Episode 28: Learning to lead – Chris Lee
Chris Lee, CEO of Summit Medical, has spent decades leading medical device businesses through some of the toughest conditions the industry has faced, from Brexit and COVID to supply chain disruption and regulatory change. But his path into MedTech leadership was anything but conventional.
Leaving school at 15, Chris spent years travelling and working a range of jobs, from cycle courier to furniture removals and the Royal Navy, describing his early career as “a series of gap years” shaped by curiosity and life experience rather than formal education.
His turning point came while working at…
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