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Oliver Stocken |
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Terry Duddy |
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Richard Ashton |
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Chief Executive |
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Finance Director |
| Oliver was a director of NM Rothschild and Sons
and held several roles within Barclays Group culminating in
his appointment as group finance director of Barclays PLC. In
2000, he was appointed to the GUS Board where he chaired the
audit committee and subsequently the remuneration committee.
He is deputy chairman of 3i plc, a non-executive director of
Standard Chartered plc and chairman of Rutland Trust plc, Stanhope
plc and Oval Limited. |
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Terry began his career at Letraset in 1978. Initially
he worked in personnel management and later in product management.
In 1984 he joined the Dixons Stores Group where he held a variety
of commercial positions, including sales director of Currys,
product marketing director of the Dixons Stores Group and, latterly,
managing director of PC World. Terry joined GUS in August 1998
as chief executive of the newly acquired Argos, becoming a GUS
director later that year. In 2000 he was appointed chief executive
of Argos Retail Group. |
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Richard started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP where he trained as a chartered accountant. In 1994 he joined
GE where he spent eight years and held a variety of positions.
These included chief financial officer of GE Capital's pan-European
equipment financing business, headquartered in The Netherlands,
assistant to GE Capital's chief financial officer in the US
and various finance roles in the UK. Richard joined Argos Retail
Group as finance director in November 2001. |
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John Coombe |
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Andy Hornby |
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Penny Hughes |
| Non-Executive Director |
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Non-Executive Director |
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Non-Executive Director |
| John held a number of senior finance roles within
Charterhouse Group plc and Charter Consolidated plc before joining
Glaxo Holdings in 1986. He was ultimately chief financial officer
of GlaxoSmithKline for five years before retiring in 2005. He
joined the GUS Board in 2005. He is a member of the supervisory
board of Siemens AG, a non-executive director of HSBC Holdings,
chairman of Hogg Robinson and a member of the Code Committee
of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. John is the senior independent
director and chairs the audit committee of Home Retail Group. |
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Andy began his career at Boston Consulting Group
before joining Blue Circle as business development director,
Blue Circle Home Products. Following a move to ASDA he held
a number of senior general management roles including managing
director of the George clothing business. In 1999, Andy joined
the Board of Halifax as chief executive, Halifax Retail. Since
August 2006, he has been chief executive of HBOS plc. Andy joined
the GUS Board in 2004. Andy chairs the remuneration committee
of Home Retail Group. |
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Penny spent ten years with Coca Cola, initially
as marketing director and ultimately as president of Coca Cola
UK & Ireland. Over the last decade she has held a number
of non-executive roles on the Boards of international businesses
such as Vodafone, Trinity Mirror and Body Shop. Currently she
serves on the Board of Reuters, GAP and the Swedish bank, Skandinaviska
Enskilda Banken. She also belongs to the Advisory Board of Bridgepoint
Venture Capital and is president of the Advertising Association.
Penny joined the Board of Home Retail Group in December 2006. |
Operating Board
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Greg Ball |
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Sarah Carpenter |
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Mike Sibbald |
| Managing Director, Financial
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Director of Strategic Development |
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Human Resources Director
(retired April 2007) |
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Gordon Bentley |
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Peter Connor |
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Maria Thompson |
| Company Secretary |
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IS Director |
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Commercial Director |
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Eugene Brazil |
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Paul Loft |
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Sara Weller |
| Managing Director, Customer
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Managing Director, Homebase |
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Managing Director, Argos |
Committees
NOMINATION COMMITTEE |
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REMUNERATION COMMITTEE |
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AUDIT COMMITTEE |
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Oliver Stocken (Chairman)
John Coombe
Terry Duddy
Andy Hornby
Penny Hughes
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Andy Hornby (Chairman)
John Coombe
Penny Hughes
Oliver Stocken |
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John Coombe (Chairman)
Andy Hornby
Penny Hughes |
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