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Richard North (57), Chairman
Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in October 2006 becoming Chairman in June 2007. Richard was Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group plc and previously Group Finance Director of Bass plc and The Burton Group plc. Previous Non-Executive Directorships include Asda Group plc, and Logica CMG plc. |
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Trevor Bish-Jones (47), Chief Executive
Appointed in March 2002. Trevor held various senior positions at the Dixons Group plc between 1994–2001, latterly as Managing Director of Currys. Prior to Dixons Group plc, Trevor was at Boots PLC for 13 years in a number of senior retail, buying and marketing roles. Trevor is a Non-Executive Director of Royal London, the mutual life and pensions business. |
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Stephen East (50), Finance Director
Appointed to the Board as Group Finance Director on 1 July 2005. Stephen was formerly Finance Director of MEPC plc and previously held senior positions with Redland plc including as Group Treasurer. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Regus Group plc and is a past President of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. |
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Steve Lewis (43), Executive Director
Steve was appointed to the Board in June 2005. He was Woolworths Operations Director (2001–2008) and is now Managing Director of Entertainment UK. Steve was previously Operations Director of the Dixons retail chain. With over 20 years of retail experience, he has been instrumental in improving operating standards and in-store disciplines throughout the Group. |
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Tony Page (41), Executive Director
Appointed in September 2006. Tony was previously Non-Food Trading Director of Asda – Wal-Mart, having held a number of senior positions in that business since joining in 1994. Prior to joining Asda, Tony had been a senior buyer with J. Sainsbury plc. |
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Peter Bamford (53), Non-Executive Director
Peter was appointed to the Board in February 2008. He served on the Main Board of Vodafone Group plc (1998-2006) holding a number of senior executive roles in that business including Chief Executive Vodafone UK Limited (1999-2001), Regional Chief Executive (2002-2003) and Chief Marketing Officer (2003-2006). Previously, he has held a number of senior general and commercial management positions in the retail sector including at WH Smith Group plc, Kingfisher plc, and Tesco plc. He is a Non-Executive Director of Rentokil Initial plc, Mobile Partners Group Limited and Chairman of The Key Revolution Limited. |
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Andrew Beeson (63), Non-Executive Director
Appointed in July 2001. He was, until January 2003, Chairman of Evolution Group plc, which merged with Beeson Gregory Group in 2002, the firm he founded in 1989. Prior to that he was a Director of ANZ McCaughan from 1987–1989, and a Director of ANZ Merchant Bank from 1985–1987. Andrew is a Non-Executive Director of NB Real Estate and Schroders plc. |
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Fru Hazlitt (44), Non-Executive Director
Appointed in January 2006. Fru is Chief Executive of GCap Media PLC, having previously held the same role at Virgin Radio (a division of SMG plc). Fru previously held senior positions at the internet services business, Yahoo! (including as Managing Director UK and Ireland 2003–2005) and at Capital Radio (Sales Director 1997–2000). She is a Non-Executive Director of Betfair, the online betting exchange. |
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Roger Jones (70), Non-Executive Director
Appointed in July 2001. Previously a Director of Kingfisher plc and Managing Director of Woolworths plc from 1995 until his retirement in 1998. Prior to this he was Managing Director of Superdrug from 1992. Roger has spent the majority of his career at Woolworths, having joined F.W.Woolworth in 1958. |
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David Simons CBE (61), Non-Executive Director
Appointed in September 2005. David is Chairman of PIPC, global management consultants and a Non-Executive Director of Greencore Group plc, the food manufacturer and supplier. Previously he held a number of senior retail positions including Chairman of Littlewoods Shop Direct Group, the UK’s largest home and online shopping operator (2001 – 2007), Chief Executive of Somerfield Plc (1993–2000), Group Finance Director of Storehouse Plc (1991–1993) and Group Finance Director of House of Fraser Ltd (1989–1991). |
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