Lorcan Woods

Commander
DISC Type : D

Treasurer (designate) at The Listening Place

Reigate, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Lorcan is an international finance leader, serving as a CFO, Chair, and Non-Executive Director across healthcare, social care, and private equity. A qualified accountant who studied Economics at Cambridge, he is described as being brilliant with both finance and people. His experience spans the UK, USA, and Australia.

Based in Surrey, Lorcan demonstrates a strong commitment to social causes. He is the incoming Treasurer for The Listening Place, a mental health charity, and actively supports an educational organization providing digitally-enabled learning to children across four African nations.

He has previously served as the sustainability lead for a major NHS Foundation Trust, championing active travel and green initiatives.

Personality Overview

Very Quick

Risk-Taker

Strong-Willed

They are not always relationship oriented.  They take a lot of pride in personal achievements. They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms.

Topics They Care About

Healthcare Leadership
Serves as Chair at First Community Health and Care and was formerly CFO of King's College Hospital, demonstrating extensive experience in guiding NHS and social care organizations.
AI in Healthcare
As a Board Advisor to SurgeryAI, he is involved in commercializing an AI scheduling tool to improve hospital theatre utilization and reduce patient waiting lists.
Social Impact
Holds a treasurer role at The Listening Place and actively promotes Rising Academies, an organization educating 260, 000 children in Africa.

Media Appearances

Our leadership - The Listening Place. Featured in The Listening Place (official website)

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Work History

3-2026
Treasurer (designate) at The Listening Place
12-2025 - 2-2026
Fractional COFO at Ancient + Brave | B Corp
10-2025
Non Executive Director at McAvoy
8-2025
Board Advisor at SurgeryAI
2-2025
Chair at First Community Health and Care

Education

1987 - 1990
Education details unavailable from University of Cambridge

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Exp : 29 Location : Reigate, England, United Kingdom Job Level : Senior Designation : Treasurer (designate) at The Listening Place
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Insights For Selling To Lorcan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Objectively showcase the impact that your product creates
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust

DONT's

  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person
  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Lorcan is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Lorcan

  • If they decide not to go ahead, they will say no without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Lorcan move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Lorcan take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Lorcan

Personality Compatibility


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