Appointment of Professor Clifford Shearman

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Spire Healthcare Group PLC

26 June 2020

 

Spire Healthcare Group plc

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

Appointment of Professor Clifford Shearman

26 June 2020

The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Clifford Shearman (Cliff) as an independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 October 2020. He will also join the Clinical Governance and Safety Committee from 1 January 2021.

This appointment increases the number of Board members with clinical experience to four, strengthening Spire Healthcare's clinical governance and reflecting our commitment to patient safety and clinical quality. Professor Shearman was a consultant vascular surgeon for 26 years and is currently Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Professor Shearman is a non-executive director at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Foundation Trust.

Garry Watts, Spire's Chairman, said:

"We are delighted that Cliff has agreed to join Spire's Board.  His experience as a consultant will bring particular insight into this key stakeholder group for Spire and make him a valuable addition to our Board."

Remuneration Committee

Jenny Kay, an independent Non-Executive Director, was appointed as a member of the Company's Remuneration Committee on 25 June 2020.

Enquiries:

Cora McCallum, Head of Investor Relations

Tel: [phone]

Notes:

(1)  Professor Clifford Shearman qualified from Guys Hospital Medical School London University and trained in vascular surgery in Birmingham.  He was appointed as a senior lecturer/consultant vascular surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham in 1990. In 1994 he moved to Southampton as a NHS Consultant Vascular Surgeon and in 1999 was appointed to the chair of Vascular Surgery at the University of Southampton.

Professor Shearman was Associate Medical Director for R and D in Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. He was on the Council and Chairman of the Training and Education Committee of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and President of the Society (2009-10). He was head of the Wessex Post Graduate School of Surgery (2007-2012) and Chair of the Vascular Specialist Advisory Committee (2012-2015).

(2)  It is confirmed that there are no further details to be disclosed pursuant to LR9.6.13R (1) to (6) and that Clifford Shearman does not currently hold any shares in the Company.

(3)  Following today's announcement, the members of Spire's Board of Directors are as follows:

Garry Watts - Chairman

Justin Ash - Chief Executive Officer

Jitesh Sodha - Chief Financial Officer

Adèle Anderson - independent Non-Executive Director

Martin Angle - Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director

Tony Bourne - independent Non-Executive Director

Professor Dame Janet Husband - independent Non-Executive Director

Jenny Kay- independent Non-Executive Director

Professor Clifford Shearman (from 1 October 2020)

Dr Ronnie van der Merwe - Non-Executive Director

Simon Rowlands - Non-Executive Director

(4)  Following today's announcement, the members of Spire's Remuneration Committee are as follows:

Tony Bourne - independent Non-Executive Director (chair)

Ad è le Anderson - independent Non-Executive Director

Martin Angle - Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director

Jenny Kay - independent Non-Executive Director

 

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