Adam joined the Nuffield Trust in November 2010 from Humana Europe, where he led a team analysing costed acute data to identify potential issues for NHS commissioners. During his time at Humana he developed a strong understanding in commissioning of secondary care services, NHS Acute Data, National PbR Tariffs and PbR Rules for Acute Contracting and Invoice Validation.

Prior to Humana, Adam was responsible for the production of risk estimates of NHS organisations for the Care Quality Commission (and the former Healthcare Commission) to support the programme of targeted inspections. These estimates were generated by applying cutting edge methods to all relevant and available data sources, both quantitative and qualitative, to identify areas of possible concern for the commission to follow-up.

Adam graduated from Keele University in 2004 where he achieved a First Class Dual Honours Degree in Statistics and Economics. From here he joined the information department of Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust.