Born 1957. Elected by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting. First elected on 9 March 2011. Re-elected on 9 March 2017. Independent board member. Member of the Compensation Committee and Nomination Committee. MA (Natural Sciences) and PhD, University of Cambridge, 1978 and 1981. Senior Independent Director of Punch Taverns plc. Co-Chairman of Direct Wines Limited. Non-executive Director of McColl's Retail Group, plc.
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