Our Teams
Natalie Macdonald
Chair
About Natalie
Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald joined the Voyage Care board as Chair in June 2022. She has over 30 years’ experience in health and social care. She is the Chair of Nuffield Health and Edison Young People and a non-executive director at Riverstone Living. She has previously been a non-executive director at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, the Private Health Information Network (PHIN) and a council member of Which?. In her executive career she was a physician in the NHS, head of Medical Ethics at the BMA, Managing Director of Bupa’s UK insurance and wellbeing division, CEO of children’s services business, Acorn Care and Education and CEO of Sunrise Senior Living.
Jayne Davey
Interim Chief Executive Officer
About Jayne
Jayne joined Voyage Care in 2013 as Director of Quality and Improvement. She took up the role of Chief Operating Officer in 2015, before becoming Interim Chief Executive Officer in spring 2024. Since 2005 she has held a number of senior positions both within the health and social care sector and for large corporate, quality led, service businesses. Jayne joined from Saga Healthcare where she was the director responsible for the quality, safety and governance functions along with other key support and customer-facing services.
Gregory Pestrak
Non-executive director
About Gregory
Gregory is a Managing Director at Wren House and a member of its Executive Committee, where his focus is on asset management across the portfolio. Gregory represents Wren House on the Board of London City Airport and of Associated British Ports. Prior to joining Wren House in July 2017, he was a Partner in KPMG’s Global Strategy Group based in the UK, where he was the infrastructure lead from 2009.
Philip Bownes
Non-executive director
About Philip
Philip is General Counsel at Wren House and is a member of its Executive Committee. Philip has been involved in all acquisitions and disposals carried out by Wren House since it was first established in 2013 and he is a member of the Board of a number of Wren House’s subsidiary companies. As a qualified solicitor, prior to joining Wren House in May 2014 he worked in private practice for Slaughter and May and White and Case.
Benedetto de Biasio
Non-executive director
About Benedetto
Benedetto is a senior member of the investment team at Wren House and focuses on origination and execution of global infrastructure investments particularly in the social infrastructure sector. Prior to joining Wren House in April 2014, Benedetto worked for Morgan Stanley’s investment banking division in London and New York, where his expertise was in Power & Utilities and infrastructure M&A, and in UBS's Securities Lending & Financing department based in Zurich.
Shaun Parker
Chief Financial Officer
About Shaun
Shaun is an experienced finance professional with over 20 years in Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer roles. During this time Shaun has worked for Mars Petcare in the UK and Germany, Diageo in the USA and UK, and CPP Group in the UK. Most recently Shaun was CFO of Tunstall Healthcare Group, the leading provider of alarm equipment and response solutions to support elderly and vulnerable people in their homes. Shaun has extensive experience of finance leadership in growing businesses as well as leading corporate transactions, including numerous refinancings, an IPO, and mergers and acquisitions.
Gabrielle Silver
Non-Executive Director
About Gabrielle
Dr Gabrielle Silver joined the Voyage Care board as Non-Executive Director in October 2022. A doctor by background, Gabrielle has worked in a number of global healthcare organisations. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Bioscript Group and Director of Opiant Pharmaceuticals. She has served as a non-executive director at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust since 2015. She has leadership experience in the healthcare sector across life sciences, medical technology, software development as well as healthcare services.
Dean Fathers
Chair of Quality Safety and Risk Committee
About Dean
Professor Dean Fathers has been the Independent Chair of the Quality Safety and Risk Committee since January 2023 and brings a wealth of business, academic and care system experience to the role. The former Chair of a Care Group and with over 20 years' experience chairing a variety of NHS organisations, Dean is also currently: Chair of the Midlands Engine Health Care and Life Science Board, a Non Executive Director of the Academy of Health Care Science (and Chair of their Life Science Industry Steering Group), a Non Executive Director of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (and Chair of the PHSO's Quality Committee), and a Non Executive Director of a variety of Healthtech, Caretech and Medtech commercial organisations. A Professor of Health and Care Leadership at the University of Nottingham, Dean is also a Trustee at Portland College and at the charity Care After Combat.