The seminars will be covering current issues within the care sector and are free for visitors to attend. CPD certificates are available for seminar attendees upon completion of a Certificate Request Form which will be available at the show via QR codes that can be scanned in the seminar room.
Further speakers to be revealed soon. Stay tuned for programme updates.
2024 Programme
10.15am – 11.00am: Future-Ready Workforces: Balancing Retention, Wellbeing and Development
Engage in a forward-looking panel discussion exploring the intricate balance of retention, wellbeing and personal development, offering insights for cultivating adaptable and thriving teams in evolving environments.
Mario Kreft MBE, Care Forum Wales
David Glover, Joint CEO, Caremark UK
11.30am – 12.00pm: TBC
12.45pm – 1.30pm: Technology Integration in Care – Best Approaches and Innovations
Delve into health and social care enabling technology. Our panel discusses best approaches and innovations in integrating technology into care, exploring ways to enhance user outcomes, support person-centred approaches and streamline healthcare processes.
Aneurin Brown, Managing Director, Hallmark Luxury Care Homes
2.15pm – 2.45pm: Reflections From the Chief Inspector
TBC
Gillian Baranski, Chief Inspector, Care Inspectorate Wales
Our speakers will be sharing their years of knowledge, strategies and tactics in our exciting seminars and panel sessions!
Take a look below to find out more about each of our experts and why you won’t want to miss seeing them in action.
Further speakers to be announced soon!
Aneurin Brown
Managing Director, Hallmark Luxury Care Homes
Care RoadshowsAneurin Brown’s Bio
Aneurin Brown is the Managing Director of Hallmark Luxury Care Homes, which is an established, family-run care provider that has three CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ homes. It provides residential, nursing and dementia care to 1,686 residents across 22 locations in England and Wales and has won 100 awards over the last 10 years.
Aneurin’s remarkable contributions have garnered recognition, including being featured in Care Home Professional Magazine’s 2023 Power List and receiving the Executive Care Home Leader title at the 2023 Leaders in Care Awards and 2022 Social Care Leadership Awards ceremony.
Beyond Hallmark, Aneurin serves as an ambassador for Championing Social Care, is the Chair of Care Sector’s Got Talent and is a member of the Champion Social Care Organising Committee. Aneurin is a trustee of both the Goyal Foundation and Care England and is a frequent speaker at industry events, bringing a wealth of knowledge and insight.
David Glover
Joint CEO, Caremark UK
Care RoadshowsDavid Glover’s Bio
David joined Caremark in 2014 to head up the franchise recruitment team, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in franchising within the retail, hospitality and fast-food industry.
David is a qualified solicitor specialising in franchising for a BFA accredited law firm. At 26 years old, he was ranked as one of the leading franchise solicitors in the UK by Chambers. Having been an affiliate of the BFA, a franchisee and now a franchisor, David has a unique perspective on franchising that brings a plethora of benefits to Caremark and the network.
In 2018 David took on the role of Managing Director overseeing all departments within the business including operations, franchise recruitment, training, marketing and IT.
Following the passing of Caremark’s founder and former CEO, Kevin Lewis, David was appointed Joint CEO alongside Lisa Fyfe, Caremark’s Finance Director.
David had ambitions to dramatically drive the business forwards whilst building on the foundations that Kevin had created. What has always been at the heart of the business are Caremark’s core values and since becoming Joint CEO, David has been intrinsic in developing the brand and bringing it into the 21st century.
Seeking to recruit the best marketing and operations directors, David has employed a brand new senior leadership team who have revamped Caremark through effective marketing and modern direction. In addition, he created a dedicated compliance team to audit, measure and plan for excellent quality of care.
Since his appointment as Joint CEO, relationships and engagement with Franchise Owners has grown significantly stronger and, the network has continued to grow – in terms of number, turnover and profitability.
In both 2022 and 2023 David was recognised as one of the most influential leaders in the home care sector being named in Home Care Insight’s Power List.
With 123 successful Caremark Franchise Owners operating across the UK, David’s goals now are to ensure Caremark’s high quality standards are maintained, whilst driving continual growth across the network, and being an employer that people choose and, where they choose to stay.
Gillian Baranski
Chief Inspector, Care Inspectorate Wales
Care RoadshowsGillian Baranski’s Bio
Gillian was appointed as Chief Inspector of Care Inspectorate Wales in October 2016.
Gillian joined the Welsh Government in 2010 as the Chief Executive of CAFCASS Cymru, but first became a civil servant in 2005 as the Home Office Crime Director for Wales. Gillian previously worked as a barrister for the Magistrates’ Courts Service including serving as the Justices’ Chief Executive of South Wales Magistrates’ Courts Committee.
For services to vulnerable children in Wales, Gillian received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2015.
Penodwyd Gillian Baranski fel Prif Arolygydd Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru ym mis Hydref 2016.
Ymunodd Gillian â Llywodraeth Cymru yn 2010 fel Prif Weithredwr CAFCASS Cymru, ond ymunodd â’r gwasanaeth sifil am y tro cyntaf yn 2005 fel Cyfarwyddwr Troseddu’r Swyddfa Gartref yng Nghymru. Cyn hynny, roedd Gillian yn gweithio i Wasanaeth y Llysoedd Ynadon, gan wasanaethu fel Prif Weithredwr Ustusiaid Pwyllgor Llysoedd Ynadon De Cymru.
Derbyniodd Gillian OBE am wasanaethau i blant sy’n agored i niwed yng Nghymru yn ystod Anrhydeddau Penblwydd y Frenhines yn 2015.
Mario Kreft MBE
Care Forum Wales
Care RoadshowsMario Kreft’s Bio
Social care pioneer Mario Kreft MBE is the founder of the multi-award winning care organisation, Pendine Park.
The arts-loving ethical entrepreneur is a leading employer who runs eight care homes and an in-house training academy in North Wales.
Amongst a whole host of other awards, Pendine Park has this year been honoured by Arts and Business Cymru in the Arts, Business Health category and has been previously named Business of the Year.
In 2010 Mario was awarded an MBE for his services to social care and he has also received the Welsh Government’s St David Award for enterprise
He is the chair of Care Forum Wales and set up the Wales Care Awards, the Oscars of social care in Wales. He was also a founder of the Five Nations Group which includes social care leaders from all the home nations in the UK and Eire.
In a UK first, Mario was appointed to sit on the Ministerial Advisory Board set up by the Welsh Government’s Economy and Transport Minister Secretary Ken Skates. This was the first time that a representative of the social care sector had been placed right at the heart of the economic decision making of the Welsh Government.
From the beginning of the pandemic Mario has been advising Ministers about policy in relation to Health and Social Care and he continues to fulfil this role.