Julie Mercer, former commercial director of Jigsaw Medical, has been appointed as the firm’s new managing director.
A former nurse and operational director at NHS Professionals, Mercer was responsible for the design, set-up and implementation of the current NHSP organisation commissioned by the Department of Health and now the largest in-house national temporary staff provider to the NHS.
Prior to joining Jigsaw, she also worked in the private sector on the successful completion of a major M&A project comprising of five individual acquisition targets and subsequent re-engineering of the business model. This resulted in the growth of group turnover by £250m and an increase in headcount of over 1,000 permanent staff.
Mercer will be responsible for the operational delivery and day-to-day management of the company with chief executive, Chris Percival, focusing on strategically driving the group into new areas.
The appointment comes after a successful year for Jigsaw Medical, which has seen the company significantly exceed its original growth targets.
Percival said: "With the business growing so quickly across its three divisions, the appointment of Julie as managing director is a critical move to continue this growth and continued commitment to patient-centered services.”