Meet our Leadership Team

Our Bright Horizons UK Leadership Team inspires a culture of excellence within an inclusive work environment. Their vision and strategic direction help to enrich the lives of children in our care and supports families, businesses and employees with practical solutions in our nurseries, and through our work and family services.

Phil originally joined Bright Horizons as the UK Managing Director in September 2024, moving into his latest role responsible for operations in UK and Europe in July 2026. He brings with him a wealth of experience from his impressive career in people-led services. Prior to joining Bright Horizons, he spent 16 years with global leader in food services and facilities management, Sodexo. During his time there, he was a key member of the Regional Leadership Team and served as the CEO of Schools and Universities for the UK and Ireland for three years.

Janine joined Bright Horizons in 2021 as HR Director, moving to the role of COO in 2024. She has driven a people-first culture and helped us win multiple awards, including the full suite of Great Place to Work accolades and a listing in the inaugural Financial Times Best UK Workplaces.

Janine is an advocate of strong core principles and shared values. Her expertise centres on building relationships between corporate culture, employee experience, and performance.

Chris joined Bright Horizons as the Executive Director for Work+Family in March 2025, bringing with him over 20 years of education sector experience.

Before joining, Chris co-founded and led Aspire, an edtech focused on delivering upskilling and reskilling programmes to enterprise clients across the UK and US.

John has extensive expertise within a range of finance, operational and sales roles in the education sector, both nationally and globally.

He is passionate about delivering results which will make a difference in the lives of children and families.

Ros is responsible for our global safeguarding programme, UK Government relations and services in Australia.

Prior to joining Bright Horizons as UK Managing Director in 2020, Ros was the CEO of Taaleem, one of the leading groups of private international schools in the UAE.