Directors

Debbie Hewitt

Independent Non-Executive Chairman

Debbie was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 May 2015 and Chairman on 12 May 2016. She is currently Non-Executive Chair of White Stuff Ltd., Visa Europe Ltd. and BGL (Holdings) Ltd. and Non-Executive Director of Galaxy Midco 1 Limited (Domestic & General Group).

Her executive career was spent at RAC plc where she was Group Managing Director and prior to that she was in retail management with Marks and Spencer. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and was awarded the MBE for services to Business and the Public Sector in 2011.

Debbie chairs the Nomination Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Kirk Davis

Chief Financial Officer

Kirk joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer on 5th February 2018. Kirk has extensive finance experience within listed leisure and retail businesses, as CFO of Greene King plc and, before that, as Finance Director at J D Wetherspoon plc. He has also held senior finance roles at Tesco plc and Marks & Spencer plc.

Simon Cloke

Non-Executive Director

Simon was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company in March 2010. Formerly Global Head of Industrials at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, he was appointed Managing Director of HSBC’s Diversified Industries Group in 2005 and is currently responsible for managing HSBC’s business with some of its largest house building and building materials clients as well as a number of HSBC’s largest UK corporate relationships.

Simon is a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.

Graham Clemett

Independent Non-Executive Director

Graham was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 June 2016. Graham is currently Chief Financial Officer of Workspace Group PLC. He was previously Finance Director for UK Corporate Banking at RBS Group PLC where he worked for five years. Prior to RBS, Graham spent eight years at Reuters Group PLC, latterly as Group Financial Controller. He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG.

Graham is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Mike Tye

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mike was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 4 April 2016. He has extensive experience of the Leisure and Hospitality sector and was until recently Chief Executive of Spirit Pub Company plc, where he led its successful establishment as a public company following the demerger from Punch Taverns and the subsequent turnaround of the business. Prior to that, he held a number of senior executive roles in Whitbread, including MD of David Lloyd Leisure, Premier Inn and Costa Coffee. Mike is currently also Chairman of Moto (the motorway services operator), Non-Executive Director and Trustee of The Consumer Association/Which? and Non-Executive Director, Trustee and Ambassador, for Prostate Cancer UK.

Mike is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.

Allan Leighton

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Allan was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 24 December 2018. Allan is currently Chairman of a number of consumer-focused businesses including Co-operative Group Limited and Entertainment One Limited, and was the Chairman of Mabel Topco Limited (the parent company of the Wagamama Group) prior to its acquisition by TRG. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of ASDA Group Limited and Pandora A/S, President & CEO of Wal-Mart Europe and Chairman of Pace plc and Royal Mail.

Allan has also been the Chairman at Race for Opportunity and Business Ambassador for HRH the Prince of Wales, and is a Patron of Breast Cancer Care.