The Board
• Non-Executive Director * Remuneration Committee member
† Audit Committee member ‡ Nomination Committee member
Anthony Hobson - Chairman •‡
Joined the Board in 2002 and became Chairman in 2005. He is also Chairman of The Sage Group plc; a non-executive director of Glas Cymru (Welsh Water) and Esure; and Chairman of Changing Faces, the leading disfigurement charity.
He is a Chartered Accountant and was previously the Group Finance Director of Legal & General Group plc for fourteen years, retiring in 2001. He chairs the nomination committee.
Stefan Barden - Chief Executive
Joined the Board in 2006 and was appointed Chief Executive on 5 February 2007. He was formerly Managing Director of Heinz UK and Ireland from 2003 to 2005.
He has extensive experience of the food industry in manufacturing, retail and consultancy, having held roles with Iceland Foods (the retailer), McKinsey & Company and Unilever. He sits on the Policy Issues Committee of the IGD and is a director of Improve, the UK’s Food and Drink industry Sector Skills Council.
Simon Herrick - Group Finance Director
Joined the Board in 2010. He was formerly Group Finance Director of Kesa Electricals plc, a position he held from 2005.
Simon trained as an accountant with Pricewaterhouse and has held senior finance roles with PA Consulting Group, Hays plc and Regus plc. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, holds a masters degree in business administration and an honours degree in microbiology.
David Nish - Non-Executive Director •*†‡
Joined the Board in 2005 as a non-executive director. He is Chief Executive of Standard Life plc having previously held the role of Group Finance Director.
Formerly he held the positions of Executive Director, Infrastructure, and Group Finance Director of Scottish Power plc, prior to which he was a partner with Pricewaterhouse. He chairs the audit committee.
Orna Ni-Chionna - Non-Executive Director •*†‡
Joined the Board in 2002 as a non-executive director. She is Chair of the Soil Association and Chair of Eden McCallum’s Advisory Board and is a non-executive director of Royal Mail Holdings plc, HMV plc and Greenham Common Community Trust Limited.
She was formerly a partner of McKinsey & Company. She is the senior independent director and chairs the remuneration committee.
Tony Illsley - Non-Executive Director •*†‡
Joined the Board in 2006 as a non-executive director. He was Chief Executive of Telewest plc until 2000, and has held roles with PepsiCo and Colgate Palmolive.
He is Chairman of Plastic Logic Limited and DataLase Limited and holds a non-executive position with Sepura plc, and KCOM Group plc, and is a trustee of the charity Whizz-Kidz.
Sandra Turner - Non-Executive Director •*†‡
Joined the Board in May 2010 as a non-executive director.
She has held senior management positions within Tesco for the past two decades and between 2003 - 2009 was Commercial Director of Tesco Ireland, the number one grocery retailer in Ireland.
