“From Banking to Bioscience: The Unlikely Evolution of Andrew Chancellor”
If you ask Andrew Chancellorto describe his career, he often smiles before answering. Not because he’s unsure where to begin, but because his professional path looks almost cinematic in its shifts: banking, international recruitment, and now regenerative medicine. They appear unrelated at first glance, yet the more Andrew talks, the clearer it becomes that his entire journey has been shaped by a single theme — people.
“I learned early on that dealing with people fairly and honestly is the foundation for anything worthwhile,” he says. Banking taught him discipline; recruitment taught him how people think and behave; bioscience taught him the responsibility that comes with working in an area that directly affects someone’s long-term health.
After starting his career in banking, Andrew Chancellor moved into the world of executive recruitment, where he spent many years building teams and leading divisions across the UK, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Recruitment became a defining chapter of his professional identity. “You cannot succeed in recruitment unless you learn how to assess people objectively, communicate well, and treat them with integrity,” he explains. “Those skills ended up bridging my entire career.”
His transition into bioscience happened less by design and more through a fortunate encounter: meeting Dr Stephen Ray, the scientist who would later become Wellbeing International’s Chief Scientific Officer. Despite coming from entirely different industries, the two formed an immediate and lasting working relationship. “We got on straight away,” Andrew says, “and we’ve never had a cross word in all the years we’ve worked together.”
That partnership pushed Andrew Chancellor into a scientific world he knew little about. Understanding regenerative medicine was the biggest challenge he faced. He responded in the only way he knows: reading extensively, asking questions, and immersing himself in research until he understood the details well enough to lead responsibly. “You can’t run a scientific organisation without understanding the science,” he says. “You owe that to your team and to the people you serve.”
Today Andrew leads Wellbeing International as CEO, overseeing a team that includes scientists, clinicians, and commercial specialists. One of the values he talks about most is compassion — and not in an abstract way. Compassion, for him, is a practical leadership tool. It shapes the organisation’s patient-selection process: “If we don’t believe someone will benefit, we say no,” he says. “It’s not always the easiest decision, but it is always the right one.”
Andrew Chancellor's personal wellness journey began around 2014 when he met his wife, who helped him become more intentional about how he eats and lives. He now avoids processed foods almost entirely, choosing simple meals built around meat and vegetables. He laughs about the fact that Marmite, something he enjoys daily, is technically classified as ultra-processed. “But it’s still good for you,” he says.
Wellness, for Andrew, is defined simply: looking after your inner self. That means caring for your organs, your energy systems, your long-term health — not through extremes, but through consistency.
Professionally, his focus is increasingly on healthspan — improving the quality of the years people live, not just the length of them. He believes this decade will see a shift toward regenerative approaches that use the body’s own biological material rather than relying solely on pharmaceuticals.
One of the biggest challenges Andrew Chancellor faces today is expanding into regions where regulations differ widely. Wellbeing International now operates across the US, Europe, and the Middle East, and each region views regenerative therapies through a different lens. His approach is to maintain one global internal standard that exceeds local requirements, then adapt regionally without compromising quality. “If you bend to each jurisdiction, you lose who you are,” he says.
Despite the seriousness of his work, Andrew maintains a grounded, human tone when discussing leadership. His formula is simple: work hard, understand the detail, build strong teams, and treat people well. Those principles have carried him through three industries.
And when asked the classic profile question — “Who would you most like to have lunch with?” — his answer is quick: Mark Wahlberg. “He’s serious about wellness and fitness,” Andrew Chancellor says. “And you never know — maybe someone on his team will read this.”