Meet the Leadership Team

Symmr founded Dignus Group in 2006, bringing with him extensive experience in the Health and Social Care sector dating back to the late 1990s. Over the course of his career, he has worked across a wide range of service provisions, including educational settings for children, complex care services for individuals with high‑acuity needs, and residential and nursing care for older adults.

Carl has extensive health sector and private equity experience with significant experience in financing, re-financing, corporate governance and of businesses experiencing rapid organic growth.  

Carl joined Dignus as CFO in September 2019 and has subsequently supported the Group’s organic growth, investment in people, structure and systems, development of management information and enhanced governance and oversight.

Prior to joining Dignus, Carl has spent over 15 years in senior leadership roles within the specialist healthcare sector with Voyage Care (one of the UK’s largest LD and specialist care home providers), Allied Healthcare (previously one of the UKs largest home care providers) and spent four years in Toronto, Canada where he held a senior leadership position in the Ontario home care sector. 

Carl qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG Birmingham and has a BSc and MSc in Economics.

Ammer is a founder shareholder of Dignus Group and has played a key role in the organisation’s organic growth to date. He is responsible for overseeing new developments and the ongoing maintenance of Dignus Group’s expanding property portfolio, ensuring homes are safe, high-quality, and fit for purpose.

Alongside his work at Dignus Group, Ammer has extensive experience within family-owned healthcare businesses. He joined the family business in 2003 and worked as part of the senior operations team within the elderly care division until its sale in 2019.

Ammer has worked in the healthcare industry since qualifying with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering in 1999. He began his career in the medical device sector, gaining valuable international experience with Boston Scientific in both the Republic of Ireland and the United States.

Emma joined Dignus in July 2021 as Head of People, with responsibility for HR, Recruitment, and Learning & Development. She is a CIPD‑qualified HR professional with over 10 years’ experience gained across the Financial, Recruitment, and Healthcare sectors, bringing a broad and practical understanding of people management within complex and regulated environments.

Since joining Dignus, Emma has been instrumental in establishing and developing the organisation’s people function. During her first year, she built a new HR team and introduced clear processes, policies, and governance frameworks to support the wider business in delivering its strategic objectives and performance goals.

Emma continues to work closely with leaders across the organisation to strengthen workforce capability, enhance employee experience, and embed a positive, people‑focused culture. She is passionate about developing talent, supporting continuous improvement, and ensuring that Dignus remains a great place to work as the organisation continues to grow.

Rich joined Dignus in January 2022 as Director of IT and Systems, a role created to support the organisation’s sustainable growth and evolving digital strategy. With over a decade of experience across the health sector and senior IT leadership roles in both the public and private sectors, including HMRC, he brings strong operational and technical expertise to the Group.

Anna is a senior leader in health and social care, known for driving high‑impact transformation across services for people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs, and complex needs. She has delivered significant improvements in service quality, organisational performance, and sustainable growth, shaping models of support that enable people with complex needs to live safer, more independent, and fulfilling lives. Her work is rooted in a clear mission: raising standards across the sector and influencing the systems that shape it.

As Business Development Director at Look Ahead Housing, Care and Support, Anna showcased nationally recognised supported‑living best practice to the Department of Health and Social Care. She also contributes her expertise as a Non‑Executive Director for Talk Back UK, a charity championing alternative education, advocacy, and personal development for young people with learning disabilities and/or autism.