Management Team

Board Members

Jan Flawn - Founding Chair

Our Chair is the typical example of a brilliant entrepreneur and clinician that was not prepared to play below her potential and had a dream that started of small with one specialised neurological care centre in Milton Keynes.

When Jan began to think about building a specialist neurological care centre back in 2000, she was driven by a simple concept of care, compassion and commitment and to provide the highest quality of care to vulnerable residents in a purpose-built environment.

Always at the helm, Jan ensures the PJ Care Philosophy and Quality of Care is maintained throughout all our neurological care centres and that our staff never lose sight of her standards and dream to provide this highly qualified care and support to the residents  with the full involvement of family and friends. Now, more than a decade later, she is delighted to see that our neurological care centres are flourishing, she is especially proud to see our staff effectively becoming part of the extended families of our residents.

Johann Van Zyl – Chief Executive Officer

Johann is PJ Care’s CEO. Originally from Tanzania, Johann brings to PJ Care over 25 years of experience in the international business arena, as a company executive, government lobbyist and advisor in the fields of finance, economic empowerment, management restructuring and project development for major national and international companies in Russia, India, South Africa, the UK, Ethiopia and Japan.
 
Johann supports and promotes the management philosophy amongst staff that a real leader does not need a title to lead, but have to lead by example. On a corporate level the vision for sustainable success for PJ Care is to stay focused on what the company does best, building on the foundation laid by the Chair and Founder of the company, Jan Flawn.

Neil Russell – Chief Operating Officer

Neil Russell is the Chief Operating Officer for the company. Before joining PJ Care Neil travelled the world as a diplomat in the British Foreign Office, gaining valuable experience as a negotiator and team leader. Neil has been involved with the company since its inception and over the years has served in a wide variety of roles developing new departments to keep up with the ever increasing demands of a growing business entity. Neil has the responsibility for all the Operational functions within the Group, ensuring that the care teams are fully supported and that our care centre environments are conducive to providing high quality care in a comfortable setting. Neil won the East of England Innovator of the Year award for his development and design of the Eagle Wood Care Centre in 2012.

Geoff Hiskett – Finance Director

The Finance department is headed up by our Finance Director Geoff who has over 30 years’ experience in strategic financial management working across a broad spectrum of industries including pharmaceutical, motor sports and travel. Geoff’s role is not only to manage all finance activities and compliance but also to deliver financial information to our management team in a way that empowers decision making, building a clear understanding of the financial outcomes of the business plan and strategy.

Dr Hannelie Fourie – Medical Director

Hannelie is a Consultant Psychiatrist with dual registration in General Adult Psychiatry and Old Age Pyschiatry. She trained in Medicine at Pretoria University in South Africa and did her postgraduate training at St George’s Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital in London. Hannelie has worked with PJ Care for many years offering neuropsychiatry treatment to our residents. She became Medical Director for PJ Care in 2012 with the responsibility of ensuring PJ Care meets the National Clinical Guidelines and supporting the company’s clinical managers and medical professionals to ensure optimum quality of care for our residents.

Angela Johnson – HR Director

Angela’s role as HR Director is to ensure that the most suitable people are recruited, trained, developed and motivated to provide quality care.  With over 25 years in HR and operational management in both the public and private sectors, Angela is dedicated to ensuring our staff feel valued and part of the PJ Care family and therefore share in the vision of ensuring our residents remain at the heart of everything we do.

Senior Management Team

Ginny Smith – General Manager (Quality and Compliance)

Ginny’s background is in Learning Disability and Mental Health nursing and she has over ten years’ experience in the operational management of clinical services with extensive experience in governance and clinical auditing. As General Manager for Quality and Compliance Ginny is committed to ensuring the highest clinical standards are met and the work PJ Care does is evidence-based, she is passionate about improving the experiences of the residents and their families and staff.

John Huntley – General Manager (Peterborough)

John brings to his position many years of experience managing healthcare services UK wide within the NHS and private sector. He joined PJ Care in 2011 as General Manager for Eagle Wood Neurological Care Centre, PJ Care’s specialist neurological centre in Peterborough and is responsible for the strategic and operational management of Eagle Wood. His aim is to manage and develop the facility, establishing it one of the leading specialist neurological providers in the East of England.

Sue Kingslea – General Manager (Milton Keynes)

Sue bring to the company many years’ experience within the NHS in the areas of practice development and general management . As an Executive Nurse she was responsible for Nursing, Quality, Infection Prevention and Control, Risk Management and Facilities. Sue joined us in 2012 as General Manager for Milton Keynes and is responsible for the strategic and operational management of our Bluebirds, Brunel and Oakley units as well as the Day Opportunities Centre situated in Mallard House.

Wendy Thompson - General Manager (Sales and Marketing)

Wendy joined PJ Care in 2013, bringing a wealth of experience from the NHS and private sector. Wendy is responsible for PJ Care’s Sales and Marketing strategy, ensuring that our clients and contacts have all the information they need to support them in their decisions, as well as making sure that PJ Care’s own team are well briefed to represent the Company’s aims and values.

Wendy is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Institute of Public Relations and Chartered Institute of Journalists and is a Fellow of the Institute of Digital and Direct Marketing.