Board
The management expertise and experience of each of the Directors and the Company Secretary is set out below:
- Gerald Corbett Biog Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Nomination Committee
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Gerald was appointed Chairman of the Board on 28 June 2007. He has been Chairman of SSL International plc since August 2005 and Chairman of Britvic plc since November 2005. Between 2001 and 2007 he was Chairman of Woolworths Group plc and between 2003 and 2006 was Chairman of Health Clubs Holdings. From 1997 until 2000 Gerald was Chief Executive Director of Railtrack plc and was previously Group Finance Director of Grand Metropolitan plc and Redland plc.
Close - Simon Nixon Biog Chief Executive Officer
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Simon became a self-employed mortgage consultant in 1989 and started his own trade publication, comparing available mortgages. He co-founded the Group's business in 1993 and in 1994 launched a mortgage comparison tool for brokers. Since then Simon has been continuously involved in the management and development of the business including the launch of moneysupermarket.com in 1999 and thereafter travelsupermarket.com.
Simon was appointed to the board on 12 April 2007.
Close - Paul Doughty Biog Chief Financial Officer
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Paul joined the Group in 2004 and is the Company's Chief Financial Officer. He has 13 years of commercial finance experience with Motorola, National Power and Morse plc. He is a qualified Associated Chartered Accountant having trained and qualified at Pricewaterhouse and has a first class honours degree in Economics and Accountancy from Loughborough University.
Paul was appointed to the board on 12 April 2007.
Close - Michael Wemms Biog Senior Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
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Michael was appointed a non-executive director on 10 July 2007. Michael is a non-executive director of AD Pharma, Galiform plc and Inchcape plc. He was formerly Chairman of the British Retail Consortium between 2004 and 2006 and Chairman of House of Fraser plc between 2001 and 2006. Michael was an executive director of Tesco plc between 1989 and 2000.
Close - Rob Rowley Biog Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
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Rob was appointed a non-executive director on 19 September 2007. Rob has been a non-executive director of Liberty International plc since 2004. He was formerly Deputy Chairman of Cable & Wireless plc and a non-executive director of Prudential plc where he chaired its audit committee. Rob’s early career was at Reuters plc from 1978 to 2001 where he was a director between 1990 and 2001.
Close - Darren Drabble Biog Company Secretary and General Counsel
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Darren joined the Group as Company Secretary and General Counsel in May 2007. Darren has a corporate and commercial law background originally qualifying as a solicitor with Addleshaw Goddard before working as the international solicitor for United Utilities. Darren has a degree in Law and Economics from Durham University.
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