Meet our
Board of Directors

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 18 May 2023

Committees

• Nomination Committee (Chair)
• Ethics Committee (Chair)

Current directorships and business interests

• Mothercare plc, Chairman
• Sportech plc, non-executive director
• Griffin Mining Lmited, non-executive director

Career, Skills and experience
Clive Whiley has forty years’ experience, both as an executive and non-executive director, across a wide range of industries and geographies in regulated and listed company governance positions.  He was previously Chairman of Dignity plc and a non-executive director of Grand Harbour Marina plc (listed in Malta), Camper & Nicholsons Marina Investments Limited and Stanley Gibbons Group plc. 

Clive was responsible for successfully guiding Mothercare’s emergence as an internationally-focused brand business alongside, at Dignity, leading twelve per cent of the UK funeral market in the eye of the Covid-19 pandemic and is capable of operating in all operational, financial or regulatory circumstances.

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 7 October 2019

Committees

• Nomination Committee
• Risk Committee

Career, Skills and experience
Clive has extensive experience in running complex P&Ls for global industrial companies in both the commercial and government/defence sectors. He has a track record of turnarounds, international business transformation and strategic development, including leading divisions of international corporations and standalone listed companies.

Clive was a director, president and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian-listed Dynex Power, leading its privatisation sale to the Chinese Rail and Rolling Stock Company in March 2019. Previously, he held senior leadership positions with Pratt and Whitney, Rolls-Royce, General Dynamics Corporation and B/E Aerospace.

Clive is an alumnus of MIT, Stanford, Columbia and the LSE and currently sits on the advisory board of the Lincoln International Business School at the University of Lincoln, UK..

Appointment to the Board

Appointed to the Board as an independent non-executive director on 26 June 2023 and as Interim CFO on 4 August 2023

Committees

•   Risk Committee

Current directorships and business interests

•    Cineworld Group plc, Senior Independent Director
•    Griffin Mining Ltd, independent Non-Executive Director
•    THG plc, independent Non-Executive Director
•    Volex plc, Senior Independent Director

Career, skills and experience
Dean is a chartered accountant with over 35 years of public company experience in companies operating in many different sectors and environments. He is a highly respected finance professional and non-executive director with a proven track record.
He was previously chief financial officer at Dignity plc, Cineworld plc (on an interim basis), N Brown Group plc, T&S Stores plc and Graham Group plc, and formerly Non-Executive Chair at Tuxedo Money Solutions Limited and independent Non-Executive Director at Dignity plc.

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 1 April 2021

Committees

• Risk Committee

Career, Skills and experience
Ruth has spent over 30 years working in the international government sector, living and working in Mexico, Colombia, Spain and Malaysia. She speaks Spanish, Portuguese and French and has visited over 100 countries in the world.

During her career at De La Rue Ruth has managed complex international manufacturing businesses and change initiatives, with experience across multiple disciplines and functions including Sales, Human Resource, Marketing, Manufacturing and General Management.

Ruth sits on the advisory board of the International Currency Association, helping lead the currency industry in creating a single, cohesive voice. She also sits on the advisory council for Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council..

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 21 July 2016

Committees

• Audit Committee
• Ethics Committee
• Nomination Committee
• Remuneration Committee

Current directorships and business interests

• Travelport Worldwide Ltd, CFO and EVP

Career, Skills and experience
Nick has extensive international experience in the technology and information security industries. In 2019, he was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of travel technology company, Travelport. Before joining Travelport, he served as Chief Financial Officer of security software firm, Sophos Group plc, for over nine years. Nick was also Chief Financial Officer at Micro Focus International plc, having previously held CFO roles at Fibernet Group plc and Gentia Software plc. Prior to that, he held various senior financial positions at Comshare Inc. and Lotus Software.

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 28 September 2022

Committees

• Audit Committee (Chair)
• Ethics Committee
• Nomination Committee
• Remuneration Committee

Current directorships and business interests

• TT Electronics plc, CFO and Executive Director

Career, skills and experience
Mark is a chartered accountant with a deep understanding of finance and operational activities, acquired during a career spent in senior finance/management roles with FTSE listed companies. He has been a director of TT Electronics plc and its Chief Financial Officer since January 2015 and previously held equivalent roles with BBA Aviation plc. His other previous experience includes several years working in a variety of management roles in Continental Europe and Australia, as well as a strong focus on driving business transformation in the US.

Mark has spent the last 25 years working in global industrial businesses and has extensive experience of driving business and functional re-structuring and transformation, M&A, and equity and debt capital markets.

Appointment to the Board
Appointed to the Board on 8 September 2023

Committees

• Audit Committee
• Ethics Committee
• Nomination Committee
• Remuneration Committee (Chair)

Current directorships and business interests

• Pendragon plc, Mothercare plc

Career, skills and experience
Brian is a chartered accountant and an experienced FTSE 250 CFO with broad general management experience in retail, wholesale and consumer-branded manufacturing.  Brian was the CFO for JD Sports Fashion plc from 2004 to 2018 before retiring to focus on non-executive roles.  He was also a non-executive director of Boohoo.com from 2019 to earlier in 2023.