We’re managed through different business segments and supported by a team based in Uxbridge.
We are divided into different divisions and departments, with Executive team members leading on their respective areas:
- Adult and Specialist Services
- Children's Services, including Fostering
- Disability inclusion and support services
- Corporate Services.
Farouq Sheikh OBE
Haroon Sheikh
Christopher Dickinson
Farouq Sheikh OBE
Farouq has been a key architect in CareTech’s growth, having co-founded the Group and involved in the vision and strategy from the outset in 1993. With a background in law and a good understanding of finance and commerce, Farouq has been instrumental in securing debt and equity funding for the Group as well as leading the management team in winning a number of long-term contracts from local authorities and health commissioners.
Mike Adams OBE
Mike has a significant track record in the social care, health and disability sectors. He is CEO of Purple Zest Limited, a Group disability business, and an Executive Director of CareTech. In previous roles he was Director of the National Disability Team, responsible for policy and practice for disabled students in higher education; Director of Operations for the Disability Rights Commission for two years; and Chief Executive Officer of ecdp, an Essex based user-led disability organisation. Mike spent nine months as acting Chair of a large acute hospital trust in Essex and has previously chaired an expert panel on Access to Work, the Government’s flagship disability employment programme. Mike has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Education for disability leadership from Anglia Ruskin University.
Mike was honoured with an OBE in 2012 for his services to disability and became a Trustee of the CareTech Charitable Foundation in 2017.
Wahid Cockar
Responsible for all CareTech’s systems, cyber and infrastructure, Wahid joined the CareTech Group in 2001. He has over 30 years’ experience in Information Technology and has previously held senior technology roles at Microsoft and Hewlett Packard partners in the Middle East and East Africa, dealing with the United Nations, PWC, International Red Cross and Barclays Bank.
In addition to his IT experience, Wahid holds a Masters Degree in Software Engineering and has overseen the IT integration and digital transformation of over 20 acquisitions at CareTech.
Also, part of his role is to help understand why and how technology can be adopted at CareTech and advise what is 'fit for purpose'.
