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Richard Fairman
Chief Executive Officer
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Appointment to the Board
Richard was appointed as a Director in August 2018 and was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in October 2018, then as Chief Executive Officer in November 2019.
Career and experience
Richard spent six and a half years at the RAC Group, including as Chief Financial Officer from 2016. Prior to this, Richard qualified as a Chartered Accountant at EY, later working at PwC, following which Richard held roles including Finance Director of Virgin Money, CFO of Central Trust and Finance Director of Virgin Money Giving.
Ben Jacklin
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
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Appointment to the Board
Ben was appointed as a Director and Chief Operating Officer in November 2019, then as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in July 2023.
Career and experience
Ben is responsible for the leadership and management of our business operations, across all our territories. These include all our veterinary practices and our laboratories, crematoria, marketing and communication departments. Ben joined CVS in 2015 and, prior to his appointment to the Board in 2019, led the Veterinary Practice division across the CVS territories. Ben qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon from Cambridge University, and is a European College of Veterinary Surgeons and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons recognised specialist in equine surgery.
Robin Alfonso
Chief Financial Officer
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Appointment to the Board
Robin was appointed as a Director and Chief Financial Officer in November 2019.
Career and experience
Robin spent eight years at the RAC Group, initially as Group Financial Controller and then as Divisional Finance Director of its largest commercial division and profit centre, Consumer Roadside and Marketing. Prior to this, Robin qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PwC, following which he moved to Aviva where he performed a technical accounting role.
David Wilton
Non-Executive Director
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Appointment to the Board
David was appointed to the Board in September 2021.
Career and experience
David is a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 30 years’ post-qualification experience as a Chief Financial Officer, Non-Executive Director (NED), Chair and consultant after many years in corporate finance, primarily in mid-cap M&A with Rothschilds. David has held roles in both public and private equity backed companies including as CFO of Sumo Group plc, Group Finance Director of WYG plc and NED and Chair of the Audit Committee of Sweett Group plc. David was NED and subsequently Chair at Frontier Developments plc until November 2023. David is now also NED and Chair Designate at Gateley plc.
Committee membership
David is Chair of the Audit Committee, and is a member of all three Board Committees.
Deborah Kemp
Non-Executive Interim-Chair
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Appointment to the Board
Deborah was appointed to the Board in January 2018.
Career and experience
Deborah has held a variety of Chief Executive Officer roles in the consumer and hospitality sector, including as a FTSE 100 main board Director at Punch Taverns plc. Her career started at Bass plc as a Chartered Surveyor, subsequently holding key strategic roles in the evolution and growth of the Punch Taverns pub company. Following a period in private equity and a trade sale of Laurel Funerals, she is now a Director of Vennco Limited and a consultancy and interim specialist in the consumer-facing retail and hospitality sector, and assists multi-site businesses through growth, change and transformation.
Committee membership
Deborah is Chair of the Remuneration Committee. She is a member of all three Board Committees and is the Non-Executive Interim-Chair.
Joanne Shaw
Non-Executive Director
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Appointment to the Board
Joanne was appointed to the Board in July 2023.
Career and experience
Joanne Shaw has significant healthcare experience from her current roles as Trustee and Audit Committee Chair at Cancer Research UK, Chair at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and Deputy Chair at Vitality UK. She has held a number of previous non-executive roles over the past 17 years, including as non-executive director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at NHS England and the National Audit Office, Chair of NHS Direct, Non-executive Director at Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust and Chair of the British Equestrian Association. Joanne, a chartered accountant, was a former management consultant at Boston Consulting Group and has previous executive roles at the Medicines Partnership, the Audit Commission and Coopers and Lybrand.
Committee membership
Joanne is a member of all three Board Committees.
Richard Gray
Non-Executive Director
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Appointment to the Board
Richard was appointed to the Board in July 2020.
Career and experience
Richard is a career investment banker who has extensive capital markets and corporate finance experience. He is Chairman of CT Private Equity Trust PLC, a Non-Executive Director of Alpha Real Capital, Vice Chairman of Invescore Group and an Advisor to Zeus Capital. He has previously worked at Panmure Gordon. Lazard, Charterhouse and UBS.
Committee membership
Richard is Chair of the Nomination Committee, and is a member of all three Board Committees.
Scott Morrison
Group General Counsel & Legal Secretary
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Career and experience
Scott qualified as a solicitor in 1998, working at Eversheds for some years before moving into in-house roles. Initially at Kwik-Fit as Legal Director, before joining Craegmoor Group Limited (a healthcare business) as General Counsel and RAC Motoring Services where he had the role of General Counsel and Company Secretary.
Richard Fairman
Chief Executive Officer
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Appointment to the Board
Richard was appointed as a Director in August 2018 and was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in October 2018, then as Chief Executive Officer in November 2019.
Career and experience
Richard spent six and a half years at the RAC Group, including as Chief Financial Officer from 2016. Prior to this, Richard qualified as a Chartered Accountant at EY, later working at PwC, following which Richard held roles including Finance Director of Virgin Money, CFO of Central Trust and Finance Director of Virgin Money Giving.
Ben Jacklin
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
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Appointment to the Board
Ben was appointed as a Director and Chief Operating Officer in November 2019, then as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in July 2023.
Career and experience
Ben is responsible for the leadership and management of our business operations, across all our territories. These include all our veterinary practices and our laboratories, crematoria, marketing and communication departments. Ben joined CVS in 2015 and, prior to his appointment to the Board in 2019, led the Veterinary Practice division across the CVS territories. Ben qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon from Cambridge University, and is a European College of Veterinary Surgeons and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons recognised specialist in equine surgery.
Robin Alfonso
Chief Financial Officer
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Appointment to the Board
Robin was appointed as a Director and Chief Financial Officer in November 2019.
Career and experience
Robin spent eight years at the RAC Group, initially as Group Financial Controller and then as Divisional Finance Director of its largest commercial division and profit centre, Consumer Roadside and Marketing. Prior to this, Robin qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PwC, following which he moved to Aviva where he performed a technical accounting role.
Scott Morrison
Group General Counsel & Legal Secretary
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Career and experience
Scott qualified as a solicitor in 1998, working at Eversheds for some years before moving into in-house roles. Initially at Kwik-Fit as Legal Director, before joining Craegmoor Group Limited (a healthcare business) as General Counsel and RAC Motoring Services where he had the role of General Counsel and Company Secretary.
Charlotte Page
Head of Investor Relations
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Career and experience
Charlotte qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2016. Charlotte joined CVS in 2017 and has held various roles within the Finance team, more recently as Group Financial Controller alongside Head of Investor Relations.
Contact Details
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