Spire Healthcare Group Plc
SPI:LN
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Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and eight clinics.
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Garry Watts
Non-Executive Chairman
Garry Watts, FCA, MBE, has been the Non-executive Chairman since June 2014, and prior to this he served as Executive Chairman upon joining Spire Healthcare in 2011. Prior to joining Spire Healthcare he was CEO of SSL International plc for seven years (and before that its CFO). SSL was a £2.5 billion international consumer healthcare brands company, which was acquired by Reckitt Benckiser in late 2010. Garry is also Chairman of BTG plc, and of Foxtons Group plc, deputy chairman of Stagecoach Group plc and a non-executive director of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. A chartered accountant and former partner at KPMG, Garry was previously an executive director of Celltech plc and of Medeva plc and a non-executive director of Protherics plc. Other roles have included 17 years as a member of the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Supervisory Board.
Rob Roger
Chief Executive Officer
Rob Roger has been CEO of Spire Healthcare since May 2011. Previously he was appointed CFO when Spire Healthcare was formed in 2007. Prior to joining Spire Healthcare Mr Roger spent 12 years with the Tussauds Group as CFO. During this time he also had responsibility for business development, was CEO (acting) in 2001/2002 and oversaw the opening of Madame Tussauds in six markets. He oversaw the sale of Tussauds Group to Merlin Entertainment in April 2007. Prior to this, Mr Roger was CFO of First Choice holidays and flights from 1995-1997, and was CFO of Pizza Hut in France from 1992-1995 overseeing the roll out of 150 sites across France. Mr Roger qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Simon Gordon
Chief Financial Officer
Simon Gordon joined Spire Healthcare in July 2011 having spent eight years as Group Finance Director of leading international health and fitness club business, Virgin Active. Prior to joining Virgin Active, Simon worked for KPMG on both audit and transaction advisory projects for both listed and private companies. Mr Gordon qualified as a chartered accountant with ICAEW.
John Gildersleeve
Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director
John Gildersleeve has been the Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director of Spire Healthcare since June 2014. He has been chairman of The British Land Company plc since January 2013, prior to which he served as a non‑executive director of British Land from September 2008 and as senior independent director from November 2010. John is also deputy chairman of Carphone Warehouse Group PLC and a non-executive director of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC. Until 2004, John was a director of Tesco plc. He was formerly chairman of New Look Retail Group Limited, EMI Group, Gallaher Group and Carphone Warehouse Group and was also a non‑executive director of Lloyds TSB Bank PLC and Vodafone Group.
Robert Lerwill
Independent Non-executive Director
Robert Lerwill is a chartered accountant and has been a Non-executive Director of the Group [and Audit Committee Chairman] since June 2014. He spent 13 years with Arthur Andersen and 10 at WPP as CFO. He then joined Cable & Wireless as CFO in 1996 and subsequently became deputy CEO and CEO of Cable & Wireless Regional, leaving in 2003. In 2000, Robert joined Aegis plc as a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee and then served as CEO of Aegis Group from 2005 to 2008. Robert also served as a non-executive director at Synergy Health plc from 2005 to 2012, becoming chairman of the board in 2010, and at British American Tobacco plc from 2005 to 2013, where he was also chair of the audit committee. Robert currently serves as a non-executive director of ITC Limited, a large Indian conglomerate and DJI (Holdings) plc. Robert has a BA degree from Nottingham University (industrial economics) and has also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Dame Janet Husband
Independent Non-executive Director
Dame Janet Husband has been a Non-executive Director of the Group since June 2014. She also currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Radiology at the Institute of Cancer Research and serves on the boards of Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Nuada Medical Group as a non-executive director. Prior to her appointment with the Group, she also served as a Specially Appointed Commissioner to the Royal Hospital Chelsea and chaired the National Cancer Research Institute in the UK. She obtained her education at Guy’s Hospital Medical School and was appointed as Professor of Diagnostic Radiology at the University of London, Institute of Cancer Research in addition to more than twenty years as a practising consultant radiologist.
Tony Bourne,
Independent Non-executive Director
Tony Bourne has been an Independent Non-executive Director since June 2014. He is currently a non-executive director at various companies including Barchester, one of the UK’s largest residential care home businesses, and Bioquell Plc, a London Stock Exchange-listed company with a leading position in bio-decontamination and in testing, regulatory and compliance services. Tony was chief executive of the British Medical Association for nine years until 2013. Prior to this he was in investment banking for over 25 years, including as a partner at Hawkpoint and as global head of the equities division and a member of the managing board of Paribas. Tony has also previously served as a non-executive director of Southern Housing Group, from 2004 to 2013, and Scope, which focuses on cerebral palsy and is one of the UK’s largest charities.
Simon Rowlands
Non-executive Director
Simon Rowlands has been a Non-executive Director since June 2014 and has served as a non-executive director of the Spire Healthcare Group since September 2012. His other current appointments include non-executive directorships at MD Medical Group and Avio. Simon is a Founding Partner of European private equity firm Cinven Partners which he joined in 1986. At Cinven, Simon established and led the healthcare team and was involved in a number of transactions including General Healthcare Group, Amicus and Partnerships in Care in the UK; USP in Spain; and Générale de Santé, Aprovia and MediMedia in France. In July 2012, Simon became Senior Adviser at Cinven. Prior to joining Cinven, Simon worked with an international consulting firm on multi-disciplinary engineering projects in the UK and southern Africa. He has an MBA in business, a BSc in engineering and is a chartered engineer.
Danie Meintjes
Non-executive director
Danie joined the Mediclinic Group in 1985 and was appointed as a director of the Company in 1996. He was seconded to Dubai in 2006 and subsequently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Healthcare in 2007. Mediclinic International is an international private hospital group (listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1986), and Danie was appointed its Chief Executive Officer in April 2010. Danie holds a Bachelor of Personnel Leadership from the University of the Free State (South Africa) and has also attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.
Danie Meintjes
Non-executive director
Danie joined the Mediclinic Group in 1985 and was appointed as a director of the Company in 1996. He was seconded to Dubai in 2006 and subsequently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Healthcare in 2007. Mediclinic International is an international private hospital group (listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1986), and Danie was appointed its Chief Executive Officer in April 2010. Danie holds a Bachelor of Personnel Leadership from the University of the Free State (South Africa) and has also attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.