Management Team

Trevor Torrington
Chief Executive Officer - Aspris Middle East

Trevor is Chief Executive Officer for Aspris Middle East, having previously led Aspris as the founding Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this, Trevor spent five years as CEO of the Priory Group and a further seven years in the same role for Priory Healthcare.

Under Trevor’s leadership, the Education division of Priory was successfully carved out to form Aspris, and whilst leading the Priory Group, Trevor strengthened its role as an inpatient provider for NHS Trusts, and successfully integrated Priory Healthcare with Partnerships in Care, opening its first overseas mental health facility in Dubai. Priory also then opened a tenth Wellbeing Centre in Harley Street, London and its first specialist school outside the UK, in Abu Dhabi.

Outside of work, Trevor is a Trustee at Disability Initiative and enjoys playing golf, watching sport and travelling.

John Anderson
Chief Operating Officer, Aspris Education

John is the Chief Operating Officer for Aspris Education having previously worked for Priory Education and Children’s Services for over 10 years before moving over to Aspris.

John began his career at COMPAQ (now Hewlett-Packard) and qualified as a Process Engineer. He then retrained to be a DT teacher in mainstream schools, before making the switch to SEMH (social, emotional and mental health) schools. Since joining Priory/Aspris, John has progressed his career working in multiple roles from Aberdeen to Kent, including Head Teacher at Sheridan School, Regional Manager, Operational Director and Managing Director.

Outside of work, John has a young family and enjoys every moment of being a dad. You’ll often find him doing outdoor activities such as spending time at the coast, camping, cycling and walking with his wife, children and dog Harley.

Paula Stanford
Chief Operating Officer, Aspris Care

Paula joins Aspris Children’s Services as the Chief Operating Officer for Aspris Care. Prior to this, Paula worked for the Priory Group, where she was a Managing Director and then Chief Operating Officer in the Healthcare Division.

Paula's career in health and social care spans 22 years. Having trained as a mental health nurse, she has worked in operational settings from Nurse to Chief Operating Officer in the public and independent sector, including significant experience leading specialist health and social care services for young people.

In her spare time, you’ll find Paula shopping, swimming, dancing and listening to music.

Matthew Atherton
Director of Business Development

After leading Priory Group’s marketing operations for 8 years, Matthew is now Director of Business Development for Aspris. He has 21 years’ experience of leading marketing, brand, customer contact and communications strategy across a diverse range of organisations, including those in the healthcare, education and charity sectors, alongside extensive experience working with local authorities.

Outside of work Matthew spends most of his time with his young family and driving ‘Dad’s Taxi’, with the remainder spent trying to keep up with his younger and considerably faster team mates on a cricket field.

Jane Stone
Director of Governance and Risk

Jane has extensive experience across a variety of clinical roles, including the management of adult and young people’s mental health services, substance misuse programmes and secure and learning disability services.

During her time in the NHS Jane held Board level Director of Nursing and Chief Operating Officer roles, joining Priory Group in 2012 where she was Group Director of Nursing from 2016 and latterly Chief Operating Officer for Priory Healthcare. Jane is a Registered Mental Health Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration.

When Jane isn’t at work, you’ll find her knitting, reading and listening to or going to music events – again, not at the same time!

Rebecca Phillips
People Team Director

Rebecca joins Aspris having previously led the People Services function for Priory Group for over 5 years. She has over 14 years’ experience within the HR & People Services field across different sectors, including health & social care, education, financial services & construction. Rebecca is a values-driven and solution-orientated people and transformation leader.

Rebecca has extensive experience managing transformation and change programmes, including implementations of multiple systems and process improvement spanning across the whole People life cycle. Rebecca has a passion for people, culture and positive change to help deliver successful business performance and growth in an environment where colleagues are proud to be a part of and others want to join.

Outside of work, Rebecca enjoys spending time with family and enjoys every second of being a ‘mum’ to her young daughter. Rebecca also likes exploring the outdoors and keeping active.

Clair Dunn
IT Director

Clair was Group IT Director at the Priory Group for 13 years before moving across to her role at Aspris.

Clair taught for many years before embarking on a career change into IT. She has over 20 years’ experience in the IT industry, having worked her way up from an IT Field Engineer position at British Aerospace. She has also worked for a large software house, providing systems to the Healthcare sector.

In her spare time Clair enjoys spending time with her family and close friends. She also has a passion for two other things – murder mysteries and tennis, but never at the same time!

Gary Bradley
Director of Estates and Facilities Management

Before joining Aspris, Gary spent two years as Director of Estates at Priory Group. Gary originally joined Priory Group in 2014 as a Project Manager in the Healthcare Division. Following a brief stint as Programme Manager, he moved to Adult Care where he took up the role of Operations Director for a year.

A year as Director of Projects in the Healthcare Division was followed by his tenure as Director of Estates, where he led the re-structure of the Projects and Estates personnel into a single team. His team oversees all Estates-related activity at Aspris, including associated projects.

Gary previously served for 20 years in the UK military and he has a Masters Degree in International Liaison and Communication. Gary’s interests outside of work include the great outdoors and family travel adventures.

Laura Neubauer
Director of Legal Services

Laura joined Aspris in June 2021 as Head of Legal to establish the company’s legal function. Laura and her team support the business with all aspects of legal, regulatory, H&S, data protection, corporate, commercial and property matters.

Laura qualified as a Solicitor in 2009 after training at Dundas & Wilson LLP (now part of international law firm CMS) and spent over seven years working for the Priory Group, as well as having experience working in legal teams in other sectors.

Laura spends most of her weekends trying to wear out her young children in the hope that they sleep past 7:00am, and also enjoys going to the theatre and good food in nice restaurants.