Our board

Board skills and experience: Don has a strong track record in global financial services, international business and mergers and acquisitions. He has a deep understanding of technology, data and analytics and significant executive and non-executive listed board experience.

Career: He spent 18 years at the global financial data, analytics and technology group, Experian plc, where he latterly served as Chairman. Prior to that he was Group Chief Executive and CEO of its North American business. Don has served in a variety of senior roles including Chair of the US Consumer Data Industry Association, Senior Independent Director of Compass Group plc, and Chair of video games services company, Keywords Studios plc. He also served as a Technology Advisor to the Bank of England and was a Non-Executive Director of the Court of Directors of the Bank of England.

Other appointments: Chairman of London Stock Exchange Group, Founding Partner of Corten Capital, Chair of Council, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Non-Executive Director Validis Group Holdings Limited and FlexCharge, Visiting Fellow at Oxford University and Honorary Group Captain, Royal Air Force.

Board skills and experience: Iñaki joined Bupa in 2005 and, prior to his appointment as Group Chief Executive Officer, gained a deep knowledge of the business through roles as CEO of Sanitas and of the ELA Market Unit, putting him in a strong position of knowledge and experience.

Career: Prior to Bupa, he held senior positions at the Telefonica Group and Carrefour as well as founding an online start-up. Iñaki has a degree in law and an MBA from IESE Business School.

Other appointments: No external appointments.

Board skills and experience: James brings significant experience in financing, capital allocation and business transformation, including steering organisations through periods of substantial change.

Career: His previous roles included Chief Financial Officer of Hammerson plc, a FTSE 250 owner and manager of properties with a European portfolio, Chief Financial Officer of AIG's European Group, and Partner at EY.

Other appointments: No external appointments.

Board skills and experience: Cath brings valuable digital consumer expertise to the Bupa Board, with significant professional and leadership experience across retail, consumer, digital and technology sectors from small to large, listed businesses, and considerable experience chairing remuneration committees.

Career: She has previously held executive roles as Chief Marketing Officer at The Sage Group plc and Telefonica O2 Holdings Limited. Cath chaired Tesco Mobile Limited, Trustedhousesitters Group Limited and Ustwo Limited, a digital design and gaming  business and was a non-executive director of Royal Mail plc and Telefonica Europe. She has also been a non-executive director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Funding Circle Holdings plc, Home Retail Group plc and Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited, and a member of the remuneration committee while a non-executive director of The Sage Group plc.

Other appointments: Executive Chair of The Bike Club Limited.

Board skills and experience: Simon brings extensive international financial services experience from a career spent in the health care and financial services industries. His past governance experience includes non- executive directorships of three banks and three insurance companies across four countries.

Career: He has previously held a number of senior roles over ten years at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), including Group Executive, International Financial Services and Managing Director and CEO of Sovereign Assurance Company Limited. Before joining CBA, he was Chief Operating Officer of Medibank Private in Australia and CEO of Australia’s largest hospital group. He has also been CEO of two other large healthcare companies in New Zealand and Australia and previously held executive roles in both the World Bank and the IFC based in Washington DC. He was also a non-executive director for Bupa from 2016-2019.

Other appointments: Currently non-executive director of Bupa subsidiaries in Chile and Hong Kong.

Board skills and experience: Philip brings extensive international life sciences and financial services experience having worked in both senior executive and non-executive board roles in four FTSE100 listed companies.

Career: Previously he was Group Finance Director of Prudential plc from 2000 until 2008 and subsequently held the same position at Old Mutual plc from 2008 until 2014. He has served as Chairman of 100 Group of Finance Directors and as a member of the Code Committee of The Takeover Panel. He was a director of Legal & General Group plc from 2016 until 2025, chairing the audit committee for six years and serving for a time as Senior Independent Director. Prior to his board roles, Mr. Broadley began his career at Arthur Andersen in 1983, becoming a partner in 1993, where he specialised in auditing banks and insurance companies.

Other appointments: Chair of Lancashire Holdings Limited and Senior Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair at AstraZeneca PLC.

Board skills and experience: Paul provides health insurance expertise from his executive career, where he held various senior roles and been Group Chief Executive Officer of AXA's global Life, Savings and Health businesses.

Career: Previously he has held roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as Chairman of the Association of British Insurers and as a non-executive director of Swiss Re Europe SA and Swiss Re International SE.

Other appointments: Chair of Allianz Insurance, LV General Insurance and Petplan (collectively Allianz Holdings) and a member of the board of M&G plc. Within Bupa, he is a non-executive director of Bupa's UK regulated insurance subsidiaries and a member of the CEO Advisory Oversight Committee of the BGIUK Market Unit.

Board skills and experience: Mike has considerable knowledge and global experience of financial services and risk management, gained from his significant experience in the banking and insurance sectors around the world, both in an executive and non-executive capacity.

Career: Previously he has been a non-executive director of Macquarie Group, Aviva PLC, Westpac Banking Corporation and the ASX-listed Vicinity Centres Limited, Chairman of the Insurance Council of Australia, and CEO and managing director of Insurance of Australia Limited. He was also previously a director of Washington H Soul Pattinson Pty Company Ltd and Altium Limited. He was made a ‘Member of the Order of Australia’ for services to the community in 2010.

Other appointments: Non-executive director of Liberty Financial Group and chair of its audit and risk committee. Non-executive director of Allianz Australia and of a number of non-profit organisations, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. He is also a non-executive director and Deputy Chairman of Bupa’s Australia and New Zealand business and is a member of its audit, nomination, risk and technology committees.

Board skills and experience: Bruno brings in-depth knowledge of healthcare systems in different markets, with an operational understanding of healthcare services and more than 10 years’ experience on the boards of public listed companies.

Career: He has previously served as CEO of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2015-2022) and CEO of the Antwerp Hospital Network (2004 – 2015).  Prior to that he was a partner at McKinsey & Company, serving a wide range of healthcare clients in Europe and the United States and gained significant expertise in the areas of strategy, organisation and operations. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and an MD/PhD from the University of Leuven.

Other appointments: Investment Partner of the EQT Life Sciences Health Economics Funds and Visiting Professor of Health Innovation at the University of Oxford. Non-Executive Chair of Financière de Tubize, reference shareholder of UCB, a global biopharma company and Non-Executive Chair of Tristel plc, an AIM listed company providing innovative disinfection solutions to hospitals worldwide.

Board skills and experience: Tony brings extensive Australian and Asia-Pacific financial services experience, and finance and risk knowledge from his senior leadership roles at global professional services firm EY (formerly Ernst & Young), combined with client work at large Australian and global organisations.

Career: Previously he was a Partner and CEO of global professional services firm EY in Oceania and was a member of EY Asia Pacific and global leadership teams, a member of Champions of Change Coalition, Leadership Council on Cultural Diversity, Business Council of Australia Committees, Business Advisory Board of Monash Business School, and Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation.

Other appointments: Chairman of the board of Bupa ANZ, the subsidiary board which has oversight over Bupa’s businesses in Australia and New Zealand, and Non-Executive Director of Allianz Australia, Mercer Superannuation Australia, and E&P Financial Group. He is also a member of the Melbourne Cricket Club Committee, the Board of Management of the Melbourne Theatre Company and the Council of Monash University.

Board skills and experience: Gill brings significant executive and regulatory experience in the technology and media sectors having worked at Ofcom, Google, Channel 4 and the BBC. She is a Visiting Policy Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute focusing on global developments in AI safety, and is a Responsible AI advisory panel member to UK Government Digital Services.

Career: Gill was Group Director, Online Safety at Ofcom until late 2024 and Chair of the Global Online Safety Regulator Network for 2024. Before that, from 2021 to early 2023, she was Chief Executive of the Digital Regulators Forum, a collaboration between the UK’s largest regulators. Gill spent four years as a Senior Director at Google, leading Market Insights and Client Solutions & Analytics teams, after holding several digital strategy and data leadership roles at Channel 4 and the BBC. She began her career at Deloitte Consulting.  Gill's Board experience spans FTSE 50 companies, public bodies and sport. She has previously served as a Non-Executive Director of the Financial Ombudsman Service and Camelot (operator of the UK National Lottery).

Other appointments: Non-Executive Director at NatWest Group plc, Informa plc, the British Olympic Association, and was Chair of the Women’s Rugby World Cup (England) 2025.

Colin was appointed Group Company Secretary of Bupa in July 2019.

He was formerly Group Company Secretary at Old Mutual plc, the international financial services group, where he held senior corporate governance and legal roles for over eight years. Prior to that, he worked in the Group General Counsel's Office of Barclays plc and was a corporate lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills.