Board of Directors

Douglas Liversidge CBE

Non-executive Chairman

Doug (age 73 ) educated in Sheffield, graduated 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 during which, winning the Queen’s award to Industry for Export Achievement, twice the Cutlers Acclaim Award for Corporate Growth and, in 1991, Doug was awarded South Yorkshire Businessman of the Year.

Until recently he was Chairman of Yorkshire and Humber Medilink 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

Group Finance Director/Managing Director

Graham (age 48) graduated from Cardiff University with an honours degree in Physics in 1982. Working for a local firm of Chartered Accountants he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1987.

Deciding his acquired skills would be better employed in an industrial setting, Graham joined a software house in Harrogate. There he delivered significant returns for the owners but wished to gain experience of a larger company. In 1990 Graham moved to AGJ Holdings plc where, appointed director of an associate company, he was able to experience a taste of international business, appointing agents and distributors throughout the Middle East.

Due to a decline in the textiles industry Graham moved to Countrywide Leisure before joining Surgical Innovations in 1999 as Financial Controller but soon after he was promoted 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.

Colin Glass

Non-executive Director

Colin (age 66) 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 Surgical Innovations Audit Committee and a member of the Surgical Innovations 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 (age 66)is a mechanical engineer by training and has qualifications from Buckingham Technical College and 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 Surgical Innovations 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

Mike (age 67), a founder Director of Surgical Innovations Limited, became a 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 minimally invasive surgery. Professor McMahon also established the Leeds Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapy (LIMIT). His 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.