Board

Expertise and experience:
Thierry is an experienced retailer having spent 20 years in senior roles at Carrefour, the French multi-national retailer. In his previous role, Thierry was a member of the Carrefour Group Executive Committee and the Chief Executive Officer of Carrefour Asia. From 2003 to 2008, Thierry was the Managing Director of Supermarkets for Carrefour France. Following this successful period, he became Carrefour's International Operations Director in 2008, with a broader remit including Asia, Latin America and various European countries.

Appointed:

September 2019

Expertise and experience: 

Bernard is an experienced chief financial officer and has a wealth of experience of listed companies and capital markets. Bernard also has significant experience of large-scale transformation programmes, logistics and supply chain management, technology and digital services. He was CFO at Travelport Worldwide, a global NYSE-listed company providing a technology platform for the travel industry, until it was taken private in December 2018 . Prior to that, Bernard was CFO of Aer Lingus and also held various senior positions at TNT and TNT Express. Previously, he worked at McKinsey & Company where he rose to become a Principal and leader of McKinsey’s worldwide Post and Logistics group. Bernard is a non-executive director of A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and a member of its Audit Committee.

Appointed:

October 2019

Expertise and experience:
Mark provides substantial expertise to the Board in the field of finance, having previously been a senior adviser at Credit Suisse. He began his career at Price Waterhouse and spent over 30 years in the City, including senior roles at SG Warburg, BZW and Credit Suisse First Boston. At Credit Suisse he was deputy chairman Europe and later chairman UK investment banking. Mark currently serves as an alternate member of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. He is also a non-executive director of Smiths Group plc and senior independent director of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.

Appointed: 

January 2012

Expertise and experience:
Claudia brings a wealth of experience of business transformation and building digital capabilities to the Board having held previous non-executive roles including: chair of remuneration committee at Halfords plc, senior independent director of Telecity Group plc, Transport for London, The Shareholder Executive, Which?, Huawei Technologies, and chair of the Public Data Group. Claudia is currently non-executive director and remuneration committee chair at Derwent London. She also serves as a non-executive director and governance committee chair at Aviva plc, and as interim chair of the Premier League. Claudia is also a non-executive director at Ocado Group plc. Claudia began her career at McKinsey & Co, before holding roles at Pearson, the Financial Times, Goldman Sachs, and HM Treasury. She was group managing director, digital at EMAP.

Appointed: 

November 2018

Expertise and experience: 
Jeff is currently CFO of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (Ahold Delhaize), one of the world’s largest retail groups. Ahold Delhaize is headquartered in the Netherlands, operates across Europe and the US, and has a strong physical and ecommerce offering. Jeff was previously group finance director at both FirstGroup plc and easyJet plc, and held senior finance roles at Associated British Foods plc and Reckitt Benckiser Group plc. He was also previously a non-executive director at McBride plc.

Appointed:

June 2018

Expertise and experience:
Clare brings international expertise from a series of high-profile HR leadership roles. She was previously group people director of BT Group and director general of workforce for the NHS and Social Care. She was also a non-executive director and remuneration committee chair of TUI Travel plc. Her previous experience includes group HR director of Tesco plc and HR vice president of Pepsi Cola’s west and central European operations. Clare is a non-executive director and remuneration committee chair of Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., The Weir Group plc, and G4S plc. Clare also serves as a commissioner on the Low Pay Commission.

Appointed:

December 2010

Expertise and experience: 

Sophie brings to the Board expertise in strategy, brand and international retail markets as well as substantial experience in business transformation and digital capabilities, having held a number of senior leadership positions at L’Oréal, including executive chairman of The Body Shop International and managing director of L’Oréal UK & Ireland. Sophie is a non-executive director of AccorHotels, where she chairs the appointments, compensation and CSR committee. She is also a non-executive director of the D’Ieteren group, and the lead independent director on the board of Cimpress, a NASDAQ-listed technology company. In addition, Sophie is a French Foreign Trade Advisor and a senior advisor at Boston Consultancy Group.  

Appointment:

December 2018

Expertise and experience: 

Rakhi is a highly experienced director in digital retailing, having spent 11 years at Amazon.com. Most recently she was director, UK media at Amazon, responsible for ranges such as books, music and DVDs. She was previously director, UK hardlines, where she was responsible for home, garden and DIY product ranges. Prior to joining Amazon, Rakhi held roles at TomTom and in management consultancy in the United States. Rakhi is a non-executive director of Schroders plc and Rightmove plc, and was previously a non-executive director of Intu Properties plc.

Appointed:

February 2016