Ahmed Binesmael joined the Health Foundation in January 2024 as a Senior Improvement Analyst focusing on major research projects centred around attitudes toward health technology and data, innovation, and adoption.

Prior to joining the Health Foundation, Ahmed was an Economic Analyst and Senior Policy Adviser at the British Medical Association (BMA). There, he developed costed policy proposals aimed at influencing government policies and lobbying for recognition of the affordability of doctor-led health policy initiatives, such as through modelling the cost of full pay restoration for doctors in England and the Devolved Nations. Ahmed’s research and analysis also contributed to developments in key priority policy areas, including in digital infrastructure, pensions, public health, general practice, and long-COVID.  

Ahmed has a background in economics and graduated from the University of York in 2018.