The Board
Julian Baust
Chair
Julian Baust joined Quantum Care in April 2021 as the new Chair of the Board of Non-Executive Directors. Prior to taking early retirement in 2010, Julian was Chairman and Managing Director of Kodak Ltd. He has more than 30 years’ commercial experience of organisational transformation, redesign and performance management gained within product and service businesses. He has experience in sales, marketing, operations and general management. In addition to his role at Quantum Care.
Julian is also currently serving as Deputy-Chair at Cambridge and Peterborough NHS FT where he has been on the Board since 2013. In 2017 he joined the Board at Settle, a local Housing Association managing some 9500 homes throughout Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. Julian is also an independent committee member on the Governance and Nominations Committee at Diabetes UK.
Andrew May
Board Member
David Cox
Board Member
David joined the Board of Quantum Care in July 2022. David is currently the Group Marketing Director at Spire Healthcare, UK’s leading independent hospital group. He brings commercial marketing experience across a range of industries including Travel/Leisure, Transport, Financial Services, Retail, Property and Healthcare. He has managed multi-disciplined teams across insight, proposition development, digital, brand growth, sales, customer contact and customer experience.
David Norris
Board Member
Deborah Rennie
Board Member
Deborah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has worked in a variety of UK and international businesses with responsibility for operational HR and HR strategy. In addition, she has undertaken a variety of HR consulting roles focused on transformation projects, including in the not for profit sector.
Deborah’s initial insight of elderly care came from the needs and experience of close family members. She is delighted to have the opportunity to use her skills and experience to support Quantum Care as it continues to evolve to deliver its vital services to the elderly in the communities it serves.
Graham McClelland
Board Member
Graham McClelland is a qualified biologist, psychologist, pharmacologist, and Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Medicine. He is the former CEO of an Egyptian public limited company which carried out property development and healthcare management consulting; and he continues to be a Visiting Professor of Clinical Research in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Alexandria. He has had many years of international management experience within the pharmaceutical industry, and was the UK Head of Clinical Research for Roche.
Joan Elliott
Board Member
oan Elliott joined the Board of Quantum Care in July 2022. Joan has significant experience in health and social care, working at Bupa for over 25 years in its insurance and provision businesses. She held a number of senior finance positions including Finance Director of Bupa UK. Her most recent role was as Managing Director for Bupa Care Services, accountable for leading their care homes and retirement villages in the UK.
Joan is also a Board Trustee of Independent Age, a charity which supports older people facing financial hardship.
Joga Atwal
Board Member
Stephen Daniells Conroy
Board Member
Stephen lives in Hertfordshire and has had a long and successful career in the NHS. He has extensive NHS Board level leadership in primary, community and acute organisations. He has whole system experience having held senior roles in local government including a dually accountable position working across health and social care in central London responsible for contracting for home, residential and nursing care. He has also worked for two private sector organisations as a management consultant on programmes at national and local levels.
Stephen has worked effectively in operational management (including crisis management), strategic planning, service reconfiguration and transformation programmes and is enthusiastic about improving service integration. His last NHS role was as CEO of Bedford Hospital, managing a full range of acute and emergency services where he was focussed on delivering high quality services to local residents. He retired in 2020 following the successful formation of the Bedfordshire NHS Trust, a single organisation managing acute services across Bedfordshire.