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RNS Number : 9366C  Spire Healthcare Group PLC  14 October 2022

Spire Healthcare Group plc

 

('Spire Healthcare', 'the Company' or 'the Group')

 

Changes to Board of Directors and committees

 

14 October 2022

 

Spire Healthcare Group plc (LSE: SPI), a leading independent hospital group in
the UK, today announces that, having completed a number of years of service,
Adèle Anderson, Tony Bourne and Simon Rowlands will step down from the Board
at the Company's annual general meeting in May 2023 and not seek re-election
by shareholders, and the appointment of three new Non-Executive Directors.

 

Non-Executive Director appointments

 

Paula Bobbett will join as an independent Non-Executive Director from 1
November 2022. Paula brings significant retail and digital commerce expertise
and is currently Chief Digital Officer at Boots UK where she is leading the
retailer's digital transformation. Prior to joining Boots in 2020, Paula held
senior roles at Dixons Carphone over seven years, latterly as Head of Online
Experience, and previously at Avon.

 

Debbie White will join as an independent Non-Executive Director from 1
February 2023. Debbie is a highly experienced PLC director and is currently
interim HR Director of BT Group Plc. She was the Chief Executive Officer of
Interserve Group from 2017 to December 2019 which she joined from Sodexo where
she held various executive roles including Global Chief Executive Officer of
Sodexo Healthcare and Sodexo Government.

 

Natalie Ceeney CBE will join as an independent Non-Executive Director on 1 May
2023. Natalie is a seasoned portfolio director with a large-scale general
management background and experience in digitisation, transformation and
regulation. She is a non-executive director of Anglian Water Services Limited,
Openreach, Ford Credit Europe and Liverpool Financial Services Ltd (LV=).
Natalie will become a member of the Remuneration Committee on appointment and
chair the committee from 12 May 2023.

 

The Company further confirms that:

·     Martin Angle will step down as Senior Independent Director from the
conclusion of the Company's annual general meeting next year and Debbie White
will assume the role. He will remain the Company's Deputy Chairman; and

·      Martin Angle will take over from Adèle Anderson as chair of the
Company's Audit and Risk Committee from 1 May 2023.  Adèle will remain a
member of the Audit and Risk Committee until she steps down from the Board.

 

Sir Ian Cheshire, Spire Healthcare's Non-Executive Chairman, said:

 

"We are delighted that Paula, Debbie and Natalie have agreed to join Spire's
Board. The breadth of their expertise and experience will be a highly valuable
addition to our Board and the Company.

 

"I would also like to thank Adèle, Tony and Simon for their considerable
contribution to Spire over a combined 20 years on the Board, and in the case
of Tony and Simon this has been since the Company listed in 2014."

 

For further information please contact:

 

 Spire Healthcare                                      +44 (0)20 7427 9000

Angus Prentice - Interim Head of Investor Relations

 Instinctif Partners                                   +44 (0)20 7457 2020

Damian Reece

Guy Scarborough

 

 

About Spire Healthcare

 

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United
Kingdom, with 39 private hospitals and eight clinics across England, Wales and
Scotland.

 

Working in partnership with around 8,150 experienced Consultants, Spire
Healthcare delivered tailored, personalised care to almost 870,000 in-patients
and daycase patients in 2021, and is the leading private provider, by volume,
of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom.

 

The Group's well-located and scalable hospitals have delivered successful and
award-winning clinical outcomes, positioning the Group well with patients,
Consultants, the NHS, GPs and Private Medical Insurance ("PMI") providers. 98%
of Spire Healthcare's inspected hospitals and clinics are rated 'Good' or
'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission ('CQC') or the equivalent in
Scotland and Wales.

 

Spire Healthcare treats patients through a variety of routes including PMI,
self-pay and the NHS, providing the Group with diversified access to the
expected growth opportunities in the UK healthcare market, which faces
significant supply challenges as a result of NHS budget constraints and
increasing demand from a growing population with longer life expectancy.

 

Notes:

 

(1)       Debbie White is currently a non-executive director of Howden Plc,
a director of PAVmed Inc (a multi-product medical device company which is
listed on the NASDAQ), a director of Lucid Diagnostics Inc (a subsidiary of
PAVmed, Inc and listed on the NASDAQ), and she is a trustee and chair of the
audit committee for the charity Wellbeing of Women. Debbie was the Chief
Executive Officer of Interserve Group until the end of December 2019 and prior
to this held various senior positions within Sodexo, including Global Chief
Executive Officer of Sodexo Healthcare and Sodexo Government, CFO in the UK
& Ireland, CFO of Sodexo Inc. (the North American subsidiary of Sodexo
SA), and later CEO for Sodexo UK & Ireland. Debbie started her career with
Arthur Andersen in the UK, before joining AstraZeneca where she held a range
of financial roles. She later became a director and subsequently an associate
partner at PwC Consulting where she worked across a number of sectors in a
global capacity.

 

(2)        Natalie Ceeney CBE is a non-executive director of Anglian
Water Services Limited, Openreach, Ford Credit Europe and Liverpool Financial
Services Ltd (LV=). Natalie has spent more than 20 years leading
organisational and digital transformation, firstly as a McKinsey & Company
consultant and then as an executive.  She has worked across a range of
sectors, both public and private, and has experience as a regulator as well as
a CEO. Natalie's executive career included chief executive roles at HM Courts
& Tribunals Service, the Financial Ombudsman Service, the National
Archives and as a member of HSBC's UK executive team.

 

(3)       It is confirmed that there are no further details to be disclosed
pursuant to LR9.6.13R (1) to (6) for Paula Bobbett, Debbie White and Natalie
Ceeney.

 

(4)        Spire Healthcare's next annual general meeting is currently
scheduled for 11 May 2023.

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