John recently joined Sonderwell as Chief Executive Officer. Armed with an MSc in Healthcare Leadership and Management, John has forged a successful career in the healthcare industry where he has led organizations and thinking across public and private sectors across UK and beyond. John earned his stripes in NHS graduate management training scheme and then went on to lead large business units in the UK’s prestigious academic health science centres.  After a number of years in the public sector, John decided to apply his flair for innovation and strategy to the broader healthcare environment working across health insurance, social care and private sector health care. John is increasingly in demand as a speaker:  he taught on an Masters programme at Imperial and spoke at the IHI International Forum on Quality and Safety.  John holds qualifications from Oxford, Insead, Birmingham, Manchester and King’s College London.

David Cole joined Sonderwell as chair in July 2023. He has 40 years experience in the health and social care sector, having started his career as a qualified mental health nurse.   Prior to joining Sonderwell, David was CEO of Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, in which role he oversaw four successive record years for the business.  Previously,  David held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Cygnet Health Care, one of the UK's largest operators of specialist mental health services. After leaving the NHS, David also held various senior positions within the Priory Group. He was Chief Executive Officer of Castlebeck during its more successful years, guiding the company through a successful exit by HgCapital in 2006, and finally serving as Chairman up until 2008. David has chaired Choice Care Group, Lighthouse Healthcare and Glenside Care Group for UK private equity investors. He has also served on the Board of Frosunda, a specialist Swedish care operator.

Ian's role as Chief Operating Officer (COO) involves overseeing the day-to-day administrative and operational functions within Sonderwell, which includes working with the CEO and other executives to set the company’s strategy and direction, whilst ensuring that Sonderwell’s operations are running smoothly and efficiently. As COO he acts as the key communicator between different departments ensuring that the organisation’s operations align with its strategic goals. His role also includes financial oversight and leading and managing the wider team, ensuring  that the organisation continues to maintain high standards of quality care and continuous service improvement. Ian joined Sonderwell in January 2024 and brought with him significant operational experience across the care and retail sector, having brought growth, business transformation and operational excellence to each of his previous roles. He joined Sonderwell having most recently served as Managing Director of Manorcourt Homecare, (Part of the Healthcare Homes Group), and before that as Group Director of Live-in Care with City & County Healthcare Group. Before joining City and County he was Operations Director with MiHomecare and prior to this role, worked with Allied Healthcare as Care Delivery Director for the South of England. He entered the care sector, having spent 25 years working in multiple operational roles within British Homes Stores.

Alistair brings a wealth of experience and expertise in financial management, strategic planning, and operational excellence with a long track record as a successful CFO.

Jo's career began as a care assistant before she completed her nurse training in Manchester. On qualifying, she worked in Accident & Emergency, Gynaecology, Oncology and General Surgery before moving to an emerging nursing speciality in the community, within a Police Custody setting. As a new speciality there was great scope to improve services, by using quality improvement activities to innovate and develop. She then moved to managing a newly NHS England commissioned Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), transforming it from a police-led service to a CQC registered, Person-Centred and Trauma-Informed health service. This experience then allowed Jo to take on a national role, across several Adult and Paediatric services, to raise standards, share best practice, and embed a continuous quality improvement culture. Jo most recently was Director of Nursing over a portfolio of health services in SARCs, Police Custody and Secure settings, responsible for an effective clinical governance framework, leading on patient safety and experience as well as promoting workforce learning, development and wellbeing initiatives which underpin excellent outcomes for patients. She is  passionate about engaging, developing and empowering the team, promoting psychological safety so that everyone feels able to contribute to quality improvement by sharing their ideas and learning from incidents to ensure that people feel proud of the service we deliver.

Jane is skilled and experienced in project management and systems implementation and helps organisations deliver solutions that meet their needs and expectations. Jane has successfully completed projects across care settings, including care in the home, residential, end of life care, agencies, complex care and NHS.