Board of Directors

Providing an excellent network of experience and knowledge to grow the group, our Board of Directors are an impressive set of executives from across the business world.

Doug Liversidge CBE

Non-executive Chairman

Doug Liversidge CBE Doug was educated in Sheffield and graduated with a degree in Metallurgy in 1957. Employed for 21 years at British Steel, Doug attained the position of Chief Quality Manager.

After moving to G W Thornton as Managing Director and subsequently appointed Chief Executive, Doug guided the company through its flotation on the London Stock Exchange in March 1987 and was instrumental in the company winning numerous prestigious business awards including the Queen’s Award to Industry for Export Achievement and twice the Cutlers Acclaim Award for Corporate Growth. In 1991, Doug was awarded South Yorkshire Businessman of the Year.

Until recently he was Chairman of Medilink Yorkshire and Humber and proud to hold the office of Master Cutler in Hallamshire from 1998 to 1999. In 2000, Doug was appointed Chairman of the South Yorkshire Learning & Skills Council by Government Office, Leeds and awarded the CBE in the 2000 New Year’s Honours List for services to industry.

Graham Bowland

Chief Executive Officer

Graham Bowland 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.

Colin Glass

Non-executive Director

Colin Glass Colin is a Chartered Accountant and a partner in Winburn Glass Norfolk. He is a founder Director of Surgical Innovations Limited and was instrumental in securing early funding and in the reverse takeover of Haemocell plc in 1998, which resulted in the quotation of the Company on AIM.

Colin is a Non-executive Director of several companies, including Straight PLC and Getech Group PLC. He is the Chairman of SI’s Audit Committee and a member of SI’s Remuneration Committee. Using his expertise in financial and corporate advisory matters, Colin has built up a wide range of contacts from various industries and organisations which benefit the companies with which he is involved.

Ray Simkins

Non-executive Director

Ray Simkins 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.

Professor Mike McMahon

Non-executive Clinical Director

Professor Mike McMahon Mike, a founder Director of Surgical Innovations Limited, became Non-executive Clinical Director in October 2007, holds a Chair in Surgery at the University of Leeds and is Consultant Surgeon at the Nuffield Hospital, Leeds.

He is the immediate past President of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALS) and was recently a Royal College of Surgeons tutor in MIS. He also established the Leeds Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapy.

Mike’s past roles include President of the Pancreatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and Chairman of the Education Committee of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery.

Mike Thornton
Company Secretary

Mike is the newest addition to our team having joined in December 2010. In addition to acting as Company Secretary for PLC, Mike is Finance Director for our trading business. His vast experience of financialreporting, performance management, strategy implementation and business development will contribute to SI’s continuous growth plan over the coming years.

Mike has a first class honours degree from Sheffield University in Civil and Structural Engineering. He previously worked as an Audit Director at PwC, the global professional services firm. Throughout his 14 year career at PwC, Mike progressed quickly through the ranks and has worked at their offices in Leeds, London and Hull.

Mike has extensive experience across a range of industries with an emphasis on manufacturing and particular experience of the AIM regime and with a desire to innovate and a passion for inspiring success, he is sure to prove an exciting addition to the SI team.

Outside of work Mike's time is occupied by his two young daughters and he also enjoys cycling, golf and watching football and Formula 1.

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