Saghar Missaghian-Cully

Saghar Missaghian-Cully, MSc FIBMS CSci DBMS MBA FCMR CMgr
Managing Director, North West London Pathology

A highly accomplished executive leader with a remarkable career spanning over 24 years in the fields of healthcare and management. Her unique blend of scientific training as a Biomedical Scientist, coupled with her strategic and commercial acumen, has empowered her to effect transformative change, foster innovation and consistently deliver outstanding results. She holds a Master’s and Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science, further enhanced by an Executive MBA and Chartered Manager status demonstrating her commitment to continuous learning and her ability to unite scientific rigour with business acumen.

Renowned for creating award-winning organisational cultures that drive sustained excellence. Through her leadership, she has cultivated highly engaged, motivated teams by fostering an environment of visible, empowering and compassionate leadership, aligned with clear organisational purpose and values. Saghar emphasises building employee voice, embracing diversity of thinking and embedding continuous improvement and lean methodologies to enhance efficiency and performance.

Her approach to culture transformation is systematic and inclusive, incorporating stakeholder perspectives and focusing on staff engagement and skills development. This culture of collaboration and innovation has been key to her organisations winning multiple prestigious awards, including NHS leadership recognitions and national employee experience accolades. Saghar credits her success to developing a “dream team” environment where staff feel inspired and empowered to deliver outstanding healthcare services.

As Managing Director of North West London Pathology (NWLP)-one of the largest NHS pathology joint ventures-Saghar has led the organisation through a complex, large-scale transformation, ensuring the delivery of essential pathology services to millions. Her visionary leadership has earned NWLP multiple prestigious national and international awards in this area, solidifying its reputation as a leader in healthcare innovation and excellence.

Saghar’s achievements have been widely recognised: she was named Leader of the Year in 2024 and Minority Ethnic Leader of the Year in 2025.