Dr. Talia Varley, MD MPH

Growth Partner

Talia is a clinician leader and executive advisor at the intersection of business and healthcare, with responsibility for the strategic and day-to-day success of major corporate engagements. She is Physician Lead of Advisory Services at Cleveland Clinic based in Canada, holding P&L responsibility and advising cross-industry executives. She is a member of the Senior Leadership Team which includes developing annual strategic and financial planning, succession planning, setting of corporate policy, talent management, risk management as well as monitoring of corporate performance against business plans and KPIs.

Talia is also a Primary Care physician with subspecialty work in Addiction Medicine and Chronic Pain at the front lines of the opioid crisis. Her clinical interest areas include AI & health, women’s health, mental health, healthcare systems and management, and women & leadership development.

Talia’s unique management background combines the rigour of medicine with corporate training excellence of management consulting. She brings deep experience from McKinsey & Company across a broad spectrum of international corporate mandates including due diligence, corporate finance, operations, human resources & talent, enterprise strategy, organizational agility and digital transformation. Her work experience further includes ESG/sustainability, People Risk, executive resilience, corporate & community partnerships, DEI and governance models in organizations including Harvard Business School, University of Toronto, and SickKids Hospital.

She is a trusted advisor and board member across diverse sectors including healthcare, sustainability and private equity. Talia has a strong track record of C-Suite level advisory and is a recognized business thought leader with publications in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fortune, Globe and Mail, and the National Post.

Talia holds a Masters of Public Health from Harvard University, a MD & CCFP from McMaster University, and BSc from Western University.