Johann Niranjan Lyle Malawana[1] (born November 1979) is a British entrepreneur and former obstetrics doctor.

[3] In the same month, the then Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt announced a new junior doctor contract which reclassified "normal" hours for which they would not be paid a premium as between 7am and 10pm from Monday to Friday and 7am and 7pm on Saturdays and an increase in basic pay.

[6] The ballot result was announced in November and included over 37,000 junior doctors, of which 98% voted for strike action on a turnout of 76%.

[7][8] In the same month, Malawana was named by the Health Service Journal to be the 78th most influential person in the English NHS.

[13] Malawana was the BMA's lead negotiator and agreed the terms of a new contract in May 2016 which he recommended to union members to accept.

[18] Malawana left the obstetrics training programme in 2015 and founded technology company Medics.Academy, the following year after his resignation as chair of the BMA's Junior Doctors Committee, to improve training of the healthcare workforce, and later The Healthcare Leadership Academy to help students and young professionals in the field to develop their leadership skills.