Leonid founded Candesic in 2002 and is its Managing Partner. Candesic specialises in healthcare and social care, conducting strategy projects for private and NHS organisations as well as providing commercial due diligence and M&A advice to private equity investors, charities, NHS Foundation Trusts, and corporates. Prior to founding Candesic, Leonid was a senior consultant at McKinsey & Company, London, working heavily in healthcare and technology. He has also consulted to Hewlett-Packard in medical imaging product development. Leonid’s entrepreneurial ventures include being COO of a $126 M software company and CEO of a telecommunications firm.