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Harry Hyman

Entrepreneur (including Founder and CEO of Primary Health Properties PLC) and Philanthropist

Harry Hyman (born 1956 in Harrow, United Kingdom) is a British property entrepreneur.
He achieved a degree in Geography from Christ’s College, Cambridge graduating with a double first in 1978. He trained as an accountant with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and qualified in 1982.
In 1995 he founded Primary Health Properties PLC, a company based on the idea of purchasing primary health care premises and leasing them back to NHS General Practitioners through property investment. The company listed in March 1996 on AIM and progressed to the main market in 1998. In 2007 PHP was one of the first 7 entities to enter the new UK REIT regime.
In April 2018 PHP was promoted to the FTSE 250.
In 2019 the company merged with Medicx to create the largest private owner of primary accommodation in the UK and Ireland. As at 30th June 2023 PHP had property assets of over £2.8 billion in the UK and Ireland across 513 assets, including 20 in Ireland and a market capitalisation of some £1.4 billion.
In 2012 he founded The International Opera Awards and the Opera Awards Foundation which has three primary aims, to raise the profile of opera as an art form; to recognise and reward success from those involved in opera; and, through the Opera Awards Foundation, to generate funds to provide bursaries for aspiring talent in opera from around the world
Until early 2021 PHP was managed externally by Nexus Tradeco but is now internally managed with Harry as the CEO. Nexus Group includes a publishing business, Nexus Media Group and an early stage investment business Nexus Investments Ventures Ltd.
Investor Publishing publishes HealthInvestor, EducationInvestor, NutritionInvestor, Caring Times, Nursery Management Today and Independent School Management.
When not at the opera or indulging his passion of wine, Harry might be at Saracens Rugby Club or supporting the England Rugby or Cricket Team.