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Adam Saville

Chief Editor

With over 15 years experience as a journalist and editor within both the Consumer and B2B space, Adam leads the content strategy across Vitality audiences. He has won multiple awards while editor of Cover Magazine, including Protection Journalist at the HeadlinemoneyAwards (B2B) and twice named Protection Journalist of the Year at Protection Review.

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Vitality’s Director of Strategic Partnerships

Andy Philo

Director of Strategic Partnerships

With over 30 years experience in the intermediated protection insurance industry, Andy has held a number of roles at Vitality including Director of IFA Distribution and Director of Strategic Partnerships. Andy was recently named the Outstanding Protection and Health Leader at the 2025 COVER Customer Care Awards.

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Dr Arun Thiyagarajan

Arun Thiyagarajan

CEO - VitalityHealth

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Dr Ali Hasan

Chief Medical & Healthcare Officer, Vitality

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Dr Harpreet Sarna

Medical Director, Vitality

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Dr Katie Tryon

Chief Commercial Director, VitalityHealth

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Dr Keith Klintworth

Managing Director, VitalityHealth

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Dr Rishi Patel

Clinical Operations Director, Vitality

Rishi qualified as a doctor in 2012 and has experience working clinically in hospital and community settings, both in the UK and Australia. He also has an academic background having worked in international clinical trials and holds a MSc in Global Health and Epidemiology from Oxford University. Rishi worked as a public health doctor in the NHS between 2018 and 2021 and is currently the Clinical Operations Director at Vitality.

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Greg Levine

Greg Levine

Deputy CEO, Vitality

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Julie Botha

Head of Adviser Development, Vitality

Julie Botha is Head of Adviser Development at Vitality UK. As the driving force behind the Vitality Academy - a digital platform launched to support financial advisers in their professional growth - she is passionate about empowering advisers to deliver high quality advice. Her commitment is to support advisers in finding their own authentic style so they can build genuine confidence in their work and showing people that sales can be a force for good.

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Justin Garbutt

Director of IFA Distribution, Vitality

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Justin Taurog

CEO, VitalityLife

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Kim Jarvis

Tax and Trusts Technical Consultant, Vitality

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Lara Fascione

Lara Fascione

Adviser Operations Director

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Neville Koopowitz

Neville Koopowitz

CEO, Vitality

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Nick Telfer

Nick Telfer

Head of Protection Development

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Pippa Andrews

Pippa Andrews

Director of Corporate Business, Vitality

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Rob Harvey

Rob Harvey

Adviser Editor

Rob Harvey is an experienced industry specialist with more than fifteen years in the health and protection sector. As Adviser Editor and Content Manager at Vitality, he shapes content strategy for adviser and business audiences, drawing on a decade of hands‑on adviser experience and a strong track record in protection, health, and financial wellbeing communications. Before joining Vitality, Rob held senior roles including Head of Health & Protection at Drewberry and Protection Product Specialist at Protection Guru, building deep expertise across product development, adviser support, and consumer education. His earlier career spans roles in learning and development and frontline protection advice, giving him a holistic understanding of the industry and its clients.

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