Board of Directors

Graham graduated from Cardiff University with an honours degree in Physics in 1982. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1987 whilst working for a local firm of chartered accountants. After gaining substantial experience in the private sector, Graham joined SI in February 1999 as Financial Controller and was promoted in the same year to the Group Board as Finance Director and Company Secretary.

Appointed Joint Managing Director of Surgical Innovations Limited in 2000 and made sole Managing Director in 2008, Graham has been instrumental in building upon the Company’s reputation within the industry for innovation and in-house manufacturing. In 2010, Graham became Group Chief Executive Officer, continuing to build the Company’s strategy as well as representing the Leeds city region on its Innovation Panel reporting to the Leeds Enterprise Partnership.

Ray is a mechanical engineer by training and has qualifications from Buckingham Technical College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He has worked for Getz since 1966 where he has represented their business interests in the US, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. He is currently President of the Getz Group with interests throughout the Asia/Pacific region.

Ray has been a Non-executive Director since 1996 and was instrumental in securing investment from Getz prior to the reverse takeover of Haemocell plc in 1998. Ray is a member of both the SI’s Audit and Remuneration Committees and, with a wealth of experience in international distribution management, he provides invaluable input into many aspects of the Board’s activities.