Dr A.K. (Tony) Clarke

The Chairman of REMEDI is Dr Tony Clarke, a position he has held since 1988.

He is Medical Director of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, where he is also Consultant in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation and Director of Rehabilitation. He was appointed a Consultant in Bath in1997.

He was educated at Colfe’s Grammar School in Lewisham, London and received his medical training at the London Hospital Medical College, where he obtained a B.Sc. in Physiology in 1965, and qualified in Medicine in 1968. He undertook post-graduate training at the London, Bethnal Green, Kings College, and Lewisham Hospitals before moving to Bath, where he was appointed specifically to establish the National Centre in Rehabilitation. As a result of this he set up the Bath Head Injury Unit, as well as starting new services in Paediatric Rheumatology, Sports Medicine and Orthotics. He was also heavily involved in the establishment of the Pain Management Unit, the G.P. Distance Learning Course (at the University of Bath) and the new Chronic Fatigue Service for the Bath Clinical Area.

As Medical Director of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases he has successfully steered the Hospital to Trust status, to three stars in the evaluation of Trusts and now to its new status as a Foundation Trust. In the past twelve years the Trust activity has more than trebled and the past year alone five new consultants have been appointed, nearly doubling the number.

Dr Clarke’s clinical interests include general rheumatology, ankylosing spondylitis, fibromyalgia and fatigue syndromes, and neuro-rehabilitation. His research interests include community rehabilitation, technical aids for disabled people and the drug therapy of arthritis. He has supported the major nationally important research programmes in rheumatology and pain in Bath and, through his Chairmanship of REMEDI, a wide range of research topics throughout Britain.

Outside Bath - Dr Clarke is Civil Consultant in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation to the Royal Air Force, a Member of the Central Consultants and Specialists Medical Specialities Sub-Committee, Past-President of the British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine and the South Wales, South West and Rheumatology Club, a Member of Council of the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society and is County Medical Officer for Wiltshire St John Ambulance. He is Chairman of the Projects Committee of the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering, and the Bath REMAP Panel (which brings together engineers and health professionals to produce ‘one-off’ technical solutions for disabled people) and is President of Bath Headway (the self-help group for head injured people) and the Wiltshire Independent Living Centre. He is also a member of the I.R.A. (no, not the Irish organization, but the Indian Rheumatology Association) and regularly visits India for teaching purposes.

Outside medicine - Dr Clarke lives in a small village in Wiltshire, 8 miles from the beautiful city of Bath. He lives with his wife, also a rheumatologist, in a house whose core was built in 1716, together with their ten cats, Yorkshire terrier (Bertie) and about 5 goldfish in the garden pond. Gardening is a major interest, as is golf, which he plays keenly, with a handicap of 28 (rising 40), as well as fine wine and good food. He is also a regular member of his local pub quiz team (but is not very good on football and pop music). In May 2007 he was elected as a Councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Council.

Rosie Wait

Rosie Wait joined Remedi as Director on the 1st May 2004. 

She worked in the City from 1981 to 2002 and  has a long association with some of the Remedi Trustees.  She first worked for The President, Mr Brian Winterflood in 1984 when she joined Bisgood Bishop’s (Members of the London Stock Exchange) International Department to manage the support systems.  She went on to become the Business Representative, co-ordinating requirements relating to IT for Bisgood Bishop, Fielding Newson Smith and County Bank in the lead up to the “Big Bang” at The NatWest Bank.

Rosie has gained considerable experience in IT within the City, providing support and solutions to many business critical processes.  She is also accustomed to communicating at all levels of business.  She has a proven ability and track record, delivering projects which fulfil business demands across a broad range of technologies and financial businesses.

Prior to her appointment as Director of Remedi, Rosie worked on a voluntary basis, as a Remedi Trustee for five years, fundraising in the City of London. She is dedicated to her charitable work.   She is accustomed to working within a pressurised, structured and disciplined environment and these skills are a real asset to Remedi.

Rosie is married and lives in London.  She has a teenage daughter and a black Labrador.  When Rosie is not working, she loves to be by the sea or in the mountains, otherwise she can be found cooking up a storm in her kitchen.  She is a strong advocate of organic produce and a healthy diet.

Michael Hines M.S.I

Chief Executive , Winterflood Securities

Treasurer, Remedi

Born 1949.  Joined Bisgood Bishop & Co from school in 1966, progressed to Office Manager.  Member of the Stock Exchange 1984.  Became Associate Director of Market Making Settlements at County NatWest after their takeover of Bisgood Bishop.  Appointed Settlements Director of Winterflood Securities Limited May 1988, Finance Director 1995.  Appointed Joint Managing Director August 1999.  Appointed to the board of Close Brothers Group plc March 2002.  Trustee of Remedi 2002.  Became Chief Executive of Winterfloods Securities Nov 2003.

Mike has for many years been a very generous supporter of charities and is now an  integral part of Remedi.  Mike spends his leisure time travelling with his family.