Pets at Home Group plc has appointed Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald MBE as a new independent non-executive director.
A graduate of Glasgow University, Macdonald spent eight years as an NHS hospital physician before moving into the private sector where she spent 17 years at Bupa holding various roles, including managing director of Bupa Health and Wellbeing. She has chaired Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, since May 2020 and is also a board member of retirement living business Riverstone Living and chairs Voyage Care, a healthcare services company providing support for people with learning disabilities.
On her appointment to the Pets at Home board, taking effect from May 27, 2023, Macdonald will also become a member of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and the ESG Committee.
Pets at Home chairman Ian Burke said: “On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald MBE to Pets at Home Group plc. Natalie brings an exceptional level of strategic and operational healthcare experience, together with knowledge of complex consumer businesses at an executive and board level, skills which will be valuable as Pets at Home continues to build its consumer-centric, omnichannel, pet care platform.
“The directors and I look forward to Natalie joining our Board of Directors and completing our team.”
