Carewatch announces new senior appointment 

National homecare provider recruits new Chief Finance Officer

Carewatch Care Services Ltd, the UK’s national provider of home-based care and support, continues to strengthen its senior management team with the appointment of Andy Stevens as Chief Finance Officer.

Andy will be responsible for the on-going development and management of relationships with key stakeholders and investors, which will be vital in ensuring that Carewatch can continue to deliver sustained growth in the home-based care and support market throughout the UK. His appointment comes just 6 months after Phil Pegler joined Carewatch as chief executive with a remit to advance its 150-strong branch network as a leader and innovator in assisted living services for older people and adults in need of specialist care.

Andy, who joins the main board, will be bringing with him particular experience in senior finance roles within nationwide networks and joins Carewatch having recently played a pivotal role at Nationwide Auto-centres which was acquired by Halfords plc to provide a broader service offering.

“Carewatch is a rapidly growing business and it is vital to have a strong and experienced management team in place to support this development. We are very pleased to welcome Andy to the business and wish him every success in the role.” said Carewatch chief executive Phil Pegler.

With the backing of mid-market growth investor Lyceum Capital, Carewatch is delivering a major consolidation strategy which includes supporting strategic acquisitions and operational investment.

About Carewatch

The national provider of local home care, Carewatch, has been delivering care and support services to people across the UK since 1993. The company was founded on the principle of setting the benchmark standard in the provision of the highest quality of care, staff and services and this has always remained the case. Today, Carewatch provides over 24,000 people of all ages with more than 200,000 hours of care and support services each week from more than 150 offices across the UK helping people maintain independence in their own homes.

Carewatch has vast experience in delivering local personalised services. The company ethos is recognised as personal, caring and supportive. Customers are able to retain their independence, dignity and security, in their own homes, from its care and support workers.

All our offices are registered with the government regulator for their particular country - in Wales the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW), in Scotland the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care/Scottish Care Commission (SCRC), and in England the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Please visit www.carewatch.co.uk for more information.