Ed Jones

Ed is the CEO and co-founder of Newmarket Strategy, a leading independent adviser to the health and life sciences sector, specialising in market access and policy. A UK health policy expert, Ed previously worked in the UK government. He was the longest ever serving Special Adviser at the UK Department of Health & Social Care, serving as policy adviser to the Health Secretary from 2013-2018. In this time Ed worked under two Prime Ministers and completed Yale University’s System Leadership Programme for NHS leaders.

Ed then moved to the UK Foreign Office as Chief of Staff to the then Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt MP, before going back to the private sector and health consultancy in 2019. In 2020 he returned as a senior adviser at NHS England on its early response to COVID-19, including the NHS’s nationally commissioned support from independent healthcare providers.

Ed leads Newmarket’s growth ambitions, including through its investment by private equity firm, Baird Capital, in January 2025. He continues to advise numerous clients, including major private equity investors, international medical device companies and independent sector providers to the NHS.