Henry Otto Brünjes
| Henry Otto Brünjes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
15 October 1954 Norwich, England |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
| Alma mater |
St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Guy’s Hospital Medical School |
| Occupation | Physician and Businessman |
| Known for | Founder of the Premier Medical Group |
Dr. Henry (Harry) Otto Brünjes FRSocMed (born 15 October 1954), physician and founder of the Premier Medical Group. He has been a fellow and governor of the Expert Witness Institute since 2002, a Fellow of the Woodard Corporation since 2004, a founding fellow of The College of Medicine (2009) and currently its vice-president. He was chairman of Rapid Trauma and Assessment (2000-06), the Personal Injury Forum of Bupa (2004-07) and Newmans Clinics (2011-). He was made chairman of the English National Opera in 2015.
Brünjes was born in Norwich on 15 October 1954 and grew up around Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. He is the son of Harry Brünjes of The Singing Scott Brothers; his mother was a teacher. His father was a headmaster at Alameda school. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, St Thomas's Hospital Medical School and Guy’s Hospital Medical School. During his university career Brünjes worked as a professional pianist and television actor but abandoned entertainment in order to concentrate on medicine.
Brünjes is married to the singer, dancer, choreographer and director Jacqueline Storey. They met while performing together at a show in Newquay. The couple have four children. Emma Brunjes, a prominent West End producer, is his daughter.
Brünjes and his wife live at Folkington Manor. The couple bought the historic house, a Grade II listed property, in 2010 and then carried out a multi-million pound restoration. The house was opened for public tours in 2014. Brünjes and his wife have restored numerous other properties including Ovingdean Grange.
Brünjes joined the Rottingdean practice in East Sussex in 1985. He became a senior partner after five years.
In 1995, Brünjes founded what would become Premier Medical Group after working in the NHS for 14 years. He founded Premier after noticing an increasingly large number of patients willing to pay for private healthcare. The practice started in a small office on Harley Street and toon one the name Premier Medical name in 1996. Brünjes started hiring additional doctors into is practice the same year. Premier continued to expand operations as sales grew. Speaking of the time Brünjes said, "It was a stretch financially. I took out loans with the banks and had my house on the line.” In 2003, Jason Powell, head of innovation for Bupa, joined Premier as CEO Brünjes worked with Powell to develop a strategy for further expansion through acquisitions instead of focusing on organic growth.
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