Simon McCall

Simon McCall is Chairman of Barchester’s Charitable Foundation and Commercial Director of Barchester Healthcare. Simon joined Barchester in February 2020 and is responsible for the building of new care homes and Barchester’s change and acquisition programmes.

Simon previously spent 15 years as a Business Consultant, working with CEOs and their teams to transform and grow their businesses.  He has worked in Healthcare, Consumer and Digital businesses with an emphasis on performance improvement and digitisation. Simon originally trained as an Engineer and initially worked in industry, focused on growing and acquiring businesses across Europe.

Simon has been an active fundraiser for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation, forming part of the core team in the Tour de Barchester cycle race for two consecutive years. The 2023 tour covered 276 miles of Barchester’s South Division stopping at 15 care homes to raise vital funds to continue the good work of the Foundation.

Simon is passionate about the Foundation’s work, he says: “The Foundation paid out its first grant in 2003 and since then it has given more than £3.2m to over 3,000 good causes, helping to connect vulnerable people with their local communities.  I very much want to carry on that great work and continue to make a positive impact on local communities.  It is incredibly important to me that we continue our efforts to make a difference to older people and those living with a disability.”