Our people

Derek founded Agincare in 1993 following the success of his four care homes in Dorset, and remains heavily involved in all aspects of the day-to-day management and development of the Group. He is a successful entrepreneur and brings his significant commercial and contract law experience and knowledge into the Senior Leadership Team. Derek is also a Chartered Director and Fellow with the Institute of Directors. Derek’s contribution to social care was recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Achievement Award at the prestigious Leaders In Care Awards.

Responsibility: Leading and managing the Board to implement the vision, mission and values across the Group, whilst meeting individual targets for each part of the organisation. Derek is also the shareholder across all companies and drives the local Castletown Regeneration Project and other associated local business interests.

Raina is a qualified social worker, with a Masters in Mental Health Services. She has worked in social care since 1989, both privately and in the Local Authority/NHS environment. Prior to joining Agincare in 2004, Raina was a (formerly CSCI) Regulatory Inspector with five years’ experience of registering and inspecting care homes and domiciliary care agencies.

Raina is closely involved with the Homecare Association and other national bodies in respect of lobbying for the social care sector. She was a Non-Exec Board Member of the Homecare Association for three years and is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors.

Responsibility: Raina is responsible for the overall implementation of strategy, management of external business relationships, robustness of operational management structures and future development and delivery of agreed expansion and diversification plans. She is the Nominated Individual for CQC registration and leads Agincare’s corporate regulatory relationships.

Raina is also Chair of the Portland Economic Vision Board, leading on a 15-year economic plan for the area, an Invest in Dorset Ambassador and Chair of Portland’s internationally renowned b-side festival.

Stephen has enjoyed a long and diverse career; first as an investment analyst for some of the world’s leading financial services groups and then as Chief Financial Officer for a series of high-growth businesses, across a variety of industry sectors. He has significant international experience and has worked for a number of sizable family businesses.

Before joining Agincare in April 2023, Stephen worked as the Chief Financial Officer of a large care home supply business

Responsibility: Reporting to the Group CEO as part of the Agincare Holdings Ltd senior team, Stephen is responsible for the strategic and operational functions of the Finance team.

Andrews possesses many years of leadership in senior roles across the health and social care sector, including in home care, extra care, live-in care and supported living as well as care and nursing homes.

Responsibility: As Group Chief Operating Officer – Care, Andrew is responsible for Agincare’s care and nursing Homes, domiciliary care, live-in care and supported living services.

Sarah has been a Director of Agincare for the past 15 years leading various parts of its operations in this time. Prior to this Sarah has many years of senior leadership experience in the charitable sector, concentrating mainly on urban regeneration, including projects to improve people’s health.

In addition to being an alumni of the Cranfield Business School, she has particular experience in change management, organisational development and customer-focused service design and delivery. Before joining Agincare Sarah was Chief Executive of a major regeneration programme in Bristol.

Responsibility: Group Director responsible for leading project-based work. Sarah reports directly to the Group CEO.

Dan is the Group HR and Organisational Development Director as part of the senior director team, reporting directly into the Group CEO. He is responsible for Training, strategic Quality and system learning, Human Resources and broad Organisational Development across Agincare; this includes leading the Agincare People Programme and Agincare International.

Dan joined Agincare in early 2017 as the Managing Director in our Live-in Care Service, leading a quality focused service development and growth in our live-in care and other services.

Dan has 25 years of director-level leadership experience in social care, policing, local government and in commercial business, built on the foundation of his early career as a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force. He has particular experience in strategic change management, cultural change, quality systems and programme management and has worked as a consultant supporting leadership teams in the public and private sector.

Lewys brings extensive leadership experience across the health and social care sector, with a career spanning mental health services, workforce transformation, estates, procurement, and business development.

Prior to joining Agincare, he spent seven years managing mental health hospitals, including eating disorder, psychiatric intensive care, and forensic services. He combines commercial acumen with strong operational credibility, having led complex, multi-site services across both health and social care.

Responsibility: Lewys is responsible for leading Agincare’s commercial strategy and delivery. His remit includes Estates & Facilities, Procurement, Legal, Bids & Business Growth, and Commercial Projects. Working closely with the Executive Team, he drives sustainable growth, innovation, and long-term value creation across the Group.

Adam has been employed by Agincare since 2008. He started his career in the health and social care sector as a Domestic Care Assistant in a care home specialising in mental health, where he gained his NVQ3.

Since then Adam has worked in a variety of Senior Manager and Director roles, gaining experience and knowledge managing teams and services within domiciliary, live-in care and other services, including head office, across Agincare. Prior to working within the care sector, Adam worked within the housing market, which gave him a particular experience in leadership, customer service, sales and marketing.

Responsibility: Sales and marketing play an increasing role in supporting operations and wider organisational development of Agincare. As one of the Chairman and Founder’s sons, Adam is involved in broader business matters, developing his knowledge and experience as a future significant shareholder.

Sarnjeet joined Agincare with over 20 years of experience in the health and social care sector. Sarnjeet brings vast skill and experience in senior management roles, leading and developing within organisations including national charities and large private sector companies after starting her career in support worker, service and area manager roles. Sarnjeet believes passionately in working in partnerships to deliver the best outcomes for those that Agincare Enable supports.

Responsibility: Sarnjeet is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the delivery and ongoing strategic development of Agincare Enable’s specialist services, as well as the launch of new service provision across the country. Agincare Enable delivers supported living for working age adults, who may have a learning disability, autistic spectrum condition, and physical disability, particularly where these presents in a complex way. Services include day support, community outreach, respite and supported living.

Luke has worked in Health & Social Care for over 15 years and has experience working with young people and older adults. He has many years of experience in senior leadership positions within the Social Care sector and was working as a business development consultant prior to joining Agincare in 2015. Luke is passionate about learning and development and is also a non-executive director of a national training provider.

Responsibility: Luke is responsible for the national delivery and development of our care and nursing homes provision. He reports directly to the Group Chief Operating Officer-Care.

Sam has many years of senior level leadership experience in social care, policing, learning and development and financial services. She has particular experience in strategic change management, cultural change and people development.

Before joining Agincare as the live-in care Operations Support Manager, Sam worked in policing, moving through roles leading the Governance unit, Learning and Development Unit then later within Territorial Policing. She led fundamental changes to learning and development across the organisation.

Since becoming Operations Director in February 2020, she has safely led the team through the challenges of service delivery across multiple locations during a worldwide pandemic, has built on successful partnerships with the NHS and local authorities whilst maintaining a strong focus on quality and leadership development.

Responsibility: Sam is responsible for Agincare Live-in Management Services and our nationwide home care provision. Care. Sam reports directly to the Group Chief Operating Officer-Care.

Before joining Agincare in October 2024, Toni served as Head of Services for a specialist care provider that operated residential care homes and education provision supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and learning disabilities

Having first trained as a teacher, she has spent her entire professional career working in services for children and young people in Education and Social Care settings both in the public and independent sector.

Toni will play an instrumental part in setting up Agincare Children’s Services – a non-profit company that will deliver high quality care services for children and younger people.

Responsibility: Toni is responsible for controlling and overseeing all operations, people, and activities for Agincare Children’s Services.