Management team

David Austin

Director, Asset, Property and Facilities Management

David has worked alongside PHP since August 2016 and became responsible for managing the Asset Management team in 2019 following the merger with MedicX.

David is a Chartered Surveyor with over 20 years’ post qualification experience with Jones Lang LaSalle, Axa, LandSec and MWB.

PA: Elizabeth Cox - 0203 833 3347
Email: elizabeth.cox@phpgroup.co.uk

Email: david.austin@phpgroup.co.uk
 

David Bateman

Chief Investment Officer

David was appointed Investment Director in December 2016 and subsequently promoted to the Executive team in 2021 and became Chief Investment Officer in 2022. David is responsible for managing the investment team with significant input across investor presentations, strategy and development.

Over the last 20 years David has worked across all property sectors but with an increasing focus on operational-led property and with substantial expertise in sale and leaseback, development-led transactions and investments.

PA: Elizabeth Cox - 0203 833 3347
Email: elizabeth.cox@phpgroup.co.uk

Email: david.bateman@phpgroup.co.uk

Liam Cleary

Director, Commercial Finance and Financial Reporting

Liam joined following the merger with the MedicX Fund in 2019, and is now responsible for commercial finance and financial reporting. Liam is a Chartered Accountant who has over twelve years’ experience working in private and public companies. Before working on the MedicX Fund he worked at both PwC and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in the UK and Australia on capital market and merger & acquisition transactions.

Direct Dial: 0203 833 3351
Email: liam.cleary@phpgroup.co.uk

Tony Coke

Director, Primary Care Development

Tony is a Chartered Surveyor with 15 years’ experience in primary care development. Tony’s teams have delivered some 30 new premises across the South of the UK, with a particular focus on the South East and Greater London. Tony is conversant with all aspects of primary care premises development from the initial project brief right through to achieving practical completion on the premises.

PA: Elizabeth Cox - 0203 833 3347
Email: elizabeth.cox@phpgroup.co.uk

Email: tony.coke@phpgroup.co.uk

Oliver Goodman

Director, Rent Reviews and Valuation

Oliver joined following the merger with the MedicX Fund in 2019, and heads up the team responsible across the portfolio for negotiating and securing rent reviews, both when provided for under the terms of the lease and on asset management projects when the lease is re-geared. Oliver is a Chartered Surveyor and he has an in-depth understanding of the process of agreeing rent reviews with District Valuers in accordance with the detailed regulations that govern the reimbursement of rents on GP surgeries.

Direct dial: 0203 833 3386
Email: oliver.goodman@phpgroup.co.uk

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

PA: Elizabeth Cox - 0203 833 3347
Email: elizabeth.cox@phpgroup.co.uk

Email: richard.howell@phpgroup.co.uk

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

Toby Newman

Company Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Toby joined PHP at the start of 2023, having, since 2017, been General Counsel & Company Secretary at national independent hospital, gym and healthcare services provider Nuffield Health, where he led a multi-disciplinary team responsible for all legal matters across its businesses. Toby is a solicitor with 20 years’ experience, gained in private practice in the City specializing in M&A, capital markets and corporate governance, then focusing on the healthcare sector before moving in-house.

Direct dial: 0203 833 3343
Email: Toby.Newman@phpgroup.co.uk

Jesse Putzel

Director, ESG

Jesse joined PHP in January 2022 and has over 18 years' experience in environment and sustainability field within public and private sector.

Prior to joining PHP, Jesse was Head of Sustainability at BAM, a large European construction and property services enterprise. At BAM, Jesse spearheaded industry leading initiatives, helping the group to become one of the leading sustainable construction and property services businesses in Europe and has worked with leading clients to help deliver some of the most sustainable buildings in the UK.

Prior to BAM, Jesse worked in consultancy and for local government, leading projects and services focused on energy efficiency, climate action and sustainability strategy development.

Jesse has a wealth of experience and knowledge gained through both direct roles and industry collaboration on social and environmental sustainability issues. This includes net zero carbon, climate resilience, social value, circular economy, ethical and responsible supply chains, sustainable finance and sustainability benchmarking, measurement and reporting.

Jesse is a member of the Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment, Fellow of Royal Society of Arts and Cambridge Sustainable Finance course assessor.

Direct Dial: 0203 833 3381
Email: jesse.putzel@phpgroup.co.uk