Management and board

David TylerChairman

Committees:

• Chairman at  Nomination committee

Biography:
Appointed to the Board on 1 October 2009, David became Chairman on 1 November 2009. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of Hammerson plc and a Non-Executive Director of Burberry Group plc. He was previously Finance Director of GUS plc (1997-2006) and has held senior financial and general management roles with Christie’s International plc (1989-96), County NatWest Limited (1986-89) and Unilever PLC (1974-86). He was Chairman of Logic plc (2006-12) and of 3i Quoted Private Equity plc (2007-09), and a Non-Executive Director of Experian plc (2006-12) and of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (2007-09). He has also been Chairman of Hampstead Theatre since September 2012.

Justin KingChief Executive

Committees:

• Member of the corporate responsibility committee

Biography:

Appointed Chief Executive Officer on 29 March 2004, Justin is also Chairman of the Operating Board. He has been a Non-Executive Director of Staples, Inc. since September 2007. He is a member of the CBI President’s Committee and a Visiting Fellow of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation. Justin is a former member of both the Board of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (2009-13) and the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group (2010-12), and was previously the Director of Food at Marks and Spencer Group plc. Prior to this he held a number of senior positions at ASDA/WalMart and Häagen Dazs UK. He spent much of his early career with Mars Confectionery and Pepsi International.

John RogersChief Financial Officer

Biography:
Appointed Chief Financial Officer on 19 July 2010, John is also a member of the Board of Sainsbury’s Bank plc. John joined Sainsbury's in November 2005 as Director of Corporate Finance and then became Director of Group Finance from March 2007 to July 2008. In July 2008, he was appointed to the Operating Board as Property Director. Prior to Sainsbury's, John was Group Finance Director for Hanover Acceptances, a diversified corporation with wholly owned subsidiaries in the food manufacturing, real estate and agri-business sectors.

Matt BrittinNon-Executive Director

Committees:

• Member of the audit committee
• Member of the nomination committee

Biography:
Appointed to the Board on 27 January 2011, Matt is Google’s Vice President – Northern & Central Europe. Previously, he was Managing Director of Google in the UK & Ireland. Before joining Google at the start of 2007, Matt spent much of his career in media and marketing, with particular interests in strategy, commercial development and sales performance. This included commercial and digital leadership roles in UK media. He is also a Director of two charities, The Climate Group and The Media Trust.

Mary HarrisNon-Executive Director

Committees:

• Chariman of the remuneration committee
• Member of the corporate responsibility committee
• Member of the nomination committee

Biography:
Appointed to the Board on 1 August 2007, Mary is a member of the supervisory boards of TNT Express NV and Unibail-Rodamco S.E. She previously spent much of her career with McKinsey & Company, most recently as a partner, where she worked primarily with retail/consumer clients in China, South East Asia and Europe. Her previous work experience includes working for PepsiCo in Greece and the UK, as a sales and marketing executive.

Gary HughesNon-Executive Director

Committees:

• Chairman at the audit committee 
• Member of the nomination committee 

Biography:
Appointed to the Board on 1 January 2005, Gary is a Senior Advisor within the Portfolio Support Group of Apax Partners LLP, the global equity firm and a Director of the Scottish Exhibition Centre Limited. He is also Chairman of Get Me Media Limited. Formerly he was Chief Financial Officer of Gala Coral (2008-11) and Chief Executive of CMP Information Limited - a division of United Business Media plc (2006-08), Group Finance Director of Emap plc (2000-05), Group Finance Director of SMG plc (1996-00), and Deputy Finance Director of Forte plc (1994-96). Prior to this Gary held a number of senior management positions with Guinness plc in the UK and in North America.

Jean TomlinNon-Executive Director

Committees:

• Chairman at the corporate responsibility committee
• Member of the remuneration committee
• Member of the nomination committee

Biography:
Appointed to the Board 1 January 2013, Jean is a Non-Executive Director of Michael Kors Holdings Limited. Formerly, she was the HR Director for The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games where she oversaw the creation and execution of the hugely successful Games Maker volunteering programme. She was previously Group HR Director at Marks & Spencer plc, HR Director of Egg plc and Sales & Operations Director of Prudential Direct.

Susan RiceNon-Executive Director

Committees:

• Member of the audit committee
• Member of the nomination committee

Biography:
Appointed to the Board on 1 June 2013. Susan has been a Non-Executive Director of SSE plc since July 2003 and became their Senior Independent Director in 2007. Susan is also Managing Director of Lloyds Banking Group Scotland, a Non-Executive Director of the Court of the Bank of England, where she chairs the Audit and Risk Committee, Big Society Capital Ltd and of Scotland’s Futures Forum. She chairs the Boards of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Edinburgh Festivals Forum.