BUPA’s CEO to retire in May

by Richard Kilner

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BUPA’s chief executive officer Val Gooding is to retire.

She will be succeed by the firm’s finance director, Ray King, in May when BUPA’s AGM is held.

Over the course of Gooding’s tenure the firm has seen its turnover more than double to £4.24bn, with customer numbers almost doubling from 4m to nearly 8m this year.

Gooding also oversaw the transformation of BUPA from an almost entirely UK-based operation to one which now takes more than a third of its revenue from overseas.

Lord Leitch, the firm’s chairman, has praised Gooding’s performance as CEO, particularly the overseas expansion which occurred during her time in office.