External Appointments:
Chairman of WorldPay Limited and Care UK Health & Social Care Holdings Limited. Non-Executive Director of National Grid plc and ISS A/S. Member of the University of Edinburgh Campaign Board, Director of Natakate Ltd and non-executive member of the Home Office supervisory board.

Previous Experience:
John Allan was previously Chief Executive of Exel PLC and following its acquisition by Deutsche Post, a member of its Management Board and subsequently Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Post. Prior to this, he was a director of BET Plc. His early career was with Lever Brothers, Bristol-Myers Company Ltd and Fine Fare Ltd. John Allan has extensive Board experience having been Chairman of Samsonite Corporation and a non-executive director of PHS Group plc, Wolseley plc, Hamleys plc, 3i plc and Connell plc. He has also served on the supervisory Boards of both Lufthansa AG and Deutsche Postbank.

Sebastian James was appointed as Group Chief Executive in February 2012 having previously been Group Operations Director leading both the Retail and Services teams.  As Group Development Director he managed the Currys Transformation Programme.  He joined Dixons Retail in January 2010 as Services Director.

Prior to working at Dixons Retail he was Chief Executive of Synergy Insurance Services Limited, a private equity-backed insurance company. Sebastian has wide retail experience as Strategy Director responsible for developing and implementing the turnaround strategy at Mothercare plc. He started his career at The Boston Consulting Group having completed an MBA at INSEAD.

Katie Bickerstaffe was appointed as Chief Executive - UK & Ireland in February 2012, having previously been Group People, Marketing and Property Director.  She joined Dixons Retail in June 2008.

She was previously Managing Director of Kwik Save, and Group Retail Director and Group HR Director at Somerfield. Her earlier career included roles at Dyson, Pepsi Co and Unilever.

Humphrey joined Dixons Retail in 2007.  He has held various finance roles since then including Finance Director of Currys, Group Financial Controller and most recently as Finance Director of the UK & Ireland division.  Prior to joining Dixons Retail Humphrey was Finance Director of Coca Cola Enterprises (UK) Ltd.  Prior to that he held a number of finance roles at of Coca Cola Enterprises (UK) Ltd and Cadbury Schweppes.

External Appointments:
Chief Executive of SSP Group

Previous Experience:
Andrew Lynch is a former Director and Group Finance Director of Compass Group PLC. He led SSP, a food service group, through its divestment from Compass Group PLC and was involved in the management buy-out of Travellers Fare from British Rail prior to its acquisition by Compass Group PLC. Andrew Lynch started his career at KPMG, after which he joined Prudential Corporation plc, where he held a series of corporate finance and financial management positions.

External Appointments:
Non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Mucklow (A. &J.) Group plc, Enquest plc, Hill and Smith Holdings plc and Oxford Instruments plc.

Previous Experience:
Jock is a Chartered Accountant and has extensive accounting and finance experience having worked for over 30 years for Ernst & Young (20 years as a partner) where, as a senior partner, he held a number of leadership positions in the UK and globally. Jock retired from Ernst & Young in 2009 and subsequently has acted as a non-executive director of a number of companies and is a council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

External Appointments:
Chairman of Interbrand U.K. Limited and Populus Limited, Non-Executive Director of Bupa, President of the Market Research Society, Director of Henley Festival Limited, Visiting Professor at Henley Management College, Trustee of the WWF and Member of the Assurance and Advisory Board of BP p.l.c.’s carbon offset programme. Most recently she has taken up the Chairmanship of BTCV, the social enterprise group.

Previous Experience:
Rita Clifton was formerly Vice Chairman and Executive Planning Director at Saatchi and Saatchi. She has had a successful 18 year advertising career with both Saatchi and Saatchi and J Walter Thompson. Rita Clifton was previously a Non-Executive Director of Emap plc and a member of the Sustainable Development Commission.

External Appointments:
Owner of Positive Leadership (a management consultancy) and co-owner of Grid-International and Alpha tecc (the German consumer electronics chain), Non-Executive Director of M.Video (the leading Russian electronic retailer), Chairman of the Jury of the European Retail Institute, Vice-President of Modern Market-Methods Association in Germany, Advisor to Boston Consulting Group, and Honorary Professor at both Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and the Catholic University, Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

Previous Experience:
Utho Creusen has extensive international retail experience. He was previously Human Resources Director of Media-Saturn Holding GmbH (an electronics retail chain). Utho Creusen spent 22 years with OBI AG, a leading European DIY retailer, where he rose to become a member of its Executive Board and Chairman of OBI Franchise GmbH.

External Appointments:
Chairman of Rayner and Keeler Limited and Woburn Enterprises Limited. Non-Executive Director of Henderson Group plc and Framlington AIM VCT plc, Director of Enotria Group Ltd, Wine and Spirit Education Trust and a Governor of the Peabody Trust.

Previous Experience:
Tim How was formerly Chief Executive of Majestic Wine PLC, where he led the management buy-out of the business and subsequent Alternative Investment Market (AIM) flotation. Prior to this, Tim How was Managing Director of Bejam Group plc.