Board Appointment

RNS Number : 6505Z

Assura Group Limited

23 July 2008

 



23 July 2008

Assura Group Limited ('Assura' or the 'Company')

Clare Hollingsworth joins Assura's Board of Directors

Assura, one of the leading health care companies in the UK, partnering with GPs to deliver high quality patient

care in the community, innovative property solutions and consumer responsive pharmacy services, today

announces that Clare Hollingsworth has been appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director. She

will replace Fred Porter who has announced his intention to stand down from the Board at and with effect from

the Company's 2008 Annual General Meeting on 6 August 2008.

Clare is the Non-Executive Deputy Chairman and former Chief Executive of Spire Healthcare Limited, the

Cinven vehicle which acquired BUPA Hospitals in 2007, and one of the leading private hospital providers in

the UK. Prior to that Clare was Managing Director of BUPA Hospitals from 1999 to 2007 and Managing Director

of Caledonian Airways between 1990 and 1997 which she was subsequently a Non-Executive Director of from

1997 to 1999. 

Clare is a member of the CBI Public Services Strategy Board and Healthcare Panel and has previously been a Member of the Secretary of State for Health's 'Sounding Board'; a Director of the Independent Healthcare Forum; and Chairman of The Independent Healthcare Association. 

She is a currently a Non-Executive Director of Spire Healthcare Ltd and USP Hospitales, a Spanish private hospitals group.

Commenting on the appointment, Assura's Chairman, Rodney Baker-Bates, said: 'We are delighted Clare has agreed to join the Assura Board. Her extensive experience in the health sector will be valuable to the long term growth of our business. We are pleased that she has accepted the position and look forward to working with her.'

No further information is required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority in relation to this appointment.

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Enquiries:

Richard Burrell/Louise Bathersby: Assura Group, 020 7107 3800

David Yates / Ben Atwell: Financial Dynamics, 020 7831 3113

 

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