External Appointments:
John Allan is chairman of WorldPay, Care UK Health & Social Care Holdings Limited, the DHL UK Foundation, non-executive director of Royal Mail Group and a senior advisor to Alix Partners. He is a non-executive member of the Home Office Supervisory Board and a regent of the University of Edinburgh.

Previous Experience:
John 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. He has extensive board experience having been chairman of Samsonite Corporation, a director of BET Plc and a non-executive director of PHS Group plc, ISS A/S, National Grid 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. His early career was with Lever Brothers, Bristol-Myers Company Ltd and Fine Fare Ltd.

Sebastian James was appointed as Group Chief Executive, and, joined the Board on 20 February 2012. Sebastian joined the Group in April 2008 and held various roles before his appointment to the Board including Group Operations Director.

He is chairman of INK Publishing (Holdings) Limited. Prior to joining the Group he was chief executive of Synergy Insurance Services Limited, a private equity backed insurance company. He has wide retail experience and was strategy director responsible for developing and implementing the turnaround strategy at Mothercare plc in 2003. He started his career at The Boston Consulting Group having completed an MBA at INSEAD and an MA at Oxford University.

Humphrey Singer joined the Board on 1 July 2011. Humphrey joined Dixons Retail in 2007. He has held various finance roles since then, including finance director of Currys, group financial controller and finance director of the UK & Ireland division.

Prior to joining Dixons Retail, Humphrey was finance director of Coca Cola Enterprises (UK) Ltd and prior to that also held a number of finance roles at Coca Cola Enterprises (UK) Ltd and Cadbury Schweppes plc.

Katie Bickerstaffe joined the Board on 20 February 2012. She joined the Group as director of marketing, people and property in June 2008. In addition to her executive position she is also a non-executive director of Scottish and Southern Energy plc.

Previously, Katie was managing director of Kwik Save Ltd and group retail director and group HR director at Somerfield plc. Her earlier career included roles at Dyson Ltd, PepsiCo Inc. and Unilever PLC.

External Appointments:
Tim How is chairman of Rayner and Keeler Limited and Woburn Enterprises Limited, non-executive director of Henderson Group plc, Downing Income VCT 4 plc and Peabody Capital plc, director of Enotria Group Ltd, Wine and Spirit Education Trust and a governor of the Peabody Trust.

Previous Experience:
Tim 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.

External Appointments:
Jock Lennox is currently a trustee of the Tall Ships Youth Trust and non-executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee of A&J Mucklow 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 he led a number of relationships with international clients and 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 was until recently a council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

External Appointments:
Prof. Dr. Utho Creusen is owner of Positive Leadership (a management consultancy) and co-owner of Grid-International, 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 has extensive international retail experience and was previously human resources director of Media-Saturn Holding GmbH (an electronics retail chain) and co-owner of Alpha tecc (the German consumer electronics chain). He 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. He is also a member of the supervisory board of Praktiker AG.

External Appointments:
Dharmash Mistry is a partner at Balderton Capital Management (UK) LLP, investor director and board member of MOG, eWise, KupiVIP.ru, Achica Limited and non-executive director of Hargreaves Landsdown plc.

Previous Experience:
Dharmash was formerly investor director and board member of Sulake (Habbo Hotel), my-wardrobe.com and a board director of Lovefilm. Prior to joining Balderton Capital, he was part of the executive team at Emap plc, as group managing director of Emap Consumer Media and Emap Performance. Prior to this, he was at Boston Consulting Group and started his career as a brand manager at Procter & Gamble.