Coloplast UK & Ireland Management Team

Johan joined Coloplast, Denmark in 2016 bringing experience in both the MedTech and pharmaceutical sector. Johan has gained valuable commercial experience through a broad range of local, regional, and international assignments including sales representative, product management, sales management, European and Global Marketing, and General Management. Johan more recently was promoted to SVP UK & Ireland where he continues to play a vital part of the Coloplast growth. Johan relocated to Cambridge in April 2022, bringing his wife Nicole and Nola the dog with him. His three grown up children Magnus, Sophia and Oscar have flown the nest and will stay in Denmark with many planned trips to the UK.

Johan says…..

How would you describe yourself as a leader?

As a leader, I trust my colleagues, because where there is trust, that’s where the magic happens! From my experience in working with talented people across the world, I believe in being open-minded and listening to people. In Coloplast there is an incredible passion and focus on the customer; I see my role as SVP to bring out the best in everyone and to make teams work together, so we can stay market leaders and create more value for all customers.

What do you like to do when not working?

It's important for me to recharge myself and also to have fun – preferably at the same time. I enjoy cooking with my family and friends and to stay active with sports and participate in various outdoor activities. Running or going to the gym gives me a break with many “zen” moments, and clarity has often emerged during exercising. In addition, staying active helps balance the downsides of enjoying great food. I am also quite curious, and for example last year I joined the popular winter swimming trend, just to see what it’s like (FYI its cold...)!

Geraldine is a graduate of Glasgow University with a Bachelor of Nursing Degree. She subsequently graduated with a Diploma in District Nursing from the then, Glasgow College of Technology, subsequently named Glasgow Caledonian University. After gaining some general Nursing experience in both Primary and Secondary care sectors she then specialised in Tissue Viability. To develop this experience she completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Tissue Viability from the University of Wales College of Medicine. After consolidation of her education in Nursing, in both the Acute and Primary Care sectors, Geraldine decided to make a move into the commercial sector where she has held a number of roles in Sales, Marketing, Sales Management and European Management within the Johnson & Johnson family of companies. In July 2012 she assumed her current role as Business Unit Director of Coloplast UK Wound Care Division.

Geraldine passionately believes in the Coloplast Wound Care business. Through both office based and customer facing employees of Coloplast, she is focused on ensuring that the Wound Care business will support clinical and non-clinical, NHS and Private sector employees, in the delivery of superior patient experiences and outcomes. Her ambition is to see Coloplast Wound Care develop and grow in the market and to build Trusted Ethical Partnerships with all customers, both NHS and Private. In doing so, Coloplast Wound Care will support customers in the provision of creative, quality product and service solutions, that will provide patients with optimal clinical outcomes and those responsible for delivery of care with cost-efficient, quality delivery of that care.

Natasha re-joined Coloplast in 2022 having previously worked for the Coloplast business in Ireland for 10 years. Natasha brings over 20 years of experience leading Sales, Marketing and Operations functions in MedTech and Pharmaceutical organisations. Natasha is passionate about building a positive culture, placing a high value on employee engagement, talent development and high-performance principles. Her drive to understand people’s motivations & behaviours led her to complete a Hons Degree in Human Resource Management. She also has a passion for mentoring and Diversity & Inclusion, leading many Women in Leadership and Mentoring initiatives over the last no. of years.

Natasha’s connection to Coloplast’s mission to make life easier for people experiencing bladder & bowel challenges is what motivates her to work for Coloplast. Her best days at work are those which involve meeting the people who use Coloplast products and services.

Outside of work, Natasha is married to Tony and has a 12-year-old son. They live in Co Wicklow where most free time is spent acting as chief cheerleader and transporter to their son’s various sporting activities. Natasha loves to start the day with a dip in the Irish sea & is discovering musical talents a bit later in life, having recently taken up the piano.

Myles is the Vice President Commercial Operations UK&I. He joined Coloplast in 2014 following 7 years with Reckitt Benckiser where he was Supply Finance Controller for their Global Healthcare division.

Myles is a Chartered Management Accountant and brings a wealth of business and commercial expertise to the UKI team.

He spent his first 7 years with Coloplast as Business Support Director before taking on the role as Vice President Commercial Operations.

His objective for the Commercial Operations function is to ensure that each and every customer gets the crucial products they need when they need them, delivered with convenience and discretion.

Myles and his family have made their home in Grantham.

Mary joined Coloplast in 2011 following 20 years nursing experience of which the latter 10 years were as a Stoma Care/ Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist. 

Mary spent the first 6 years in Coloplast working in the Continence Division as Peristeen Advisor, Senior Clinical Manager and then Regional Business Leader for Peristeen for the North of the UK and then moved to the Coloplast UK and Ireland Nurse Team to take up position as Director of Nursing.

Mary is now the Senior Director for Clinical Services where her aim is continue to improve the lives of those living with intimate healthcare needs by delivering high quality care  through the Nursing and Clinical team.

Mary is particularly proud of the recent CQC Outstanding rating awarded to the work the Clinical teams do and standards of care they deliver every day supporting both our service users and the NHS.

One of Mary’s favourite quotes is :-

 ‘To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, that is to have succeeded’

                               (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

This for Mary is the essence of her nursing and commercial career and she believes working in Coloplast with the best people, the best products and the best services allows her to succeed in making lives easier.

Mary lives in Motherwell, Scotland and enjoys hill walking, running and cycling.

Duncan joined Coloplast in 2015 as the UK Sales Director for our Continence Care business. He has brought with him over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device healthcare industries. Duncan has gained significant success leading UK and European sales and marketing including a significant period at Boston Scientific. This success has been gained whilst in operational and strategic roles and he has broadened his approaches across UK sales and marketing functions to ensure that the business generation work integrates with sales fulfilment and customer value.

Duncan has enjoyed lead involvement in designing and implementing bespoke sales model transformations and is proud to coach and lead national teams as they develop cultural based change that puts customers at the heart of delivering what they want, need and have a right to access. These ‘rights to treatment’ drive Duncan to enable his teams to focus on ensuring that the NHS specialist is aware of the innovations available so that ultimately consumers can fulfil their ambitions to enjoy the best life possible.

In 2020, Duncan was promoted to Vice President for our entire UK Chronic Care Sales and in July 2022 took responsibility for the UK and Ireland marketing teams as Vice President of Marketing.

Duncan is married to Claire, has four children and loves his two dogs. A keen runner, he enjoys running marathons for fun and charity and plans to take on his first Ultra-marathon at the end of the year

Angela joined Coloplast in December 2014.

Angela spent her first 5 years at Coloplast leading the North Continence Care team, then moved to a national role heading up the Strategic Sales Team, before taking on the role of Sales Director in January 2023.

Angela brings 25 years’ experience working for pharmaceutical sales and marketing organisations, with a strong track record of strategic and tactical planning, commercial management and extensive engagement with NHS Healthcare professionals and Leaders.

Angela’s ability to lead from the front, develop partnerships, utilising natural curiosity to identify opportunities for growth is a key focus in her role.

With a strong collaborative mindset and a true desire to build networks, gain alignment and effectively influencing all stakeholders, Angela aims high and makes every minute count.

Angela lives in the North West of England with her husband and 2 teenage children.

Andy joined Coloplast UK as Payers and Evidence Director in November 2015 having 20 years commercial experience in the Life Science and Medical Device industry with Amersham Biosciences, Johnson & Johnson and with Life Science and Medical Device start-up ventures. During this time Andy has worked in the US and had extensive experience throughout Europe and Japan in increasingly commercial roles including sales management, Head of Business Development and Sales Force Effectiveness Director. Andy has always looked to develop innovative partnerships between industry and NHS or private providers over the last 20 years. 

Andy graduated from Liverpool University and completed a Ph.D. from the Institute of Cancer Studies at University of Birmingham.

Andy’s philosophy on business is about investing time and energy for the long-term; embracing innovation and delivering practical change. Honesty and integrity are the main building blocks of success in any business.

Rebecca joined Coloplast in 2007 and spent her first 14 years in Finance beginning her journey as Financial Accountant and working her way up to Head of Finance. In 2022 Rebecca was promoted to Director Business Support UK&I and is responsible for Finance and Facilities. Alongside that Rebecca also has dotted line responsibility for global roles based locally who support the UK&I business such as Procurement, IT, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory. Prior to Coloplast Rebecca held Finance roles at various companies including Fowler-Welch Coolchain Ltd.

Rebecca has a “can do” positive attitude and is passionate about making a difference to all areas of the business. 

Rebecca is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and holds a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Business Administration and French from Aston University.

Rebecca lives in Peterborough with her husband and two sons who keep her busy outside of work. She also enjoys spending time with friends and family.

Tom joined Coloplast in October 2022 as Senior Director, People and Culture, UK and Ireland. Previously to Coloplast, Tom worked for over 5 years in UK and Global HR roles at Atos Medical who were acquired by Coloplast in early 2022.

Tom was drawn to Coloplast by the strong purpose to improve the lives of those with intimate healthcare needs and he has prioritised working for organizations who focus on improving lives of their customers, having built his HR career at Boots UK and Specsavers.

Tom leads a dedicated team of HR professionals who are on a mission to make Coloplast the best possible place to work and to build on its already very strong culture. At the heart of this Tom and his team work hard to ensure all colleagues at Coloplast feel valued, motivated have the space to grow and develop in their roles.

Outside of work, Tom is married to Zoe and has 4 teenage children, who very much keep him in-line. He is a regular runner of half-marathons and always says that he will complete a full one next year. He loves cooking and grows his own fruit and vegetables. When he gets time to himself, he loves to read and watch cricket, sometimes at the same time.

Jesper is the Commercial Excellence Director UK&I having entered the role in February 2024. Jesper relocated from Denmark, where he spent 3 years in Coloplast HQ as part of the Commercial Finance team and now lives in Cambridge with his girlfriend.

Prior to joining Coloplast, Jesper spent a number of years in investment management, of which the last 2 years in the role as Managing Director of the Copenhagen based investment fund, Valkendorf Capital Management.

Jesper graduated from Copenhagen Business School in 2016, with a Master of Science in Finance and Investments.