Our leadership

Date of appointment
September 2021

Committee membership
Chair of the Nomination Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee.

Relevant skills and experience

• Extensive retail, marketing and commercial experience in executive and non-executive roles including 25 years at Tesco plc where her roles included Group Brand Director, UK Marketing Director and Chief Operating Officer for Tesco.com.
• Significant consumer experience including leading Tesco’s Clubcard loyalty scheme, the ‘Every Little Helps’ service campaign and the grocery home delivery business.

Current external appointment
Independent Non-Executive Director at B&M European Value Retail S.A. and a member of its remuneration committee, audit & risk committee and nomination committee, as well as designated Non-Executive Director for workforce engagement. Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of SSP Group plc and Non-Executive Director of Majid Al Futtain Retail LLC and The Mentoring Foundation.

Date of appointment
January 2020

Committee membership
None

Relevant skills and experience

• Significant financial, retail and commercial expertise, including as Chief Financial Officer of The Works, and, prior to that, as Commercial Director at Card Factory plc where he was responsible for the commercial function (buying, space and merchandising) and leadership of the commercial finance team. He played a key role in the successful IPO of Card Factory in 2014 and its subsequent growth and evolution as a listed business.
• Chartered Accountant, having started his career at PwC where he spent eight years working in the audit and corporate finance departments.
• Joined The Works as CFO in April 2018, overseeing the IPO and serving as an executive director of TheWorks.co.uk plc since the IPO in July 2018.

Current external appointments
None

Date of appointment
December 2023

Committee membership
None

Relevant skills and experience

• Significant commercial and financial experience in PLCs . Previously worked at Spirit Pub Company and National Grid, holding senior roles with responsibility for defining and directing financial and commercial reporting, business planning and financial control and risk.
• Chartered Accountant, having started her career at PwC where she spent five years working in the audit and tax departments. 
• Joined The Works in March 2019. Worked as both Head of Finance and Interim CFO before being promoted to Chief Financial Officer and joining the Board in December 2023.

Current external appointments
None

Date of appointment
July 2018

Committee membership
Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Relevant skills and experience

• Extensive retail and consumer experience, including as co-founder of Tragus Holdings Ltd, owner of Café Rouge and Bella Italia restaurant chains and a Non-Executive Director of Bibendum Wine Holdings Ltd.
• Significant financial and commercial expertise as Chief Financial Officer of Tragus Holdings Ltd and CEO of Armajaro Asset Management LLP. He also held senior management roles at P&O.
• Chartered accountant.

Current external appointments
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at JD Wetherspoon plc, a Trustee of the Ascot Authority and from 1 September 2023, a Non-Executive Director of Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund plc. Director of Cadogan Group Limited and two related subsidiary companies.

Date of appointment
July 2018

Committee membership
Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.

Relevant skills and experience

• Significant retail experience as Group HR Director of Genus plc, having previously held the same role at Tesco plc where she led retail management development and customer service training during a period of significant expansion in the UK and overseas. Prior to this she held positions at Somerfield and Boots.
• Extensive people and reward expertise having developed reward structures that align leadership motivation with strategy at both Genus plc and Tesco plc.

Current external appointments
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Renishaw plc.

John is Chief Executive Officer at Kelso Group Holdings plc. He qualified as a chartered accountant in London with Touche Ross in 1996 before a 25 year career in the City raising growth capital and advising small and mid cap companies. John initially started in corporate finance before moving into equity sales and corporate broking where he spent most of his career advising smaller listed companies on stock market issues. During his career, John has helped raise over £5.0 billion for his clients much of which was while he was Chief Executive of Zeus from 2012 to 2021. He is currently a non-executive director of Oncimmune Holdings plc and Boohoo Group plc.

Mark is Chief Financial Officer at Kelso Group Holdings plc. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse Coopers in London and has gained extensive corporate experience gained over 30 years having held numerous senior roles in public and private companies. Mark's initial career was in corporate finance predominantly with UBS. Mark has been CFO of numerous public and private companies and latterly was CEO of Delin Property, a pan European Logistics developer, investor and manager. He is also currently a Non-Executive Director at Strix Group plc and AEW UK REIT plc and previously an adviser to DP World.