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 in June 2007. He has been chairman of SSL International plc since August 2005 and chairman of Britvic plc since November 2005. Gerald is also a non-executive director of Greencore Group plc and is chairman of the board of trustees of the Royal National Institute for the Deaf. Gerald was chairman of Woolworths Group plc from 2001 to June 2007, chief executive of Railtrack plc from 1997 to 2000 and group finance director of Grand Metropolitan plc from 1994 to 1997.
Close - Simon Nixon Biog Executive Deputy Chairman
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Simon co-founded the Group’s business in 1993 and since then has been continuously involved in the management and development of the business including the launch of moneysupermarket.com in 1999 and travelsupermarket.com in 2004. Simon was appointed to the Board as Chief Executive Officer in April 2007 and became Executive Deputy Chairman in February 2009.
Close - Peter Plumb Biog Chief Executive Officer
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Peter joined the Group in 2008 as Managing Director, Financial Services and was appointed an Executive Director on 1 January 2009. Peter became Chief Executive Officer of the Group in February 2009. Prior to joining the Group, Peter was the UK managing director of dunnhumby Limited between 2006 and 2008 and was previously general manager of Europe Disney Consumer Products, international director of Dyson Appliances Limited and held commercial roles at PepsiCo International.
Close - Paul Doughty Biog Chief Financial Officer
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Paul joined the Group in 2004 as Chief Financial Officer. He has 15 years of commercial finance experience with Motorola Limited, National Power plc and Morse plc. He is a qualified chartered accountant having trained and qualified at Price Waterhouse. Paul was appointed to the Board in April 2007.
Close - David Osborne Biog Marketing Director
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David was appointed an Executive Director in February 2009. Between 2005 and 2009, David was UK regional general manager at easyJet. He was previously head of advertising at ING Direct, head of advertising and e-business at Orange and head of brand marketing at Amazon.co.uk.
Close - Graham Donoghue Biog Managing Director, Travel and Insurance
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Graham joined the Group in 2008 as Managing Director, Travel and was appointed an Executive Director in February 2009. Prior to joining the Group, Graham was new media director of TUI Travel plc between 2006 and 2008.
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 in July 2007. Michael has been a non-executive director of Galiform plc since 2006 and Inchcape plc since 2004. He was formerly chairman of the British Retail Consortium between 2004 and 2006, chairman of House of Fraser plc between 2001 and 2006 and a non-executive director of A&D Pharma Holdings N.V. between 2006 and 2008. Michael was previously 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 in September 2007. Rob has been a non-executive director of Liberty International plc since 2004 and is chair of its audit committee and senior independent director. He was formerly deputy chairman of Cable & Wireless plc between 2003 and 2006 and a non-executive director of Prudential plc between 1999 and 2006 where he chaired its audit committee. Rob was previously 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 a senior legal counsel at United Utilities plc.
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