Executive Committee

Election to the Board - Mark Davies was appointed to the Board from the 2024 AGM.

Career – Mark was a Co-founder Director of NewRiver REIT plc (“NewRiver”) in 2009 and played an important role in taking NewRiver from IPO into the FTSE 250 Index in seven years. He was CFO of NewRiver for over twelve years and, alongside his role as CFO, was also CEO/Executive Chair of Hawthorn Leisure Limited (“Hawthorn”) for five years. Mark stood down from the board of NewRiver following the successful sale of Hawthorn in July 2021 to private equity at a premium price.

Skills, competence and experience - Mark has considerable capital markets, listed company leadership and entrepreneurial experience and was key to the successful Assura transaction.

PA: Amanda Thursby - 0203 8241 841
Email: Amanda.Thursby@phpgroup.co.uk

Election to the Board - Richard Howell was appointed to the Board from 31 March 2017. He was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in 2021 following completion of the internalisation of the advisory and management functions previously carried out by Nexus.

Career - Richard is a Chartered Accountant and has over 20 years’ experience working with London-listed commercial property companies, principally 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 investment trust.

Skills, competence and experience - Richard has extensive finance and accounting experience, having previously held senior accounting positions within listed property companies operating across the UK. This experience includes both equity and debt financing for the acquisition of Assura, together with implementing the Company’s hedging strategy. Richard has been responsible for arranging and negotiating lending arrangements for the Company and in previous roles with major UK banking and finance institutions and advisers, including at LondonMetric Property plc and Brixton plc, leading the finance teams in over £5 billion of property transactions.

Other listed directorships - Senior Independent Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Life Science REIT plc.

PA: Elizabeth Cox - 0203 8241 841
Email: Elizabeth.Cox@phpgroup.co.uk

Email: Richard.Howell@phpgroup.co.uk

Steven is Chief Investment Officer and is responsible for implementing the company's investment strategy across all healthcare markets, including delivering capital recycling initiatives.

He has extensive experience in the property sector. During his previous role as CIO at Atrato Group he negotiated and executed over £2 billion of property transactions.

Previously, Steven has held roles at Lloyds in origination and risk management, with a focus on commercial real estate. He also worked at KPMG where he qualified as a chartered accountant. Steven is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Sarah has significant board level experience, gained predominantly in the professional services and the life sciences sectors. She has held roles in FTSE companies such as Intertek plc and Spectris plc as well as private equity backed businesses, supporting buy and build strategies.

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) with a Masters in Strategic Human Resources, Sarah has broad generalist HR experience with particular skills in strategy, change management, leadership development and culture and engagement.