ASSEMBLED HEALTHCARE - Key Persons


Baljit Chohan

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Legal Director
Baljit is a highly experienced corporate lawyer. In a career of over 30 years, he has advised businesses from high growth start-ups to FTSE 100 (and international equivalent) in their M&A strategy and execution, fundraisings and joint ventures. In his career he has been a partner at international law firms Gowling WLG and Squire Patton Boggs where he headed corporate teams and was responsible for setting and executing strategy for cross-border initiatives, including India, and sector initiatives, including retail and leisure, technology, defence and advanced engineering. He has industry experience acting for his family retail and leisure business in its growth and disposal and being Head of Corporate at conglomerate The Rigby Group and continues to act as a Board Advisor to a number of growing businesses. He has particular expertise and experience in acting for high growth entrepreneurial businesses growing through acquisition, from start-up to maturity. He was the Firm representative at various leading initiatives to introduce start-up businesses to funding and has advised the associations of business incubators and United Kingdom Science Park Association.

Balkaran S. Hiran

Job Titles:
  • Founding Principal
Bal is an ambitious entrepreneur who values integrity, diligence and dedication in himself and all those that he works with. He has a background in sales and marketing and graduated with LLB (Hons) Bachelor of Laws from Glasgow Caledonian University. Bal has always held a close bond with his older relatives, with whom he holds to high esteem and love. This, along with the fact that his mother had worked as a social care worker in the 1990s, had given Bal the realisation that the importance of looking after our most vulnerable members of society, the elderly, is an endeavour that cannot be understated. Indeed, he knows that the quality of such service acts as the tool for how we measure our civilisation. Bal's late great-grandmother, who lived to see 95, would have shunned the idea of receiving care from a source other than her family. Bal endeavours to facilitate a care service that even his late relative, despite her obstinance, would have thought highly of and benefited from. Bal has identified a tremendous opportunity to consolidate the care sector through the acquiring and augmenting of care homes in order to become a major force in the care sector. As such, he has put together a team of highly experienced individuals. Though acquisitions are the means, the ends to those means are a better, consistent and transparent quality of care for the benefit of all stakeholders.

David Roberts - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Leader
David is a FCCA and MBA from Manchester Business School and has operated as CFO of Quoted PLC Companies in the Pharma, Engineering and Care sectors. He has delivered a number of major acquisitions and mergers for both Quoted PLCs and Private Equity organisations, across geographical borders and has become a specialist in delivering the synergies and growth benefits from such M&A activity. David is a natural leader and communicator and in addition to his technical skills, brings to the team a thorough understanding of the need to sustain an organisations core value through the M&A

Ian Coldrick

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Industry Expert
Healthcare executive with 32 years' experience in healthcare. Senior Executive and CEO with strategic leadership, operational management and consulting experience in turnaround, growth and business profitability. Currently CEO of Creative Care (East Midlands) Ltd, a residential care service for young adults with Autism and complex behavioural needs. Implemented a restructure, performance improvement with growth and outstanding CQC ratings. Previously, CEO of Sequence Care Group, a Learning Disabilities provider in London and the South East. Worked for the Priory Group as Hospital Director, then Operations Director of a region of 17 mental health hospitals, then Business Operations and Project Director within the healthcare division, implementing numerous group wide projects and some M&As. Commenced career in the NHS where he worked for 19 years, as an Orthoptist then in senior operational leadership positions in the Surgical Directorate of the Brighton NHS Trust including Ophthalmology, ENT, Oral Surgery and Orthopaedics.

John Flaherty

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Accounting Director
John Flaherty (FCA) has considerable experience in IFRS accounting and audit of Global Companies gained from a 40-year career, 25 of which were as a Senior Audit Partner, at EY London. John chaired the EY UK Board for several years and was on the UK Executive as Managing Partner Assurance for three years from 2007, with leadership responsibility for 2,500 staff. He has extensive experience of complex commercial matters and the application of IFRS. John is experienced in financial reporting and is a leader of UK statutory audits, dealing with commercial issues from all over the globe, including China, India, South

Mark Duffin - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Chairman
  • Chartered Engineer With an
Mark is a qualified Chartered Engineer with an MBA. He also has a Finance qualification from Cranfield and speaks four languages. He has extensive experience & leadership in business growth, with skills that include leadership in sales/operational management, restructuring, fund raising, increasing profitability, market share & leading teams with extensive cross-cultural experience to build shareholder value. He specialises in P&L Management, Board Management, M&A, Start-ups, Turnarounds, Private Equity & VC Funding, Negotiations, Financial & Business Modelling, Risk Management, Sales & Operations & Cash Management.

Paul Hooper-Keeley

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Finance Director
Paul is a commercially focused Chief Financial Officer/Group Finance Director with Private Equity, Turnaround, Restructuring & Refinancing, MBO/Sale, Acquisition & Disposal (and subsequent integration), Profitable Growth, Management & Statutory accounts preparation, Tax Strategy and compliance experience gained across numerous market sector businesses up to £400m turnover (both private & plc, UK GAAP & IFRS).

Paul TM Smith

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Industry Expert
Paul has 30 years of experience as a director or part of senior management across several of the UK's largest and most successful care groups, while also enjoying a brief sojourn consulting in the NHS and running his own freelance consulting concern. His portfolio includes: Director of operations to Renal health Ltd, Director of clinical excellence for Aspire Care LPP. Head of dementia care for HC-One, Caring homes, and RCH Care Homes. Director of operations and care development and nominated individual for the Prestige Group, Managing Director and nominated individual of MBi Social Care Limited and Qualia Care Limited and eleven years with European Care Group growing as the group did from three homes to being the 5th largest provider and culminating in Head of Dementia Developments. He has been majorly involved in high-profile service start-up, takeover (the rescue of Southern Cross), turnaround, rebranding, consolidation and has worked extensively within crisis resolution and service remodelling. He is an advanced practice nurse with 37 years of registered practice. Paul is also an author, public speaker, and researcher, having been involved in national research and standards-setting, playing a major role in implementing and coordinating 200+ care homes within the FITS program. Paul was Visiting Research Fellow (2008 - 2010) at the Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. He is a steering panel member of the Older Peoples Forum, Royal College of Nursing Older People, and member of the Nurses in Leadership Forum. Paul has presented extensively at national conferences and forums. He has authored and contributed to several books and articles, many of which have been published in international journals.

Yvonne Warrington

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Industry Expert
Yvonne's background is as a registered Social Worker and Practice educator, working with Salford University supporting the next generation of Social Workers. She currently runs her own Care consultancy Supporting providers with CQC matters and performance management including audit and inspection. Her exposure to many adult services includes nursing care, residential care homes, Domiciliary care, supported living and day services. She also holds a Board position with a Domiciliary care agency and is passionate about making a difference. As a Director of Quality and Governance for a luxury provider, she commissioned care homes from build to operations, developing governance systems, supporting corporate governance, risk management, home governance, CQC regulation and was the nominated individual with CQC. She has extensive experience of multisite operations including supporting 350 FSHC care homes compliance with CQC as Quality Audit Lead. She currently holds the following Diplomas in Quality Management: Risk Management - Emotional Intelligence - Mental Health - level 7 Strategic Management & Leadership - Social Work & Practice Teacher Social Work.