Directors' Biographies >
Executive Chairman:
Tom Charlton (aged 51)
Tom Charlton was appointed a non-executive director and subsequently Executive Chairman in September 2008. He was formerly a Managing director of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers; prior to which he was a Director of Mercury Asset Management Limited. He has been a major shareholder in the Company since shortly after demerger.
Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer:
David Hope (aged 32)
Mr Hope is a qualified Chartered Accountant who has spent a number of years in practice focussing on small and medium sized enterprises. Prior to joining Pinnacle in November 2006 Mr Hope was the Finance Director of Mint Partners Limited, a rapidly expanding Independent Agency Trading House.
Non-Executive Director:
John Hodges (aged 62)
John Hodges has been appointed to the role of Non-Executive Director. Mr Hodges has many years experience across a number of business industry sectors. He was the Group Finance Director and then Managing Director for Ryder PLC before joining AutoLogic Holdings PLC in 1997 as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee. In 2004 he acquired Acumen Logistics Group Limited, a UK logistics company, where he assumed the role of Chairman. Since acquisition revenues have grown significantly and a loss-making company at the time of acquisition is now producing profits at 10% of revenues.
Lynn Young (aged 61)
Lynn has been the Primary Health Care Adviser for the Royal College of Nursing since October 1990 before which she was a district nurse in West London.
During the last decade the major part of Lynn's work has focussed on the development of primary health care policy and practice within the context of health and social care reform. This work has included: the development of different Primary Healthcare organisations, advising on clinical governance, commissioning, nurse leadership in primary and public health, public and patient involvement, the prevention of coronary heart disease and nutrition and tobacco control. More recent work includes the development of the roles of Community Matrons, practice based commissioning, the future Primary Healthcare workforce, 'Commissioning a Patient - Led NHS' and , the White Paper - 'Our health, our care, our say'. At present much of Lynn's time is spent on Darzi Reform work and the provision of Primary Care in light of the recent drive to separate provider and commissioning functions. Lynn also continues to facilitate work following the Working in Partnership Programme which had 13 projects, two of which were the development of nursing and health care assistants in general practice. In November 2004 Lynn was awarded an Honorary Fellowship Royal College General Practitioners FRCGP (hons) and now has a seat on the RSM General Practice Council. Lynn is a trustee of the National Heart Forum, Acton Care Centre and, the registered charity Stand To Reason.