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Appointment:

 January 2022

 Committee memberships:

Chair of the Nomination Committee

Background and career: 

John has had prior roles including Chairman of Naked Wines plc, Chairman of the parent company of Holland & Barrett International Ltd., Chief Executive of Argos and its parent company Home Retail Group plc, and several senior roles with Best Buy Co. including Executive VP and President of the Internet Division.  John has been a driving force in omnichannel and consumer driven retailing, as well as leading digital and transformational change, both in the UK and US.

External roles:

Chair of SnowFox Topco Ltd, the Guernsey topco responsible for Yo Sushi and the Snowfox Group. John is also the Founder of Inversion LLC and in March 2023 was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director and Non-Executive Chair Designate of ScS Group Plc. He became Non-Executive Chair of ScS on 30 November 2023.

Mark Carpenter

Appointment:
April 2016

Committee memberships:
Member of the Nomination Committee and ESG Committee

Background and career:
Mark was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in May 2013 following two years as CFO, and has 18 years’ experience in motor retail. Mark was previously finance director of Sytner Group Limited from 2005 to 2010. Prior to this, Mark was with Andersen, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

External roles:
None.

 

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Appointment:
January 2021

Committee memberships:
Member of the ESG Committee

Background and career:
Chris was appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2021. Chris was formerly Group Finance Director at Speedy Hire Plc. Prior to this Chris held senior finance leadership positions at Go Outdoors and Tesco, where he was latterly the Finance Director for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Chris is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

External roles:
None.

Mary McNamara

Appointment:
May 2016 (appointed as Senior Independent Director in October 2016)

Committee memberships:
Chair of Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit, ESG and Nomination committees

Background and career:
Mary was CEO of the commercial division and board director of the Banking Division at Close Brothers Group Plc. She spent 17 years with GE in a number of leadership roles, including CEO of the European Fleet Services business. Mary has also spent time with Skandia and 14 years at Harrods.

External roles:
Chair of the remuneration committee and member of the nomination and governance committee of OSB Group plc.

 

Adele Cooper

Appointment:
March 2020

Committee memberships:
Chair of the ESG Committee and member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination committees

Background and career:
Adele has extensive marketing and senior leadership experience, having worked at some of the world’s leading technology companies, most recently at Pinterest from June 2015 to December 2019. While at Pinterest, Adele was responsible for the UK and Ireland, overseeing strategic, commercial and operational management. Prior to this, Adele has been with Facebook and Google in a lead global relationship role and a variety of regional and global lead roles in marketing and operations.

External roles:
Adele is a non-executive director of Conjura Ireland Limited.

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Appointment:
May 2020

Committee memberships:
Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Remuneration, ESG and Nomination committees

Background and career:
Keith was appointed to the Board of Motorpoint Group Plc as Independent Non-Executive Director in May 2020. A Chartered Accountant by background, Keith brings extensive accountancy experience, having worked at PwC for over 30 years, during which time he served as chairman of PwC in London responsible for assurance, tax and advisory services. As a partner for 22 years, he has led services to public and private companies across a range of industry sectors.

External roles:
Senior Independent Director of Tritax Eurobox plc, where he chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Management Engagement Committee and Nomination Committee. Keith is also the Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Digital 9 Infrastructure plc, Chair of Albemarle Fairoaks Airport Limited and a Non Executive director on the boards of Martins Investment Holdings Ltd, Martins Development Holdings Ltd and Martins Financial Holdings Ltd.