Philip Rowley,
Chairman
Philip Rowley was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2007, was made Senior Independent Director in February 2010 and appointed as Chairman to the Board on 1 March 2011. He was Chairman and CEO of AOL Europe until February 2007. He was Group Finance Director of Kingfisher plc from 1998 to 2000, and Deputy Chief Executive and Finance Director of Kingfisher’s General Merchandise Division from 2000 to 2001. Prior to that his roles included Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EMI Music Worldwide, and Chief Operating Officer and CFO of Golden Books Family Entertainment, the largest children’s book publisher in the US. He is a former non-executive director of Tradus plc (previously QXL ricardo plc) until its delisting in March 2008. He is currently a non-executive director of each of ARM Holdings Plc, Misys plc and Promethean World plc, and is on the Board of trustees of Scidev.net, the science and development network. He is Chairman of both Livestation Limited and Pouncer Media Limited. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
Orna Ni-Chionna,
Non-Executive Director (Senior Independent Director)
Orna Ni-Chionna was appointed to the Board on 30 September 2009 and appointed as Senior Independent Director on 1 March 2011. She is Chairman of Eden McCallum’s Advisory Board and Senior Independent Director of the Royal Mail Group. Orna is a former Partner at McKinsey & Company, where she specialised is serving retail and consumer clients. She was until recently the Senior Independent Director of Northern Foods plc and BUPA and was a Non Executive Director of the Bank of Ireland UK Holdings plc and Bristol & West plc. She has also served as a member of the UK Retail and Consumer Advisory Board of Apax Partners. She is Chair of Trustees of the Soil Association. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.
Andy Duncan,
Non-Executive Director
Andy Duncan was appointed to the Board on 13 March 2009. He has been Chief Executive of H R Owen plc since October 2010. Prior to that he was Chief Executive of Channel 4, a position he held from July 2004. He was a member of the BBC’s Executive Board from 2001 to 2004 as Director of Marketing, Communications and Audiences. He also led the project to launch Freeview and was Chairman of the joint venture with BBC, Sky and Crown Castle for its first two years. Prior to that, from 1984 to 2001, he worked at Unilever where he held a series of Senior Director positions. He has also been Chairman of the Media Trust from 2006 to 2010, and is a Board member of Oasis Trust.
Member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Christopher Rogers,
Non-Executive Director
Christopher Rogers was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2006. He is Group Finance Director of Whitbread plc, having been appointed in May 2005. Previously he was Group Finance Director of Woolworths Group plc and Chairman of the Woolworths Group Entertainment and Wholesale Publishing businesses. He qualified as an accountant with Price Waterhouse and joined Kingfisher Group as Corporate Finance Manager in 1988. Subsequent appointments included Group Financial Controller at Kingfisher plc and Finance Director and Commercial Director of Comet Group plc.
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.