Meet the Board

Simon Gerry is the former Chief Executive of an award-winning Higher Education charity and Managing Director of a commercial subsidiary.  Prior to his appointment as Chair of Synchronicity Care Limited (SCL), he had over two decades of senior leadership experience across healthcare, higher education and the charity sector.  Previous roles included: Non-Executive Director of an NHS Trust (where he was Chair of the Audit Committee); Lead Governor of an NHS Trust; and Charity Trustee.  Notably, he has also worked within the Ministry of Defence and Defence Logistics Organisation covering resource management, corporate governance, and estates and facilities management.  Other roles as Managing Director of a Property Maintenance company and Director of Support Services on a military base means he has significant experience working in the estates and property management fields.

Simon’s focus is on strategic leadership, collaboration and good governance, and to ensuring the company delivers an excellent, sustainable, patient focussed service to their NHS colleagues.

Steve spent the bulk of his career in the private sector working for major utility and aviation companies focusing on human resources, governance, and risk, ultimately working at Director level.

Steve now runs his own HR and change consultancy with a number of UK and European clients in a variety of sectors covering chemicals and processing, transport and logistics, media services, financial services, and higher education.

Steve is also a Non-Executive Director of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

Alison has over 39 years’ experience working in facilities management and became the Managing Director of Synchronicity Care Limited (SCL), 1 April 2017.  Alison’s primary role is to lead the Company and its workforce to ensure the successful delivery of the Company’s strategic aims and objectives.

Alison has been actively involved in a number of National work programmes aimed at improving Estates and Facilities Services over many years.

Rachel joined Synchronicity Care Limited (SCL) on 1 June 2020 as Director of Finance.  Rachel is a Chartered Accountant with 30 years’ experience working within the private and public sectors across a variety of roles, most recently a Finance Director for a social housing provider and a Senior Finance Manager for a large construction company.

Rachel is responsible for the finances of SCL and also oversees Procurement and PFI management.  Rachel provides leadership and advice on all financial matters including performance and contract management, budgetary control, and business cases.