Board of Directors
Penny McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Adam Reynolds
Non Executive Chairman
Nick Edwards
Chief Financial Officer
Neil Mesher
Non-executive Director
Lyn Rees
Non-executive Director
Lesley Innes
Non-Executive Director
Penny McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Penny is a skilled commercial professional with several years' leadership experience in the consumer women’s health medical device market. Prior to joining MyHealthChecked, Penny was Managing Director of BBI Healthcare, an £11.5m consumer healthcare business providing a branded healthcare portfolio into UK high street and multiple grocery retailers and on-line, and via global channel sales through a network of brand and OEM distributors. During that time Penny grew the business into a highly profitable entity through the restructuring of the commercial team and a global license deal with Bayer, the securing of the license and IP of a key women’s health portfolio, and the acquisition of the European manufacturing facility.
Her 12 year tenure at the BBI Group also included several years’ as Group Head of Marketing during which time Penny delivered a global marketing and integration strategy across the group's various entities, through a rapid pre and post-acquisition growth phase. Penny delivered strong financial growth, market impact, and developed skilled teams across OTC and B2B in highly competitive and margin-driven regulated markets.
Prior to joining BBI, Penny began her marketing career as a PR Manager at one of Wales' leading integrated agencies, followed by honing a specialism in FMCG within the licensed confectionery category, with a focus on growth within U.K. multiple grocery retailers. She holds an Honours degree in Journalism from Cardiff University.
Adam Reynolds
Non Executive Chairman
Former stockbroker with over 35 years’ experience within the UK financial services sector
Founded Hansard Group Plc which was admitted to trading on AIM in 2000
Currently a director of several AIM traded companies - non-executive director of EKF Diagnostics Holdings Plc, Optibiotix Plc and Premaitha Health Plc
Director of a number of private companies
Nick Edwards
Chief Financial Officer
Nick has over 20 years’ financial experience having worked across multiple industries and commercial organisations.
Prior to joining MyHealthChecked, Nick spent two years as Finance Director for Viscose Closures Limited, a manufacturer of Film and Cellulose tamper evident solutions and eight years as Group Financial controller and Analyst at BBI Group Holdings Ltd where he worked alongside MHC CEO, Penny McCormick.
Nick also has significant management and transactional experience, including financial leadership for BBI’s divestment from Alere Inc, and successfully securing important bank financing and Welsh Government funding for Viscose.
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Neil Mesher
Non-executive Director
Neil has more than 25 years of global experience within the healthcare and consumer electronics industries. Previously CEO of Philips for the UK and Ireland, he has recently been appointed Senior VP for Philips North West Europe, and is a member of the Philips European Leadership Team. He also Chairs the Board of the Association of British Healthtech Industries (ABHI) and is Co-Chair of the UK Government’s Health Technology Partnership, a body which aims to optimise the relationship between the health technology industrial sector and the wider UK health and care system, specifically the NHS.
Lyn Rees
Non-executive Director
Lyn was appointed as a non-executive director in November 2019. He is a seasoned executive in global healthcare and IVD markets.
Since Lyn joined Yourgene Health plc in 2018 he has been instrumental in the transformation of the business. He led the group through four acquisitions including Elucigene Diagnostics and Coastal Genomics and the fundraising to underpin those deals. Under Lyn’s leadership he has grown the business from £30 million to greater than £100 million market cap.
Prior to joining Yourgene, Lyn was Group CEO at British Biocell International (now BBI Group) for over 9 years Lyn has completed 7 acquisitions during his tenure at BBI Group, all of which have been successfully integrated. He founded BBI Detection and BBI Animal Health and has demonstrated a strong track record of organic and acquisitive growth. Before this role, he spent several years as the Managing Director and founder of BBI Healthcare in 2006 following the successful purchase of the GlucoGel product. He first began his business career as the European Marketing Manager at Shimano Europe BV. Lyn holds a degree in Business Studies from the University of Wales.
Lesley Innes
Non-Executive Director
Lesley joined the MyHealthChecked Board in April 2022.
Lesley is an experienced Chartered Accountant (FCA) who combines public and private company board experience with the technical skills gained at a senior level working at KPMG. Lesley has a significant track record of working within quoted public companies including Wilshaw PLC, Eckoh PLC, Symphony Telecoms Holdings PLC and more recently as non-executive director at REACT Group PLC where she also chaired the Audit Committee and acted as Company Secretary. Lesley also spent 14 years as Finance Director at Invigia Limited, a CRM software company specialising in customer complaints management primarily for the finance sector, managing the sale of the company for cash to the Equiniti group in October 2014