About Us

Building safer healthcare systems through education, innovation and workforce transformation.

Transforming Healthcare with evidence-backed solutions that build stronger systems and outcomes

We are a passionate team of professionals, including experienced clinicians, educators and healthcare experts united by a common goal: advancing the care delivery through clinical education and innovation.

Our diverse backgrounds and expertise support in developing exceptional education solutions to meet the evolving needs of the healthcare industry.

SHE Consulting team has been currently working with multiple organisations within India and internationally in the similar ecosystem.

We are able to offer a range of bespoke services to not only suit your needs but also your budget.

We believe that lasting improvement in healthcare comes through empowering people — from medical students to board-level executives — with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to deliver excellent care. Our approach is evidence-based, drawing on the Deming tradition, Toyota Production System, and Intermountain Healthcare principles, always adapted to the unique context of each organisation we serve.

SHE Consulting delivers consulting services that make a measurable difference to patient outcomes, professional development, and organisational performance.

Our Values

The principles that guide everything we do.

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Excellence

We strive for best-in-class outcomes in every project, drawing on evidence and experience to deliver the highest quality.

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Human Touch

We believe in engaging, compassionate consulting that respects the people and cultures within every organisation.

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Continuous Improvement

In the Deming tradition, we are committed to learning, adapting, and improving — for ourselves and our clients.

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Global Perspective

We bring international experience and cultural understanding to create solutions that work across borders.

Meet the Team

Our consultants bring decades of hands-on clinical, educational, and leadership experience.

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Prof Makani Purva

Executive Director

Consultant Anaesthetist, Former Chief Medical Officer (NHS)

Qualifications

  • MBBS, Madras Medical College
  • FFARCS (Ireland), Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
  • MBA, University of Leicester
  • MMed (Masters in Medical Education), University of Leeds
  • NHS Leadership Academy Award in Executive Leadership (2019)

Current Roles

  • Clinical Director, Collaborative of Acute Providers, Humber and North Yorkshire ICB
  • Consultant Anaesthetist, Hull University and Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Honorary Professor of Simulation, Hull York Medical School
  • Founder President, British Institute of Skills and Simulation in Healthcare, UK

Key Achievements

  • Chief Medical Officer, Hull University and Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (2018–2024)
  • President, Association of Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH), UK (2018–2021)
  • Founded Hull Institute of Learning and Simulation (HILS) — largest simulation centre in Yorkshire
  • Created the first UK national simulation standards, endorsed internationally
  • Advisor to the World Health Organisation on medical simulation development (2021)
  • HSJ Influential BAME Leaders Top 100 (2020)
  • NHS Leadership Award: National development champion for cultural transformation (2016)

Expertise

Prof Makani Purva is a senior clinician in the UK with 33 years' experience in the field of anaesthesia. She has 15 years' corporate experience working at senior leadership level in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. Working at Board level for five years as Chief Medical Officer at a large tertiary care NHS hospital, steering the organisation through a very difficult pandemic, Prof Purva brings significant experience of managing complex portfolios of clinical and corporate governance.

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Mrs Aarthi Rajendran

Executive Director — Engagement & Operations

Qualifications

  • Master of Computer Applications (MCA), India
  • MSc in Healthcare Leadership, University of Birmingham
  • PRINCE 2 Project Management
  • Quality Improvement, Gold Level Training, UK

Current Roles

  • Executive Director — Engagement & Operations, SHE Consulting

Expertise

Mrs Rajendran leads engagement and operations at SHE Consulting, ensuring seamless delivery of our consulting services across the UK and India.

A competent and dynamic healthcare strategic manager with over 16 years of experience in the NHS with a clear understanding of health policies, targets and quality metrics and a strong drive to bring innovation to healthcare. Passionate about leading and supporting services to deliver safe and effective care whilst incorporating a continuous improvement approach to clinical pathways bringing positive change.

Aarthi has extensive experience of deploying complex programmes of work within major NHS hospitals with optimal use of resources. With a critical understanding of patient flow, discharge pathways and community care, she focuses on individual needs and addressing unmet needs in the health ecosystem. As a transformational leader, she is keen to support organisations deliver effective programmes of change and improve care.

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Mr Makani Hemadri

Surgeon

Qualifications

  • FRCS Edinburgh
  • MBBS, University of Madras
  • MBA, University of Leicester
  • Advanced Training in Healthcare Delivery Improvement, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, USA
  • Top Manager Programme, Kings Fund, London, UK

Current Roles

  • Surgeon, NHS
  • Surgical Lead, National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA), in an NHS DGH

Key Achievements

  • Fellow, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (2009)
  • Leaders for Change Award, Health Foundation (2007)
  • 'Hidden Heroes of the NHS', British Medical Association (2006)
  • NHS Leadership Academy Ready Now programme (2014)
  • Fellow, University of Hull — co-designed and delivered masters-level programme in Healthcare Quality Improvement and Leadership
  • Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, NLaG NHS FT (2016�2019)
  • Improvement Fellow, Yorkshire & Humber Improvement Academy
  • Formerly Joint Secretary BAPIO

Expertise

Mr Hemadri brings professional QI and management training with experience designing and delivering university masters courses in QI and leadership, large-scale training programmes in clinical quality improvement, and internal consultancy on systems-level QI. His interests include implementing the concept of increasing clinical quality to optimise operational costs by teaching, setting up sustainable systems with bespoke healthcare-specific human factors and specialised leadership.

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Ms PV Saraswathy

Fellow, SHE Consulting

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Engineering - Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Current Roles

  • Fellow, SHE Consulting

Expertise

Ms Saraswathy is a Fellow at SHE Consulting, and at the front line contributing to our mission of delivering excellence in healthcare simulation, education, QI and leadership.

Her credentials include:

Silver Medal, National Skill Development Corporation, 2022

Worldskills Champion, Worldskills International, Bordeaux, 2022

Youth Icon Award, Government of Tamilnadu, 2023

We are proud to associate with...

ASPiH

Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare

JoHS

Journal of Healthcare Simulation

SRIHER

Chennai, India

SGTU

Gurugram, Haryana

BISSH

British Institute of Skills and Simulation in Healthcare

HILS

Hull Institute of Learning and Simulation

TN Apex Skill Development Healthcare

Cardiac Resuscitation in Schools Project

Symbiosis

JSS

Mysuru

CHAKRA

Centre for Health, Applied Knowledge and Research Autonomy

VASA

Vydehi Advanced Simulation Academy

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