Management team

Mark Davies

Chief Executive Officer

Election to the Board - Mark Davies has succeeded Harry Hyman as CEO of the Group at the conclusion of the April 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 Chairman 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 experience and over the last fourteen years has raised over £3 billion of equity and debt in public and private markets. 

Other listed directorships - Senior Independent Director of Palace Capital plc

PA: Amanda Thursby - 0203 833 3346
Email: Amanda.Thursby@phpgroup.co.uk

Email: Mark.Davies@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 - Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit
Chair 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

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

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

David Austin

Director, Asset, Property and Facilities Management

David has worked in the PHP business since August 2016 and was appointed to head up the asset management team in 2019 following the merger with the MedicX Fund. David now leads the recently combined asset, property and facilities management teams, driving forward PHP’s rolling site investment and management programmes, and was promoted to the Executive Committee during 2023. David is a Chartered Surveyor with over 20 years’ post qualified
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
 

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

Tony Coke

Director, 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

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