NAIROBI, Kenya, January 17th, 2020 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- BroadReach Consulting, an innovative technology-driven entity, focused on developing global healthcare solutions with many projects in Africa, has announced that Chris LeGrand will take up the position of Global Group CEO as of 1 February 2020.
Chris has more than thirty years’ business experience in the public and private health and life sciences sectors in the USA and internationally. He has been instrumental in leading global mission-driven businesses in achieving positive social impact and sustainable business results.
‘This is a new and exciting era at BroadReach, and we are excited about taking the Group to the next level’, said Dr. John Sargent and Dr. Ernest Darkoh, BroadReach Co-Founders and Co-CEO’s since 2003. ‘Chris has a legacy of building strong leadership teams, successfully growing businesses, and is hugely respected within the industry. We are confident that he will lead our business to greater heights and penetrate new markets’.
Established in 2003, BroadReach has been engaged in several global projects that combine technology and intelligent data’ to improve healthcare services and delivery particularly within developing countries where such interventions are most needed.
To date, the BroadReach Group has evolved into three distinct businesses: BroadReach Healthcare – focused on implementing large scale health systems programs; BroadReach Consulting – a health solutions company focused on implementing technology and change consulting to transform clients’ outcomes for the populations they serve; using its proprietary Vantage software and the AI-powered data analytics platform BroadReach is able to turn data into insight and insights into action – consistently and at scale. To date BroadReach has worked in nearly 30 countries through both donor funded and life sciences client engagements.
‘I am honoured to be working with the founders – John and Ernest, to take their vision even further’ says Chris. ‘The intersection of artificial intelligence, data, technology coming together to advance human health is incredibly inspiring to me. I see huge growth potential across both developed and emerging economies, as we all strive to find meaningful ways to make universal health coverage a reality for everyone.’
John and Ernest will continue in their roles as Co-Founders and Board members working to grow the Group’s work and impact in existing and new markets, and on strategic and innovation projects.
Michael Weintraub, venerable digital health innovator and Chairman of the BroadReach board said that the time was now right to seize the opportunity of the 4th industrial revolution (4IR) and to transform the health and well-being of millions of people living in under-served communities. “We have a diverse client portfolio, world-leading technology, committed and passionate staff, supportive investors – and now we have Chris to lead us into this next chapter of the BroadReach story.”
Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of The BroadReach Group.
About Chris LeGrand
Chris has more than three decades of business experience in the healthcare, public health and life sciences sectors in the USA and internationally, leading global mission-driven businesses, where he forges the convergence of positive social impact and sustainable business results. Chris, most recently served as the President of DAI Global Health and prior to that as CEO of Futures Group, a position he held between 2008 and 2014.
He holds a Master of Science degree in Information Management from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematical Sciences from Clemson University.
Chris has been awarded multiple business leadership honours, including being named one of Business Leader Magazine’s top 100 Business Impact Leaders in the Research Triangle area. Chris is also an author, recently publishing ‘The Complete Business Leader: A Framework for Impact in Work and Life’.
About BroadReach
The BroadReach Group was founded in 2003 by Dr. John Sargent and Dr. Ernest Darkoh to bring innovation into health systems worldwide, that improves the health and well-being of populations in need. The Group has evolved into three distinct business: BroadReach Healthcare – focused on implementing large scale health systems programs; BroadReach Consulting – a health solutions company focused on implementing technology and change consulting to transform clients’ outcomes for the populations they serve; Vantage Technologies – the software development company that created Vantage, the AI-powered data analytics platform that turns data into insight and insight into action – consistently and at scale. To date BroadReach has worked in nearly 30 countries through both donor funded and life sciences client engagements.
For more information: https://www.broadreachcorporation.com/
About BroadReach in Africa
BroadReach Consulting is a certified implementing partner of Vantage Technologies. The company works with various partners in many African countries, including the PEPFAR-funded grant for USAIDS’s five-year epidemic control program in South Africa, called APACE (Accelerating Program Achievements to Control the Epidemic). The company has been actively engaged in a project in the Ugu District of Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) to assist in HIV epidemic control. Ugu has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world with 27% of the population HIV positive and as a result of the collective efforts of BroadReach, the Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Health and others, the Ugu District has achieved the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target ahead of the December 2020 deadline.
BroadReach Consulting’s headquarters are in Cape Town, South Africa.
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