Medica Group Plc (‘Medica’ or the ‘Company’) announced that Dr. Junaid Bajwa will join the Board of Medica as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Clinical and Risk Committee on the April 1, 2021. Junaid is a highly skilled individual who brings a wealth of experience with him in his new role at Medica. Junaid is a practicing physician in the NHS and currently occupies the roles of Chief Medical Scientist at Microsoft Research, and as a Non-Executive Director at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He was previously the Global Lead for Strategic Alliances and Solutions for the Global Digital Centre of Excellence at Merck Sharp & Dohme (Merck & Co), where he helped shape their global digital strategy. Over the past 15 years, Junaid has worked across primary care, secondary care, and public health settings in addition to acting as a payer, and policy maker within the UK, where he specialised in informatics, digital transformation, and leadership.