Joined Kingfisher: January 2020

Skills and experience: JJ has substantial expertise in leading digital transformations in consumer branded and retail companies. He joined Kingfisher from The LEGO Group, where as Chief Digital Officer he successfully led the company’s digital ambition to make e-commerce the largest part of the business. Prior to this he was a member of the Board of REWE Group and CEO of REWE Digital, where he oversaw all aspects of the digital agenda, including e-commerce operations, technology and digital marketing. REWE is now the largest grocery e-commerce player in Germany, with its fast home delivery and click & collect services fulfilled from either stores or automated fulfilment centres. JJ has also held similar leadership roles at companies including Tesco and Travis Perkins.

External appointments: From 2014 to 2017, JJ was Chair of Commercetools, Zooroyal, and Kölner Weinkeller, as well as Non-Executive Director of toom Baumarkt and DER Touristik. JJ is also a business angel investor.

Joined Kingfisher: June 2020

Skills and experience: Sienne joined in 2020 as Kingfisher’s first Product and Platform Director, leading the product team that powers omnichannel commerce across Kingfisher’s retail banners. Sienne has previously established and scaled product teams at John Lewis, M&S and Morrisons, and worked with global brands such as Samsung, Sony PlayStation and Coca-Cola to deliver innovative digital products and services. She has delivered a number of UK high street retail firsts, including the first transactional mobile website, the first smart TV application for fashion, and the first social and mobile gamified Facebook app for donating clothes. 

External appointments: Sienne held a non-executive director role at the UK-based Financial Ombudsman Service between August 2017-September 2020, and was a founding member of the Direct Marketing Association and Internet Advertising Board mobile councils.

Joined Kingfisher: April 2019

Skills and experience: Paddy joined the B&Q management team as Customer and Digital Director in April 2019. Having worked in private equity and venture capital backed technology businesses, Paddy has significant experience of delivering digitally-driven top-line growth in fast-moving sectors. Before joining B&Q, Paddy was Chief Marketing Officer at House of Fraser and earlier spent four years as one of the founders and the Chief Customer Officer at Doddle, the logistics tech start-up. He previously held Fintech management roles with WorldPay and Travelex.

Joined Kingfisher: April 2021

Skills and experience: Marc has spent 15 years in senior international roles across multiple industries, including retail, marketplace, edtech, gaming and travel, delivering disruptive technology-based growth and building operational scalability. Before joining Kingfisher, he held positions from 2012 to 2021 as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Officer at Rakuten Europe (leading international tech and marketplace operator), Chief Operating Officer at Cdiscount.com (French e-commerce leader), and CEO at ABA English (English learning marketplace VC-backed start-up).

External appointments: Marc acts as adviser and private investor in several start-ups and is part of the investment committee at Encomenda Smart Capital (venture capital).

Joined Kingfisher: March 2020

Skills and experience: Kate is a highly experienced professional with a breadth of retail and transformation skills, built on an international career in human resources. Kate joined Kingfisher from Costa Coffee, the coffeehouse chain owned by Coca-Cola, where she was Chief People Officer. Kate led Costa’s global people strategy, with a focus on building the right organisation and capabilities to drive change and support the business’ growth plans. Before this she also held senior HR roles at Diageo and Shell.

External appointments: Kate is a non-executive director of the British Retail Consortium.

 

Joined Kingfisher: September 2019

Skills and experience: Kathryn has over 10 years’ experience in sustainability, consulting, auditing and in-house positions, where she has worked with some of the world’s largest businesses to help them manage, track and report on their environmental and social impacts. Kathryn currently heads up a team of technical experts that oversee the ‘Planet’ pillar of Kingfisher’s Responsible Business strategy, responsible business reporting, and engagement with ESG indices and investors.

 

Joined Kingfisher: December 2021

Skills and experience: Chris is an experienced adviser to business leaders on the risks and opportunities arising from the low-carbon transition and climate change. Before joining Kingfisher, he worked as a Principal Consultant for the sustainability consultancy, Avieco (part of Accenture). In this role he led the development of climate-related strategies and disclosures for multinational organisations across retail, energy, chemicals, manufacturing, logistics, media, finance, and professional services. Chris has also worked within academia, small business, and policy, having led the Scottish Government’s COP26 business engagement strategy and contributed to Scotland's first Energy Strategy and 2018-2032 Climate Change Plan.

 

Joined Kingfisher: January 2004

Skills and experience: Valéry joined Kingfisher in Hong Kong in 2004 from Carrefour Group where he was in charge of the Quality and Sustainability agendas for direct sourcing operations. He managed the Kingfisher Sourcing Office in Hong Kong for 8 years, before moving to Istanbul and Warsaw where he established and developed Kingfisher near-sourcing operations. Valéry moved to the UK in 2013 as Commercial Sourcing Director, leading the B&Q own exclusive brands, direct sourcing and quality programmes. Since 2019, he is responsible for brand development, planning, quality and sustainability within Kingfisher’s Offer & Sourcing team.