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The Board provides leadership and direction to the business as a whole, having due regard to the views and interests of its stakeholders and the environment within which it operates.

Committee key:

A Audit Committee
E ESG Committee
N Nomination Committee
R Remuneration Committee
S Standing Committee
Chairman

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Steven Owen

Non-executive Chairman

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Steven Owen

Non-executive Chairman

Election to the Board - Steven Owen was appointed to the Board in January 2014, and following his election at the Annual General Meeting in April 2014 he took up the position of Chairman of the Audit Committee and Senior Independent Director. Steven was appointed Chairman in April 2018 and took over as Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Career - Steven embarked on his career with KPMG before moving into property with Brixton plc where he became Finance Director and subsequently Deputy Chief Executive. He is currently the Interim Executive Chairman of Palace Capital plc, a UK REIT that owns and manages a diversified portfolio of UK regional commercial property, and was CEO and Founding Partner of Wye Valley Partners LLP, a commercial real estate asset management business.

Skills, competence and experience - Steven combines his financial skills as a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience of investment and development in commercial property in a listed company environment, having spent 24 years at Brixton plc, then a listed FTSE 250 company. Steven is also a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Other listed directorships - Interim Executive Chairman of Palace Capital plc.

Non-executive - As Steven has now served on the Board for over nine years he is no longer regarded as independent under the Code.

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Harry Hyman

Chief Executive Officer

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Harry Hyman

Chief Executive Officer

Election to the Board - Harry Hyman founded the Company in 1996 and has served on the Board as Managing Director from that time. On completion of the internalisation on 5 January 2021, Harry Hyman was appointed as Chief Executive Officer.

Career - Harry graduated from Cambridge University and trained as a Chartered Accountant and Corporate Treasurer. He established the Company in 1996 and was the Managing Director of Nexus Tradeco Limited (“Nexus”), which until 5 January 2021 was the Adviser to PHP. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Skills, competence and experience - Harry has extensive experience in investing in the primary healthcare sector, having developed the Company’s business from inception over 20 years ago to its current position with an investment portfolio of over £2.6 billion. He also brings entrepreneurial flair to the Board having established a number of successful private companies.

Other listed directorships - Non-executive Chairman of Biopharma Credit Plc, an externally managed investment trust which invests in the fast-growing science industry, and of TMT Acquisition PLC, an acquisition shell company, both of which are listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Independent Non-executive - Not applicable

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Richard Howell

Chief Financial Officer

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Richard Howell

Chief Financial Officer

Election to the Board - Richard Howell was appointed to the Board from 31 March 2017, having joined Nexus on 13 March 2017 and, following completion of the internalisation of the advisory and management functions previously carried out by Nexus, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer.

Career - Richard is a Chartered Accountant and has over 20 years’ experience working with London-listed commercial property companies, gained principally with LondonMetric Property plc and Brixton plc. Richard was part of the senior management team that led the merger of Metric Property Investments plc and London & Stamford Property Plc in 2013 to create LondonMetric Property plc. In May 2022 he was appointed as a Non-executive Director at Life Science REIT plc, an AIM-listed externally managed real estate trust.

Skills, competence and experience - Richard has extensive finance experience, having previously held senior accounting positions within listed property companies operating across the UK. Whilst working for LondonMetric Property plc and Brixton plc, he has been involved in over £5 billion of property transactions.

Other listed directorships - Non-executive Director of Life Science REIT plc.

Independent Non-executive - Not applicable

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Ivonne Cantú

Independent Non-executive Director

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Ivonne Cantú

Independent Non-executive Director

Election to the Board - Ivonne was appointed to the Board from 1 January 2022.

Career - Ivonne has significant public company experience having spent over 20 years advising listed businesses. She is currently the Director of Investor Relations, Communications and Sustainability as well as a member of the Executive management team and the Sustainability Committee of Benchmark Holdings Limited, a biotechnology aquaculture company. She is also a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Creo Medical Group plc.

Skills, competence and experience - Prior to taking up her position at Benchmark Holdings Limited, Ivonne spent 13 years as a Senior Corporate Finance Adviser at Cenkos Securities plc, and prior to that seven years as an Investment Banker at Merrill Lynch. She has a degree in Engineering from the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Other listed directorships - Non-executive Director of Creo Medical Group plc.

Independent Non-executive - Yes

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Laure Duhot

Independent Non-executive Director

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Laure Duhot

Independent Non-executive Director

Election to the Board – Laure Duhot was appointed to the Board from 14 March 2019 following completion of the merger with MedicX Fund Limited, where she had also been a Non-executive Director. She is Chair of the ESG Committee.

Career – Laure started her career in the investment banking sector and has developed a focus on the property sector. She has held senior roles at Lehman Brothers, Macquarie Capital Partners, Sunrise Senior Living Inc., Grainger plc and Lendlease. She is a Non-executive Director of Safestore Holdings plc, NB Global Monthly Income Fund Limited and of Orpea S.A., a Paris-listed operator of retirement homes.

Skills, competence and experience – Laure brings over 30 years of senior executive level experience in the investment banking and property sectors, specialising in alternative real estate assets, and has been a Non-executive Director at a number of funds and property companies.

Other listed directorships – Non-executive Director of Safestore Holdings plc, Orpea S.A. and NB Global Monthly Income Fund Limited.

Independent Non-executive - Yes

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Ian Krieger

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

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Ian Krieger

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Election to the Board - Ian Krieger was elected a Director at the 2018 Annual General Meeting, having been appointed to the Board in February 2018, and is Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Career - Ian is a Chartered Accountant and was a Partner and Vice-Chair at Deloitte until his retirement in 2012. He is currently Senior Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of the audit committee at Safestore Holdings plc and is Senior Independent Non-executive Director at Capital & Regional plc, where he is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Skills, competence and experience - Ian qualified as and practised as a Chartered Accountant and brings a wealth of recent financial experience to the Board as well as his experience as Chairman of the audit committees of two other UK-listed companies in the property sector.

Other listed directorships - Non-executive Director of Safestore Holdings plc and Capital & Regional plc.

Independent Non-executive - Yes

Interim Report 2023

Board of Directors

Rent roll

Steven Owen

Steven Owen

Harry Hyman

Harry Hyman

Richard Howell

Richard Howell

Ivonne Cantú

Ivonne Cantú

Laure Duhot

Laure Duhot

Ian Krieger

Ian Krieger