Dr. Paul Smith, Niche director of information and analytics. Paul is a highly skilled and motivated healthcare analytics and finance specialist, with over 16 years of experience in delivering complex quantitative and qualitative analysis. He also has several years of commercial experience in healthcare consultancy delivering high-level projects for public and private sector healthcare organisations, regulators, and government bodies. Prior to joining Niche, he held roles at the CQC, McKinsey and Company, The Nuffield Trust, and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.