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 and Chair of Ekco, 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: No external appointments.

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 chair of the board of Bupa’s subsidiary in Chile, Bupa Chile S.A.

Board skills and experience: Clare brings deep UK financial services expertise from former roles at M&G Plc, where she served as both Group CFO and latterly CEO, Retail and Savings, and as CEO, Insurance for Prudential UK and Europe.

Career: She started her career at PwC and has previously served as a non-executive director and audit committee chair of RSA Insurance Group plc, a board member of the Association of British Insurers and held senior roles at Aegon and Swiss Re Group.

Other appointments: Non-executive director and chair of the audit and risk committee of IVC Evidensia, a non-executive director of Legal and General Group Plc and Recipharm AB. Within Bupa, she is a non-executive director of Bupa's UK regulated insurance subsidiaries.

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 and Westpac Banking Corporation, 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 the ASX-listed Vicinity Centres Limited, 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, remuneration, risk and technology committees.

Board skills and experience: Matías brings significant experience of Spanish financial services, risk management and government to the Board.

Career: He has previously held roles in the Spanish civil service and as a Minister in the Spanish Government, and executive roles at Banco Santander S.A., including as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Vice Chairman and Head of Risk Management.

Other appointments: Chairman of Union de Creditos Inmobiliarios, S.A., E.F.C., a non-executive director of Financiera El Corte Ingles E.F.C., S.A., both credit institutions, and an independent director of Financiera Ponferrada S.A. Sicav, a Spanish investment fund. He is also Head of Santander Universities, a Department of Banco Santander, and in charge of Santander's Program with Universities. He is also chairman of Sanitas S.A. de Seguros, Bupa's Spanish health insurance business, a member of its audit and risk committees, and is a chair of the ELA Market Unit.

Board skills and experience: Melvin has substantial international research, clinical and management experience from his career in gastroenterology and as a hospital chief executive.

Career: He has previously held roles as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Executive of Radboud University Medical Center, and Chief Executive of Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. He has also been Vice-Chairman of the Dutch Federation of University Medical Centers, Chairman of the Dutch Gastroenterology Society, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Stockholm Care AB, a member of the Supervisory Board for TIAS School for Business and Society, as well as a senior advisor to Saudi Arabia and Sector Head of Health, Wellbeing and Biotech for NEOM in Saudi Arabia.

Other appointments: Chair of the Supervisory Board of Oncode Institute, Senior International Advisor to KPMG Advisory, and Professor at the Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands.

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.