Management Team
Meet Allied Healthcare Group's Management Team.
Sandy Young, CEO
Sandy joined Allied Healthcare in January 2008 from Chubb Electronic Security, a division of United Technologies Corporation where he was Managing Director. Prior to working at Chubb, he worked for 27 years at Rentokil Initial, UK, a FTSE 100 international support services company, rising from branch management to Regional Managing Director for Northern Europe, where he was responsible for 16 businesses across the UK and Western Europe with annual sales of £330 million and a staff of 6,000.
Paul Weston, CFO
Paul joined Allied Healthcare in September 2004 as UK Finance Director and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer 4 years later. Prior to this Paul held a number of senior finance positions with SSL International plc, a global manufacturer and distributor of healthcare products and Fruit of the Loom, the $2 billion US textile manufacturer.
Paul qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Arthur Andersen.
Russell Baldwin, Operations Director – South
Russell was appointed Operations Director for the South Region in February 2008.
He began his career in 1984 with the Rentokil Initial Group and held a variety of senior management positions within a number of their support services businesses. In 2004 Russell briefly moved to Chubb Security Ltd as an Operations Director before becoming Managing Director of Sunlight Linen Services. At Allied Russell is responsible for branches in London, the East Midlands, Home Counties and Eastern England.
Stephen Bateman, Service Director
Before joining Allied Healthcare in 2003 Stephen was Head of Audit and Risk at both NHS Logistics and British Gas. He first qualified as an accountant and spent 11 years in strategic and operational roles within local government.
At Allied Stephen is responsible for Quality & Compliance, Training, Credit Control, Customer Services and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
Louise Cherry, Human Resources Director
Louise was appointed Human Resources Director in April 2008. She began her career in 1989 in Select Appointments plc and has since held a range of senior HR, training and development roles, most recently at the Lifestyle Services Group, formerly the Cauldwell Group.
Louise is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and is studying an LLM in Employment Law.
Helen Hodgson, Clinical Services Director
Helen has spent her entire career in the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industries, founding and, as Recruitment and Operations Director, growing Inventive solutions Ltd, a provider of recruitment and contract nursing solutions for the Pharmaceutical Industry and NHS. The business was successfully sold in 2008 and Helen was appointed as Clinical Services Director at Allied where she leads the Company’s Continuing Healthcare business.
Jayne Tarbuck, Business Improvement Director
As Business Improvement Director, Jayne is responsible for delivering business efficiency and increased and consistent customer satisfaction throughout the Company. She has a successful track record of sustained business improvement in global service businesses including ADT (a division of Tyco Inc) and Chubb Fire and Security, where she attained the equivalent of Six Sigma Master Black belt.
Jayne joined Allied Healthcare in 2008 from Chubb Fire, where she was Field Operations Director.
Mark Stanyer, IT Director
Prior to joining Allied Mark spent 5 years with the 4U Group, formerly the Cauldwell Group, in a number of executive IT roles including IT Director of the Insurance Division. He has extensive experience in implementing & maintaining IT systems within service and field-based operations.
Mark is responsible for the Group’s information technology and business systems across over 100 branches.