who we are

Helping people
live fuller lives.

Cortera unites market-leading specialist healthcare brands under one clinically-led platform — making expert care more accessible, more consistent and more effective for the patients, clinicians and partners who rely on it.

the group

The people setting the standard.

Leadership & Board

Managing Director - Ascenti Physio

Jacqui Dorney

Two decades scaling healthcare services businesses across the UK and Europe, with a track record of building boards that balance commercial ambition with clinical rigour.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Ian Thistlewood

Led the operational integration of multi-site healthcare groups, with particular focus on standardising quality while preserving each brand's distinct identity.

Managing Director - Six Physio

Eddie Smith

Brings institutional discipline to a founder-built sector, with deep experience reporting into private equity ownership and insurer-facing stakeholders.

Managing Director - Advo Health

Adam Jarvis

Built and scaled digital clinical pathways, including patient-facing apps, that reduce administrative waste without compromising care quality.

Chief Technology Officer

Thomas Hale

Built and scaled digital clinical pathways, including patient-facing apps, that reduce administrative waste without compromising care quality.

Our Vision
& Core Values

One cultural thread,
four distinct brands.

Every business in the Cortera group is run independently, but each is built on the same foundation. These four values are how we hold
each other to account — clinically, commercially
and culturally.

Pioneering

We look forward, embrace purposeful innovation, and drive technology enablement to shape what comes next in healthcare.
United

We work together as an integrated network, connecting clinicians, insurers, partners and patients across the group.
Caring

We are human-first, keeping clinical excellence and patient well-being at the core of every decision we make.
Dependable

We maintain calm authority, delivering consistent, safe outcomes for patients and partners at a national scale.

Built from specialists. Run as one.

Specialist healthcare is fragmented and hard to navigate. Cortera exists to change that.

Rather than launch a new brand, we brought together specialists with real track records — Ascenti's national physiotherapy scale, Six Physio's premium manual therapy, Advo Health's clinical breadth, and Reach's digital delivery.

Under one platform, those strengths compound. Shared governance, technology and standards let each brand do what it does best — while the group grows more resilient, better capitalised, and easier for insurers and partners to trust.

Foundation

Established specialists, independently proven

Each subsidiary brand built its own reputation for clinical quality long before joining the group.
Integration

One governance model, applied group-wide

A single clinical governance framework brings every business unit to the same standard of safety and compliance.
Technology

A shared platform for delivery and data

Digital pathways, including the Reach App, connect patients and clinicians more efficiently across every brand.
Today

A tech-enabled clinical network, at scale

Cortera now operates as a unified, investable platform built for long-term national growth.

How we operate

Our 3 core roles

Cortera doesn't deliver care directly — our operating businesses do. Our job is to make them stronger.

We empower those businesses with shared technology and tools, unite the wider healthcare ecosystem around a single point of trust, and uphold clinical excellence at scale.

Together, these three roles let us raise standards, join up expertise, and bring high-quality care to more people across the Group — without ever slowing the specialists down.

We enable

The Innovative Enabler

Optimising efficiencies using digital tools and processes – enabling our operating business units to focus on delivering high-quality care and meaningful outcomes.
We connect

The Connector

Acting as the trusted interface between corporate stakeholders, regulators, investors, strategic partners – and the Group's operating businesses.
We uphold

The Guardian of Standards

Establishing clear benchmarks for quality, safety, and governance, and supporting consistent standards of excellence across the Group.

Helping people
live fuller lives.