Colston Herbert

Colston Herbert was appointed Executive Chairman in February 2002 and CEO in July 2003.
He has considerable experience of managing businesses which are undergoing rapid, international growth and of developing and managing brands, spending much of his working life in the pharmaceutical and healthcare fields.
He spent 27 years working for various arms of Sterling Winthrop before finally becoming President of Sterling Health Europe, building the company into the largest OTC business in Europe.
He was also Chairman of the The Royal Surrey County Hospital Trust, one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country employing over 2,500 staff, from 1995 to 2002.
He is a Director of several other companies as well as Chairman of Governors at Tormead School.