Speakers

Anchor operates 120 care homes, three retirement villages and eight domiciliary care services. Rob has built his experience in the social care sector over the past 23 years. He is an executive director of Anchor Hanover and he is also the nominated individual with the Care Quality Commission. He has been part of the senior leadership team at Anchor since 2013 and was previously the director of care quality. Rob also has experience over five years as a non-executive director and also as a board member with the National Care Forum since last December. One of his first roles in social care was as a registered manager in the Northwest of England. After leaving school, Rob served with 40 Regiment in the Royal Artillery for almost seven years. He has undertaken the top manager programme with The King’s Fund, which develops senior leaders within health and social care. Rob’s most recent achievements include acquiring Halcyon Care’s 11 care homes, paying the Living Wage Foundation rate for all Anchor employees and opening one of the first carbon neutral care homes in the UK.