Jonathan is CEO of Assura. He has vast experience in real estate and his commitment to developing strategic partnerships has recently led the company to its largest acquisition to date, a £500 million private hospital portfolio.
 
Jonathan is passionate about creating social and sustainable impact and has committed to Assura’s property portfolio becoming net zero carbon by 2040. 
 
Since joining Assura he has guided the business to become the first FTSE250 certified B Corporation as well as introducing the Assura Community Fund. Since 2020, the Fund has donated over £1.8 million to health improving projects and supported over 200,000 people. 
 
In addition to his role as CEO, Jonathan sits on the Advisory Board for the European Public Real Estate Association (“EPRA”) and is Chair of the Healthcare Committee for the British Property Federation. Jonathan also is Deputy Chair of the North West Business Leadership team.

Jayne is a CIMA qualified accountant, with skills including finance, debt strategy and risk management. She joined Assura from Morris Homes, one of the UK’s largest private national housing developers where she was the Finance Director for Operations, heading up the operational finance team across the Group and providing financial and strategic support as a member of the Board for each of the three operating regions.

Jayne was previously Director of Finance for the Continental Europe Division of European Metal Recycling Limited, one of the world’s largest metal recyclers, and before that held a number of other senior finance positions.

Steven is Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Assura and is responsible for implementing the company’s  investment strategy across all healthcare markets, including delivering capital recycling initiatives. 

He has extensive experience in the property sector and during his previous role at the Atrato Group negotiated and executed over £2.0 billion of property transactions. 

Prior to joining Assura, Steven spent nine years at Lloyds in origination and risk management with a focus on commercial real estate. He also worked at KPMG where he qualified as a chartered accountant.

Steven is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
 

Sarah joined Assura with significant board level experience gained predominantly in the Professional Services and the Life Sciences sectors.  She has held roles in FTSE companies such as Intertek plc and Spectris plc as well as Private Equity backed businesses, supporting buy and build strategies.
 
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) with a Masters in Strategic Human Resources, she has broad generalist HR experience with particular skills in strategy, change management, leadership development and culture and engagement.
 

Orla’s skills include corporate governance, and managing legal risk. She qualified as a solicitor with Eversheds Manchester and gained significant corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions experience working as a corporate lawyer for over 14 years.

Orla’s move in-house to Braemar Group plc, subsequently acquired by Brooks Macdonald plc, provided her with further property skills as she looked after the legal matters for its property management and property funds business.

She is a Chartered Secretary and an Associate of ICSA.

Owen, an ACA qualified accountant, started his career at Deloitte in Manchester, where he specialised in audits for public sector entities. Upon joining Assura in 2015, he brought with him knowledge from his tenure in the Professional Services sector, specifically in the listed audit markets.

His experience spans across areas such as financial strategy, compliance, risk assessment, and financial forecasting. In addition to his financial background, Owen holds a Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Bristol.

Rob joined Assura in 2020 following the acquisition of Apollo Capital Projects. Rob was Managing Director at Apollo and soon moved to become Development Team Manager at Assura. In his current role as Group Development Director, Rob oversees the development, sustainability and asset enhancement teams. 

He has over 20 years of experience in the NHS and Primary Care sector and has advised both the English and Welsh NHS on best practice design in primary care. Rob's focus is delivering world class sustainable health facilities for Assura.

Sian has recently joined Assura after 20 years at United Utilities, a regulated water company covering North West England. During the early part of her career, Sian held a variety of roles with a focus on scientific, technical, regulatory, strategic and business development disciplines before becoming their Head of Property in 2016. In this role she led a large operational team covering all elements of the property and land life cycle for UU’s significant portfolio including day to day operations, investment, maintenance, compliance, acquisitions and sales.

Sian studied chemistry at university and is a passionate STEM mentor with a focus on encouraging young people into scientific, technical and engineering careers.