Sir Ian Gibson CBE
Chairman
Philip Cox CBE
Senior Independent Director and Chair of Audit Committee
Dalton Philips
Chief Executive
Richard Gillingwater CBE
Non-Executive Director
Trevor Strain
Chief Financial Officer
Johanna Waterous CBE
Chair of the
Remuneration Committee
Penny Hughes CBE
Chair of the Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committee N R C N R A N C N R C A N R C A N R C A
Sir Ian joined the Group as Non-Executive Deputy Chairman in September 2007. He was appointed Chairman in March 2008. Sir Ian is Chair of the Board’s Nomination Committee and a member of its Remuneration Committee and Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committee. He is a Non-Executive Member of the Public Interest Body of the UK firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Previous Board appointments include Non-Executive Chairman of Trinity Mirror Plc, Chairman of BPB Plc, Deputy Chairman of Asda Group Plc, and a Director of Chelys Limited, GKN Plc, Greggs Plc and Northern Rock Plc. He is also a former member of the Court of the Bank of England. Sir Ian enjoyed a distinguished 30 year career in the motor industry, most recently as President of Nissan Europe.
Philip joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in April 2009. He was appointed as the Senior Independent Director in May 2013. He is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Philip is a Non-Executive Director of Meggitt Plc and PPL Corporation. He was a Non-Executive Director at Wincanton Plc from 2001 to 2009, having chaired their Audit Committee from 2001 to 2008 and was Chair of their Remuneration Committee from 2008. His previous Board positions were as Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Executive Officer of International Power Plc and Chief Financial Officer at Siebe Plc.
Dalton joined the Group as Chief Executive in March 2010. He is a member of the Board’s Nomination Committee and Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committee. Prior to joining Morrisons, Dalton was Chief Operating Officer of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food distributor and a leading provider of general merchandise. Prior to that position, he was Chief Executive of Irish department store group, Brown Thomas. Between 1998 and 2005 he worked for Walmart’s international divisions latterly as Chief Operating Officer in Germany. Dalton started his career with Jardine Matheson working in New Zealand and Spain. Dalton is a Non-Executive Director at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Richard joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in March 2013. He is a member of the Audit, Nomination, Remuneration and Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committees. Richard is currently the Chairman of Henderson Group Plc and the Senior Independent Director of Hiscox Ltd, Helical Bar Plc and SSE Plc. He is a Trustee of the British Council, and a member of the advisory boards of TheCityUK and of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He was previously the Dean of Cass Business School, CEO and then Chairman of the Shareholder Executive and Joint Head of Global Corporate Finance at BZW. He has been the Chairman of CDC Group and a Non-Executive Director of P&O, Debenhams, Tomkins, Qinetiq Group and Kidde.
Trevor joined the Group in June 2009 as Commercial and Operations Finance Director. In June 2011 he became Finance Director Corporate and took responsibility for the Company’s productivity programmes. Trevor joined the Board as Chief Financial Officer on 10 April 2013. Prior to joining Morrisons he worked for Tesco in a number of roles until his appointment as UK Property Finance Director in 2006 and subsequently UK Planning and Reporting Finance Director. Trevor began his career with Arthur Andersen and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Johanna joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in February 2010. She is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit, Nomination and Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committees. She is currently the Senior Independent Director of RSA Group Plc and of Rexam Plc and a Non-Executive Director of Shoppers Drugmart in Canada. Her previous experience includes 22 years with McKinsey & Co., London, as Head of the Retail Practice in Europe and latterly as Co-Leader of the firm’s Global Marketing & Sales Practice. Johanna is a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Foundation and of Kew Enterprises Ltd. Previous board roles include Chairman of Tate Enterprises, from 1998 to 2006.
Penny joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in January 2010. She is Chair of the Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committee and a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Penny is currently a Non-Executive Director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, where she will move from Chair of the Remuneration Committee to Chair of the Sustainability Committee in June 2014. She is also a trustee of the British Museum. Penny’s previous experience includes ten years with Coca-Cola GB and Ireland and various non-executive roles including Body Shop International Plc, GAP Inc, Reuters Plc, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Trinity Mirror Plc, Vodafone Plc, Home Retail Group Plc and Cable and Wireless Worldwide Plc.
COMMITTEE KEY
Nomination Committee N
Remuneration Committee R
Corporate Compliance and Responsibility C
Strategic r epor t Go vernance Financial st atements
MANAGEMENT BOARD
Nick Collard Group Marketing and Customer DirectorMartyn Jones Group Corporate Services Director Dalton Philips Chief Executive Trevor Strain
Chief Financial Officer
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Martyn Fletcher
Group Retail Director
Emily Lawson
Group Human Resource Director
Mark Amsden
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Mark Harrison Group Manufacturing Director Terry Hartwell Group Property Director Casper Meijer
Group Trading Director
Nigel Robertson
CEO Morrisons Non-food E-commerce
Neal Austin
Group Logistics and Supply Chain Director
Nick joined the Management Board as Group Marketing and Customer Director in 2013 following two years as Commercial Director, Ambient. He began his career in 1994 with J. Sainsbury Plc as a Trading graduate before holding a number of senior Trading and Marketing positions at Mars, L’Oreal and Boots where he was appointed Commercial Director, Beauty followed by Brand Director.
Martyn was appointed to the Management Board in October 2010 as Group Corporate Services Director, and is responsible for policy and technical standards. He joined Morrisons in 1990 and has held various roles including Grocery Director and Senior Trading Director. He spent three years on the Board as Group Trading Director before changing role in 2010 to Group Corporate Services Director. Prior to joining Morrisons, he spent eight years with J. Sainsbury Plc before moving into manufacturing with RHM Plc and then Campbells, gaining wide buying, marketing and product development experience in fresh and frozen foods. Martyn became a member of the
Management Board in October 2010 and in September 2013 was appointed Group Retail Director. His responsibilities are retail operations, central retail operations, retail fuel, and other retail related projects. He joined the Group in 1985 and has held a number of roles within stores and in head office. In 1988, he was appointed as Purchasing Manager and promoted to Purchasing Director in 1995. In 2002, he was appointed as Production Director, responsible for the food manufacturing operation, before being appointed as Group Manufacturing Director in 2007.
Emily joined Morrisons in September 2013 as Group HR Director. Prior to her arrival she was partner at McKinsey and Company, where she led the human capital practice, working on issues of company and individual effectiveness, organisational design, company culture and talent management. She also led McKinsey’s research on gender diversity in organisations. Prior to McKinsey Emily completed an MBA at Said Business School, Oxford, and was manager of technology and business development in a biotech startup.
Mark is a qualified lawyer who joined the Group and the Management Board in February 2013. Prior to his arrival, Mark spent 25 years with a number of law firms. Between 1998 and 2013 he was a partner in the leading national law firm Addleshaw Goddard LLP (previously Addleshaw Booth & Co), where he specialised in commercial litigation and was Head of the National IT Litigation team. Mark’s clients included many of the UK’s leading companies, including retailers, manufacturers and suppliers.
Mark joined the Management Board in October 2010 and was appointed Group Manufacturing Director in September 2013. He is responsible for the Group’s manufacturing operations and is CEO of Woodheads, Farmers Boy, Wm Morrisons Produce, Rathbones, Simply Fresh and Flowerworld. He joined the Group in 1980 as a management trainee and quickly progressed to Store General Manager. After a successful career in store management, he held progressively senior positions of regional management between 1996 and 2004. In 2004 he became Stores Director and in 2011 was appointed Group Retail Director.
Terry was appointed to the Management Board in October 2010 after joining the Group in May 2009 as Group Property Director. Prior to joining Morrisons, Terry was Group Property Director for the worldwide operations at Kingfisher Plc. He spent 25 years with Kingfisher Plc and, during that time, held a number of senior property positions, including a spell in front line operations, running the new depot division in the mid 1990s. He is a Chartered Surveyor with experience in all aspects of commercial property development, retail acquisition and property management.
Casper joined Morrisons in March 2013 as Group Trading Director. Prior to his arrival, he was Executive VP for Merchandising for the Dutch Supermarket Albert Heijn, part of the Ahold Group. Casper has held various roles at Ahold since 1999, including five years in the USA at Giant Food Stores a subsidiary of Ahold. Prior joining Ahold he spent 12 years at Unilever in various European brand and marketing roles.
Nigel became a member of the Management Board in March 2013 and is responsible for non-food e-commerce, including the Kiddicare baby superstore. Nigel joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in July 2005 and was Senior Independent Director between March 2011 and March 2013. Until April 2013, he was the Group Chief Executive of Health and Surgical Holdings Limited. Until the business was sold in 2007 he was the Chief Executive Officer of Chelsea Stores Holdings Limited and he was previously the Managing Director of Ocado, the online grocery shopping business set up in partnership with Waitrose.
Neal joined the Management Board in October 2010 and is responsible for logistics and supply chain. He also has a responsibility for food online. He joined Morrisons in October 2006 from MFI, where, as Logistics Director, he was involved in the sale of the retail business to private equity. Neal began his career in 1989 with Tesco as a graduate trainee in the buying division, where he undertook a number of buying and marketing roles, progressing to senior wine buyer. He then took a role with Asda as a senior buyer and progressed through the supply chain in a number of roles before being appointed Supply Director.