clinicians with integrated phone, software and airtime solutions. Working with partners in the NHS, local government and the private sector, Advanced offers IT solutions in support of safe, efficient care delivery with integrated management information. Advanced's unique proposition is its range of integrated care solutions offering visibility of information for both the commissioner and care provider.

Advanced Health & Care is a division of Advanced Computer Software Group Limited, a leading supplier of software and IT services to the health, care and business services sectors.

In 2014, the Group won Tech Company of the Year in PwC’s UK Tech Awards. Advanced was also ranked in the Deloitte UK Fast 50, which recognises the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK and ranked in the top 300 technology companies in Deloitte's EMEA rankings.

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