Managing Directors


Steve Wiggins joined EWHV in March 2007. Mr. Wiggins was the founder and served 14 years as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Oxford Health Plans. Under his leadership, Oxford grew to over $5 billion of annual revenue and ranked among the 300 largest U.S. corporations.   He was also the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HealthMarket, Inc, an insurance company that gave birth to innovative Consumer Driven Health Plans and grew to over $150 million of revenue before being acquired by UICI in November 2004.  He co-founded Health Partners, Inc. in 1993, a physician practice management company that grew to $140 million of annual revenue before it was sold. He was also a principal co-Founder of Intelliclaim, Inc., which provided claim auditing and productivity software and services to over twenty health insurers before it was sold to McKesson and BenefitPort, LLC, a consolidation of health insurance general agencies.

Mr. Wiggins has also been an active private equity investor on his own and in partnership with private equity funds, typically originating transactions or organizing new businesses.   Mr. Wiggins serves on the Board of Directors for Touchstone Health, Ika Systems and Revolution Health.   Mr. Wiggins was also the founder, in 1978, and remains a Director of Accessible Space, Inc, a nonprofit organization that develops and operates residential facilities for individuals with mobility impairments and brain injuries.  Mr. Wiggins holds a Bachelor of Arts from Macalester College where he currently serves as a Trustee, and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

   
  MANAGING DIRECTORS 
 
James Currie
 
Ron Eastman
 
Jeff Himawan, PhD
 Guido Neels
 
Mark Pacala
 
Martin Sutter
 
Immanuel Thangaraj 
 
Petri Vainio, MD, PhD
 Steve Wiggins

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