Gerhard was born in Germany and spent his school and university years there.

After graduating, he spent 2 years working in financial services as a Financial Analyst for an international oil company. He married in Canada to his wife (Elizabeth) and they both decided to return to England.

Gerhard worked for a number of years in financial services as a Corporate Planner, Market Research Manager and Marketing Manager, after which he established an independent financial services firm. Due to an experience within his family, the impulse developed to establish a healthcare operation specifically aligned to treat people holistically, with the human being at the centre of the treatment process. Ultimately, the Raphael Hospital Group was born and has been growing and raising care standards for over 30 years.

Gerhard has also dedicated his legacy to developing healthcare clinics in Germany, with some 200 beds and a forward plan to develop further health establishments across Germany and Europe with the ultimate goal of creating a European healthcare company that can further develop his vision.

Gerhard is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and holds an honours degree in Business Administration and completed his PhD whilst simultaneously managing the Raphael Hospital’s development in the UK.

Elizabeth co-founded the Raphael Hospital Group over 35 years ago and has been instrumental in supporting the growth of both the hospital and its services. Initially being introduced to anthroposophy at the age of 15, Liz went on to study full-time for over 3 years before moving on to work in London and Canada. In her spare time, Liz undertook voluntary work with the Edith Cavell Society and attended lectures at Steiner House.

Liz continues to be actively involved and leads on the hospital’s hotel services. Her particular expertise is in creating therapeutic environments through the use of colour and natural material. Within the remit of hotel services, she oversees the estates team in maximising the therapeutic and holistic spaces, both within the hospital and across the site.

Other directorships include St Raphael’s Centre Limited and ABI Supported Living Ltd.

Tania joined the hospital in 2014 as PA to the Director. She has a wealth of administrative experience, particularly in the private medical field, having previously been Practice Manager for Private Psychiatry LLP.

Tania qualified as a Bilingual Secretary with a Private Secretary’s Certificate in 1982 and since then has fulfilled a variety of roles supporting colleagues at board/executive level. She currently has a varied and unique position at the Raphael and in addition to her duties as PA to Dr. Florschutz, she also manages the administrative department and acts as a liaison between all parties concerned with the care of our patients.

Pradeep has had a career in professional services and finance for over 23 years, at board level and with responsibility for finance and accounting in a range of sectors. Prior to joining the group in 2007, he had spent time working in Sri Lanka, Botswana, Thailand and the US.

Pradeep has responsibility for all financial matters including procurement, management/financial accounting and human resources across the group.

A Chartered Accountant since 1994, he holds a BSc (Hons) in Management obtained in Sri Lanka and an MBA read in the USA.

Dr. Anita Rose is currently the Consultant Neuropsychologist and Director of Therapies and also works as an independent Consultant across the globe. She has had a passionate interest in neuropsychology obtaining extensive experience in this field since 1998.

Anita is known as a Champion for Multiple Sclerosis and provides significant input into the field of multiple sclerosis via her clinical work, research, publications, booklets and consultancy to the MS Groups in the UK, as Vice Chair for the European Neuropsychology Special Interest Group in MS, and is the Vice Chair and Clinical Advisor to the MS Society in South Africa.

She is well known in the field of brain injury and has studied the area of brain injury and chronic neurological conditions and has published research and many self-help booklets. She also provides consultancy in this area. She has recently co-authored a book looking at late recovery from the vegetative state and is co-authoring a book about Locked-in Syndrome. She is working on a number of research projects including a revision of the Wessex Head Injury Matrix (WHIM).

Joining the Raphael in 1993, Vik started his career with the group as a Rehabilitation Assistant. Over the course of over 20 years, he has developed skill and experience in the management of nursing and was appointed to his current role as Director of Nursing in August 2015. Prior to this, he was Team Leader on our specialist neurobehavioural unit from 2001 to 2011 and Nurse Manager from 2011 to 2015.

Vik qualified as a Mental Health Nurse in 2001 and is now responsible for the group-wide nursing operations, professional development agenda and provides support to team leaders and clinical managers. He is responsible for the group’s incident reporting system and chairs the Patient Safety Committee.

Vik holds a Diploma in Nursing (Mental Health) and has over 15 years experience in the field of neurological rehabilitation.

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Jack joined the Raphael Hospital Group in August 2016. Prior to that, he held posts in both the Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust and Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. Before moving into health, Jack spent five years with the UKs largest bakery retailer in operations management and also spent three years in the voluntary sector leading on marketing and organisational development in Kent & London.

His professional interests include business/service development, marketing communications, governance, quality/performance and health commissioning.

Jack holds an FdA in Business, BSc (Hons) in Business Management and an MSc in International Business.

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