Adrian Fawcett is Chief Executive Officer of General Healthcare Group, the leading provider of independent health care services throughout the UK and the UK’s largest private hospital company.
He also sits on the Board of the Department of Work & Pensions. Previously, Adrian was the Chief Operating Officer for Punch Taverns Plc. He joined Punch from Interbrew where he was Corporate Vice President of the Belgian brewer.
Prior to this, Adrian spent six years at Bass Brewers from 1996 to 2001, culminating in his position as Group Managing Director of Bass Brewers Operating Companies. Professional qualifications include BSc in Economics & an MBA.
Professor Duncan Empey FRCP, Group Medical Director
Duncan Empey is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and joined General Healthcare Group as Group Medical Director in 2008. Prior to that, he was Medical Director at Capio Healthcare from 2005 to 2007. Duncan is Honorary Consultant Physician to Barts and The London NHS Trust. He has held the post of Honorary Consultant Physician to King Edward VII’s Hospital, Sister Agnes, in London since 1995. He is also Foundation Professor and Dean of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Postgraduate Medical School, a post he has held since 2005. From 2003 to 2006, Duncan was a member of the British Thoracic Society Council, and a member of that society’s Professional Standards Committee.
Guy Blomfield, Group Strategy & Commercial Director
Guy Blomfield joined GHG in October 2007, coming from Oasis Healthcare plc. As Executive Director, Guy has been responsible for the implementation of a turnaround corporate strategy, including changing to a combined private and NHS service provision and a targeted new practice investment programme. Before joining Oasis, Guy held a number of Management Consultancy roles, ultimately as owner and Managing Director of Imcis Ltd, a specialist strategy consultancy with expertise in pubs, franchise operations, apparel and food retailing, with Marks and Spencer plc as a key client. He has an Honours degree in Accounting and Finance and an MSc in Corporate Finance.
Phil Wieland, Chief Financial Officer
Phil Wieland joined the General Healthcare Group as Group Financial Controller in April 2006 and was subsequently promoted to Chief Financial Officer in January 2007. He had previously been employed by BskyB, holding numerous senior finance positions including Supply Chain Finance Director and Group Financial Controller. Phil qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in 1998 and holds a first class honours degree from Leeds University.
Stephen Collier, General Counsel
Stephen Collier is a barrister employed in the field of health care, having previously been in practice at the Bar. Stephen has a graduate degree in law from University College London, and a Masters gained at the LSE. He worked as a corporate lawyer to the Group in the 1980s, and following the Group’s successful stock exchange listing in 1988 moved to Glasgow to become Executive Director of Ross Hall Hospital. Stephen followed that with a period of working across Europe being board member of hospitals in Sweden and Denmark in the 1990s, the central challenge of which was working within Sweden’s newly introduced ‘Patient Free Choice’ reforms. Stephen has since returned to a full time legal role, whilst continuing to maintain close links with operating businesses in the fields of both acute elective care, MRI joint ventures and assisted conception, where he is Chairman of CARE. He has been extensively involved in work in clinical governance, drawing on the combination of his operational experience and his legal background.
Catherine Ward, Human Resources Director
Catherine Ward has extensive experience within HR management and consultancy. Previous HR Director positions include roles at BAA, where she was HR Director for Heathrow Airport and managed the integration of Budapest Airport post acquisition, and the BBC, where she managed major restructuring initiatives. As a consultant she has worked for KPMG and for SHL as Consultancy Director, where she was responsible for the consultancy and training business, and has provided post merger consultancy support to several organisations. Catherine has a BSc in Biology and an MSc in Organisation Behaviour, both from the University of London, and qualified as a CIPD.
Belinda Moore, Group Marketing Director
Belinda Moore joined GHG in May 2007 from Britvic plc where she was Head of Marketing and Operations for the International division. Before joining Britvic, Belinda held a series of senior marketing roles in a number of leading FMCG and blue chip organisations including Whitbread plc, Thomson Travel Group, Gillette Company and International Distillers & Vintners. She also spent 6 years in pharmaceutical sales and marketing for the Wellcome Foundation.
Phil Pegler, Managing Director Hospital Development
Phil Pegler joined General Healthcare Group in October 2007.
In his current role, Managing Director - Hospital Development, he is responsible for commercial delivery of new initiatives across the group
Phil had previously been employed by Punch Taverns Plc, holding numerous senior operational roles. Phil holds an honours degree in Business Studies from Manchester and an MBA from Birmingham.
John Von Klemperer, Managing Director Hospital Operations
John von Klemperer joined General Healthcare Group (GHG) in September 2006 as Regional Director and was promoted to Managing Director - South Division in October 2008. In July 2009 he was appointed to his current role as Managing Director - Hospital Operations for the BMI Group.
Prior to joining GHG, John served in a similar position for Netcare Hospital Group in South Africa where he was employed for 16 years.
John completed the Executive Development Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in 1981.
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