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Smith & Nephew PLC

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 44

  1. Anne-Francoise Nesmes 2020-2024 Director View profile
  2. Robert John White 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Charles Richard Kenneth Medlock 2020-2024 Director View profile
  4. Namal Sasrika Nawana 2018-2019 Director View profile
  5. Roland Daniel Diggelmann 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Angela Susan Risley 2017-2026 Director View profile
  7. Graham Timothy Baker 2017-2020 Director View profile
  8. Robin Anthony David Freestone 2015-2022 Director View profile
  9. Erik Engstrom 2015-2023 Director View profile
  10. Vinita Bali 2014-2020 Director View profile
  11. Roberto Quarta 2013-2023 Director View profile
  12. Michael Allen Friedman 2013-2019 Director View profile
  13. Julie Belita Brown 2013-2017 Director View profile
  14. Baroness Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley 2012-2021 Director View profile
  15. Ajay Gopikisan Piramal 2012-2014 Director View profile
  16. Olivier Jean Bohuon 2011-2018 Director View profile
  17. Ian Edward Barlow 2010-2019 Director View profile
  18. Prof Genevieve Bernadette Berger 2010-2012 Director View profile
  19. Joseph Papa 2008-2018 Director View profile
  20. Adrian Hennah 2006-2012 Director View profile
  21. David Illingworth 2006-2011 Director View profile
  22. Sir John Gordon St Clair Buchanan 2005-2014 Director View profile
  23. Brian Paul Larcombe 2002-2017 Director View profile
  24. Dr Pamela Josephine Kirby 2002-2014 Director View profile
  25. Richard Urbain De Schutter 2001-2014 Director View profile
  26. Warren Decatur Knowlton 2000-2010 Director View profile
  27. Dudley Graham Eustace 1999-2006 Director View profile
  28. Dr Rolf Wilhelm Heinrich Stomberg 1998-2012 Director View profile
  29. Sir Timothy Patrick Lankester 1996-2003 Director View profile
  30. Sir Anthony Brian Cleaver 1993-2002 Director View profile
  31. Sir Brian Gerald Pearse 1993-2002 Director View profile
  32. Sir Christopher John O'Donnell 1992-2007 Director View profile
  33. Michael Joseph Kiely 1992 Director View profile
  34. Dr Nancy Jane Lane 2000 Director View profile
  35. John Harris Robinson 1999 Director View profile
  36. Eric Kinder 1997 Director View profile
  37. Michael Alastair Fox Macpherson 1997 Director View profile
  38. Peter Hooley 2006 Director View profile
  39. Alan Richmond Fryer 2000 Director View profile
  40. Jack Roger Blair 1998 Director View profile
  41. Sir Francis Kennedy 1996 Director View profile
  42. Susan Margaret Swabey 2009-2022 Secretary View profile
  43. Paul Richard Chambers 2002-2009 Secretary View profile
  44. Michael George Parson 2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £156,937 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

About

Incorporated
17/02/1937

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Smith & Nephew PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

33 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

13 directors on the board

3.3y median 2.8y
average tenure
8.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (5)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 4Tech and media 3Business services 1Retail and trade 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00324357
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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